an icepick through the keyhole

Star Trek always was like that to me. "Hey, join us, we're better. We're right. We have no identity and thus no conflict!" Deep Space Nine dealt with diversity a lot better.

I still say Babylon 5 was the best depiction of our future - we're still angry and violent and all the other nations/worlds have beef with us because we're arrogant. That's a simplistic view, but you know...