sci-fi reflects reality. People are not as hopeful as they were in 1960. Most worlds inside and outside the federation are not perfect and many have rules tha

sci-fi reflects reality. People are not as hopeful as they were in 1960. Most worlds inside and outside the federation are not perfect and many have rules that don't match our own. We only see what happens in the military in space. Money means little to them but it does to regular people (like Jake's grandfather who worked in a kitchen or other species of things default to trading. We see gambling and some clues of what happens outside of the military. That's not everyone future..