Isn't the ideal world one with replicators like Star Trek NG that can make anything, including a cup of snobby tea and the china cup to hold it? Well, son, we

Isn't the ideal world one with replicators like Star Trek NG that can make anything, including a cup of snobby tea and the china cup to hold it? Well, son, we could have that but that would have hurt mom&pop stores, and put people out of work, and people have to have jobs don't they? A human isn't living a good life unless they are working to keep food on the table.