Lol in the star trek timeline society completely collapses due to warmongers and class war before we get saved by one guy lucking out and figuring warp drive out just when some vulkans were nearby.
The entire show has an incredibly dim view of capitalist politics. Check out the two parter called “Past Tense” from ds9 for a good look into how trek views our current society.
Which is why I wonder if this started as a bit, because capitalism did lead to a post scarcity society in the Star Trek timeline, as in it almost driving our species to extinction, before humanity learned its lesson, tutored a little bit by the Vulcans.
Collapse and then restructuring to a better society in science fiction is explored thoroughly in the Foundation series by Asimov if you’re interested in it
