To be fair the TNG writers hated pretty much all of the TNG writing rules - "no interpersonal conflict", "no references to TOS", "no military rituals", "no drug addictions", "no psychological trauma", "no prejudices on earth", "no money/fame", and so on.And from everything I've read either in stuff like the TNG companions or online, the writing staff of the time HATED having to abide by that edict and felt the show suffered for it.
But they made for a better show.
Because all these tropes would lead to the highest amount of drama/conflict. But they are also the most obvious choices to create such drama. Avoiding them made TNG "less" dramatic every week (which is the opposite a writer wants). But it also gave the show & the setting a clear, utopian identity.
And that modern Trek leans so hard into exactly these tropes is IMO one reason why it feels so generic, and fails to have a clear identity with mainstream audiences.