Trek and Antinomy

Immanuel Kant was always one for arguing against opposites. So if Trek is humanistic, then what would be its opposite? One could argue that Starship Troopers was basically the anti-Trek. Or one of them, at any rate.

The movie Starship Troopers took Heinlein’s already somewhat militaristic juvenile-fiction approach and brought it to life. The entire mythos of Troopers is suggested by the requirement of military service in order to become a full citizen.

Trek comes together with a completely different philosophy arising from exactly the opposite view of humanity. Whether it’s the older or the younger Roddenberry, or even the second generation (Berman, Braga, Moore) that established or expanded its premises, it’s always been that Trek is identified with humanism, self-expression, individuation, and freedom.

The question is, which universe is closer to the universe in which we live?