Hi there, I’m not trying to start a political argument or anything, I’m just curious what people here think about this often repeated claim that the Federation is a socialist or even communist utopia? I know Strange New Worlds did say in dialogue it is socialist but I was wondering if people here think that’s accurate? I’m not a communist or a marxist or anything like that, but I’ve had people who identify as such tell me the Federation basically is communist. So anyway, what’s your thoughts?
Picard owns a vineyard, and Sisko’s father owns a restaurant.
In a world with replicators.
Communism doesn’t mean you can’t have things. It means the means of production are not held by capitalists. I don’t think we know how shelter is attributed on earth. But we can assume it’s not with a free market, because they don’t have money.