No, Earth is NOT Capitalist in Star Trek

#startrek #lore #economics

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[Exspazament]

You and Steve Shives are the pinnacle of trek youtube. ❤

[bigzed]

In a society where you have space travel, I'd say they have an economic model we can't even imagine. Because, get this, SPACE COMERCE. Big words 😅

[dstarie]

Why do Americans lose the rag when they hear the word socialism?

[mtjoy]

I think the distinction here is that non-Starfleet uses money still, like the Ferengi. And if we're treating Romulans like North Koreans, and we don't know much about the way THEY do things...

[edmccurdy]

Its not much of a utopia..theyve always pushed that idea. But the problem is you have the, cardassian, ferengi, humans, klingon, romulan, work on not only trade but capitalistic ways like money.." its easy to be a saint on earth " Ben Sisko especially when you can create something literally out of nothing

[mtjoy]

If it's a "no money" but sharing society depicted, can we call it an economy? Can economics apply to non-money things, you can be economical with your use of jam, sparingly I mean etc,

[jameskelly]

Earth is often described as "paradise."
But if that's the case, why is it that so many humans leave, not only Earth, but also leave the Federation.

Perhaps there's trouble in paradise.

[tw]

It is, and it's great but also fictional.

[arkayanon]

I've always felt that you can't easily apply models based on scarcity economics, like socialism or capitalism, to post-scarcity societies.

[billymarion]

You need make believe tech for it to work