A utopia wouldn’t be militaristic. Crews of exploration ships would be mostly scientists — no single token “Science Officer”. And they wouldn’t go about armed to the teeth.
You misunderstand the concept. It has never been a feature of utopias that everyone everywhere needs to be in it. On the contrary, utopias are traditionally in a secluded place. They have to either hide from or defend themselves against the inhabitants of the surrounding non-utopic societies.
They also only ever describe EARTH as a utopia or paradise. Not the whole Federation, nor its far-flung, embattled border colonies, certainly not the galaxy. Starfleet fought wars and ventured forth for centuries, to protect and nurture the handful of utopian worlds at the heart of the Federation.
We need to start by removing centralized power. Humanity has always done better when communities rule themselves in my opinion, money and power mongers make life harder for the majority.
I always though the same thing growing up, no one on a Federation Starship is worried about rent, or putting food on the table, or medical bills. Plus you know what you are wearing everyday
Well, we just missed the irish unification of 2024, so unfortunately we're not in that timeline. Maybe we're the evil mirror universe where everyone is a moustache twirling villain?
It's the post-scarcity, when energy costs are negligible and you can replicate whatever you need from basic atoms - piling up money becomes less meaningful so people focus on diff things.
But I'm with you, outside of their woeful lack of trauma awareness it seems pretty good :)
i would rather face the apocalyptic stuggles they did than we're facing because somehow "aliens unite humanity" still seems like the only viable option
Smart-ass AI ships with a passive-aggressive naming system and a seamless, costless social health care system that encourages multiple gender transitions in an expanded lifetime? Throw in a hot dance remix of The Hydrogen Sonata, and you have yourself a deal.
Now THAT is a good idea. Which gland shall I use today? The fun one. Also, do whatever you want, whenever you want in multiple star systems and even if you dont want to embark from your ship, your ship is a World. Imagine that?
I take it to mean that ST Earth is not socialist, but also not capitalist. They've reverted to more primitive social-credit-based economics, because post-scarcity makes sophisticated financial systems obsolete. Simple trade or advance based on reputation, for the few goods one can't make oneself.
“Societies that embrace socialism have poor records when it comes to human rights. When the community has ownership of everything, the individual becomes expendable.”
This is not even remotely close to being true. The article is a poor attempt at decoupling Star Treks world from its politics.
Well, in the first place, a dictatorship isn’t actually an economic system…
In the second place, I seriously doubt that’ll ever happen in the United States.
you know they had a near extinction event nuclear war after years of populist uprisings before that happened, yeah? We literally are in the Star Trek timeline but the dangerous and depressing half.
Yeah except we are not going to ever reach the good part. Cause that fiction. So glad we were given a choice between oligarchy and status quo and kleptocracy.
did you miss the part about uprisings and war? the world of Star Trek was not the result of an election or the rise of a political party or candidate. it came out of a radical rejection of the systems that hold us down.
You dont think we’re heading into war? That is a hallmark of fascism. As for radical rejection I don’t think it will come before we have destroyed our habitat.
I’ve been rewatching TNG for a nice strong dose of childhood nostalgia and a common theme that constantly comes up from the first episode on is that the earth had to go through a point of authoritarian barbarism and a veritable dark ages before taking to the stars. Something to keep in mind as u go>
Is it still socialism if the individual controls the means of production? Limitless energy and replicators render moot the very notion of "production" as we understand it.
Comments
except for this POS Ferengis with their gold pressed latinum
Right on!
We just can't have nice things!
Or, in the Community 'verse, The Darkest Timeline. 😢
#LLAP #STTOS 🖖
But I'm with you, outside of their woeful lack of trauma awareness it seems pretty good :)
Closest I'll get I'm afraid.
Start organising.
This is not even remotely close to being true. The article is a poor attempt at decoupling Star Treks world from its politics.
In the second place, I seriously doubt that’ll ever happen in the United States.
- "Well, we don't."
Looks like we may have to suffer the same to achieve it.
But we damn sure could play smarter and with less force.
In less than 40 years Zafram is gonna kill the Vulcans with a shotgun and take all their tech
Or maybe he’ll be Xafram by that point