Hi there, I’m not trying to start a political argument or anything, I’m just curious what people here think about this often repeated claim that the Federation is a socialist or even communist utopia? I know Strange New Worlds did say in dialogue it is socialist but I was wondering if people here think that’s accurate? I’m not a communist or a marxist or anything like that, but I’ve had people who identify as such tell me the Federation basically is communist. So anyway, what’s your thoughts?
The Federation is a post-scarcity society. Capitalism, socialism, communism - these are economic systems for allocating scarce resources. It doesn’t make sense to use any of these labels to describe a society that has progressed technologically beyond scarcity.