Even Roddenberry accepted that you needed a post-scarcity environment (replicators) to make his pie-in-the-sky, post-money paradise feasible. (Though this often left the human factions needing to literally barter random goods and resources like bronze age merchants in order to work with non-allied alien races).
The crazy thing is that even post scarsity his bullshit is still bullshit. Communism is a rejection of human nature. Post scarcity would require a more totalitarian, ruthless ruling class. Most humans are all about control and external validation. Technology will not change that short of rewritting our genetic code.
Even Roddenberry accepted that you needed a post-scarcity environment (replicators) to make his pie-in-the-sky, post-money paradise feasible. (Though this often left the human factions needing to literally barter random goods and resources like bronze age merchants in order to work with non-allied alien races).
Why I love DS9.
"I'm human! I don't HAVE any money!"
"Look, it's not my fault your species decided to abandon currency based economics in favor of some philosophy of self enhancement"
"There's nothing wrong with our philosophy. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity."
"What does that mean exactly?"
"It means... it means we don't need money."
"Well if you don't need money, you certainly don't need MY money."
God Save The Ferengi Alliance!
Greed is eternal.
The crazy thing is that even post scarsity his bullshit is still bullshit. Communism is a rejection of human nature. Post scarcity would require a more totalitarian, ruthless ruling class. Most humans are all about control and external validation. Technology will not change that short of rewritting our genetic code.