In hindsight, I don't feel like the lessons in ethics have done wonders for the USA either...

The "Yangs vs. Comms" episode comes to mind.

You're talking about the movies, and yeah, that has failed. They're talking about yet another one, and I'm baffled, but we'll see where (if anywhere) it goes.

But the Paramount+ stuff is doing pretty well. Strange New Worlds is very popular. So was Lower Decks. The last season of Picard, at least, gave fans a lot of what they had been looking for. They've got a new series coming out, and what little we know is that it has a bang-up cast. (Not that that's sufficient; Discovery did very badly by some very talented actors. But it's a good start.)

So Trek: The IP is still going pretty strong. At least as well as Star Wars, which has also been hit-and-miss.