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Was Star Trek TNG an example of futuristic communism? It seems all real world attempts at communism were simultaneously founded as dictatorships, and Picard did
by narrowrail 10y ago
Was Star Trek TNG an example of futuristic communism? It seems all real world attempts at communism were simultaneously founded as dictatorships, and Picard didn't seem like a dictator. I guess the post-scarcity world is a bit difficult to imagine.
- kuschku 10y agoStar Trek TNG was social democracy with a basic income. No one had to work, but people could still get a benefit from doing so, and could own things. One theory how all this fits together: https://medium.com/@RickWebb/the-economics-of-star-trek-29bab88d50 https://medium.com/@RickWebb/the-economics-of-star-trek-29ba...
- johnchristopher 10y agoThe federation was a peaceful powerhouse but it was the most aggressive economic force around. https://medium.com/@RickWebb/the-economics-of-star-trek-29bab88d50#.8cnxp0g7z https://medium.com/@RickWebb/the-economics-of-star-trek-29ba... (keep in mind we are in the fan realm, nonetheless a nice read if you are into ST)
- david-given 10y ago...there's a fan theory that Star Trek and Blake's 7 are both depictions of the same universe, portraying the same Federation; it's just that Star Trek is pro-government propaganda, while Blake's 7 is resistance propaganda (on a much lower budget). Neither one, of course, tells the whole story...
- krapp 10y agoStar Trek's form of government (TNG and after) was an example of "capitalism bad something something magical post-scarcity fairy juice." Fans have since put much, much more effort into theorizing about its actual nature than the writers ever did.
- dbcooper 10y agoThe Volokh Conspiracy post, "How Federal is Star Trek's Federation?", is probably the best thing I've read on Trek's political economy. It describes something rather more authoritarian ... http://www.volokh.com/posts/1190182117.shtml http://www.volokh.com/posts/1190182117.shtml