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It's what I watched as a kid on syndication. It's not "modern" Star Trek. Well it is if you take Lower Decks as Star Trek. But a lot of fans think TNG, DS9 style trek is the only Star Trek. Serious, intellectual examinations of politics, etc.
But I think that's bullshit. There's plenty of that in TOS. It's just layered along with a lot of silly and fun stuff. It's also historically significant. For instance it has a diverse main cast which wasn't common back then and it had the first interracial kiss on television.
The kiss thing isn't technically true, it's the first white man on black woman kiss on American made TV. (edit: and let's also remember that the characters weren't willingly kissing each other so there's that as well)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_interracial_kiss_on_television