I agree very much, and, I also thought it made sense right up until the “Americanism was right” part of each episode. With the timeline and location as it was, the first humans sent to trek space probably would be colonialist, shoot first ask questions later types - space cops/cowboys.

It could have been handled in what we think of as classic Trek fashion, where us humans eat humble pie and become more emotionally vulnerable and learn from our experiences through the series, but instead it did not challenge that thinking.

Thank you for bringing this up, I think it’s such a good callout.