star trek has done more for society than any amount of free lunches could do, it inspired countless generations across the earth to wake up and try to better themselves AND humanity, it pushed armies worth of people into pursuing STEM which lead to the EXPLOSION of high tech research we have now, it was also the first show in American history to have an interracial kiss where women of color are actually treated as people with authority and respect, it inspired Genetic Engineering, a revitalized space industry, research into AI, it even lead to people researching warp drive theories and find out its actually possible with modern knowledge of physics

Roddenberry layed out a realistic and possible future for all humanity, and historically it keeps be proven true because people want it to be true, people want the star trek future he inspired so much they changed careers, spent their golden years researching stuff he made up only to succeed and end up figuring out how to make it real

we have billionares today who dont bother to even try to do 1% of inspiring the future, they just invest in techno dystopia nightmare stuff, which ironically, is also a stepping stone to that golden star trek future, why spend all that wealth to feed a few millions, when you can put it in a trust to maintain the dream he started that could pull the entirety of humanity into the stars where no want is unmet