Comment on Was it a good thing that SNW explicitly said the Federation is socialist?
halm@leminal.space 5 months agoYeah, but claiming that private property is a thing of the show’s past is as old as the show itself. 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.
jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website 5 months ago
None of those quotes say private ownership of cars is gone. Cars aren’t the means of production btw, so I don’t even agree with SNW here.
halm@leminal.space 5 months ago
You’re right, I wrote one thing but my head was still at the general economy matter! Will edit.