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I think the transition from capitalism to Star Trek Utopia is where basic income guarantee can be very helpful
by ajmurmann 7y ago
I think the transition from capitalism to Star Trek Utopia is where basic income guarantee can be very helpful
- TeMPOraL 7y agoMatter replicators and energy too cheap to meter would be cool too. Both unfortunately seem crucial to the Star Trek's Utopia.
- castratikron 7y agoIn Star Trek the transition from capitalism to utopia involved a global nuclear war.
- magduf 7y agoAnd a visit from the Vulcans.
- averros 7y agoThere's a reason utopias are called utopias. That's because they cannot exist in reality (u-topia, coming from Greek, means literally "no [such] place"). In the economist speak material goods and land are rivalrous goods. That's not because evil capitalists made them so but because of physics. No amount of sci-fi tech is going to change this simple fact.