Comment on Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 20 hours agoFor Picard’s vineyard, it’s a family legacy and heirloom, so he gets a pass.
And so do all of his descendants who inherit it in perpetuality
An unchanging social structure with no means for mobility.
Either your family was rich enough to own land centuries ago, or you never will be.
Utopia!
/s
But if you want your own vineyard and there’s enough land then you get one.
And then your descendants always get it because it’s a family legacy and heirloom…
So even if there’s “open land” it’s going to run out eventually.
kboos1@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
So your argument is that you can’t have a utopia if you can inherit your parents belongings?
I would also argue that the accumulation of goods and hoarding resources would not be tolerated. So if you’re rich before the fall you’re probably not now. But my assumption is that if you can justify owning lots of land by something other than greed then you probably won’t keep/get it.
Yes land would be a finite resource and would be closely regulated.
Star Trek is a dream that will never come true because it assumes that all humans would be rational and reasonable. That’s just inconceivable.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I’m saying if one vineyard has been in the same family for a thousand years…
Anyone who says everything is fair and equal doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
It’s not a utopia because it’s not a classless society.
It’s what modern day oligarchs would call a utopia.