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Gene Roddenberry deliberatly didn't want to show Earth in the 23rd Century.

Moreover, while they had the "Prime Directive" Kirk always managed to find a reason to interfere with an alien society ("Return of the Archons"; "Apple"). This was Kennedy era "New Frontierism" at work.

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