They didn’t care because being a Star Trek fan meant being a weird, fat loser nerd 20 years ago.
Now the wine-clinking neoliberals are pretending to always have thought it a progressive masterpiece, when in reality, they thought it was entertainment for freaks.
Your brush is a bit overbroad. The hacks currently dismantling the integrity and principles of the Federation are only running some of the current era Trek shows. Lower Decks is the best showcase of Federation values there’s ever been.