• yukichigai@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Communists? Nah, not a problem. I mean I’m a Star Trek fan, and while it’s not played up that much the Federation is a post-scarcity socialist-adjacent society. I’m all for everyone having their basic needs met without condition or obligation, and money being obsolete.

    Tankies though can fuck right off. North Korea is not a bastion of democracy. China is not more free than the US. This is not a comparison even worth entertaining.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think anyone has a problem with post scarcity utopian idealism, we just aren’t at the post scarcity part yet

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        1 year ago

        Counterpoint: Riker.

        Look, I know the Federation doesn’t have money, but they probably brought it back just to charge Riker for all the extra cleanup required every time he visited the holodeck.