My idiot brother is a “Star Trek communist. During an argument a year ago I pointedly asked him multiple times if he was a Marxist and he kept evading the question and when I finally pressed him really hard he replied “I believe in a Star Trek future.” Marxist lie. They will never admit to being a marxist.
Ask him what his prime directive is.
And if the federation is not to try to influence “other cultures” then leave America the hell alone!