Was it a good thing that SNW explicitly said the Federation is socialist? - eviltoast

In case you don’t know, they explicitly use the term socialist to describe the Federation economy in SNW. I was wondering if ppl liked or hated it? I like it personally since it’s not a dodge like “new world economy”

  • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Yeah, but claiming that money is a thing of the show’s past is as old as the show itself. The voyage home:

    Almost 30 years ago we got this great bit between Picard and Lily in First contact:

    — The economics of the future are somewhat different. You see, money doesn’t exist in the 24th century.

    — No money? You mean you don’t get paid?

    — The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.

    This, of course, from a man with inherited real estate in La Barre… But there are several anticapitalist barbs in TNG and DS9, too.

    [Edited first to add GIF, second because I got my wires crossed re private property and money]