For example, In The Motion Picture, there’s a ship named after Christopher Columbus. We know now what kind of person he was and that he doesn’t deserve to be honored. But in a universe where from the 1990s it was one war leading to another which lead to the big one that almost wiped out humanity, Columbus is still known as the pioneer who put the Americas on the map.
This is also the reason for a lot of other little historical blind spots that are part of Trek canon.
In the case of Elon Musk, I don’t think Trek’s 21st century would have allowed him to rise to power (or even become famous) in the first place.
For example, In The Motion Picture, there’s a ship named after Christopher Columbus. We know now what kind of person he was and that he doesn’t deserve to be honored. But in a universe where from the 1990s it was one war leading to another which lead to the big one that almost wiped out humanity, Columbus is still known as the pioneer who put the Americas on the map.
This is also the reason for a lot of other little historical blind spots that are part of Trek canon.
In the case of Elon Musk, I don’t think Trek’s 21st century would have allowed him to rise to power (or even become famous) in the first place.