40 posted 3 years ago by AzureAceStarburst69 3 years ago by AzureAceStarburst69 +47 / -7 59 comments share 59 comments share save hide report block hide replies
I’m no economist, nor am I the biggest Trek fan, so I’ll just link you to two viewpoints on the topic:
https://old.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/52i48r/in_star_trek_humanity_is_not_postscarcity_it_is/
Trek is not post-“scarcity”, it is actually a depiction of a human civilization post-“greed”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekonomics
A book written on the subject which sides with the idea of a post-scarcity society