halm , 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago) Yeah, but claiming that money is a thing of the show's past is as old as the show itself. The voyage home: https://leminal.space/pictrs/image/f119fcb6-0c7e-421c-b3ba-081bf1657850.gif Almost 30 years ago we got this great bit between Picard and Lily in First contact: — The economics of the future are somewhat different. You see, money doesn't exist in the 24th century. — No money? You mean you don't get paid? — The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity. This, of course, from a man with inherited real estate in La Barre... But there are several anticapitalist barbs in TNG and DS9, too. [Edited first to add GIF, second because I got my wires crossed re private property and money]
Yeah, but claiming that money is a thing of the show's past is as old as the show itself. The voyage home: https://leminal.space/pictrs/image/f119fcb6-0c7e-421c-b3ba-081bf1657850.gif
Almost 30 years ago we got this great bit between Picard and Lily in First contact:
— The economics of the future are somewhat different. You see, money doesn't exist in the 24th century. — No money? You mean you don't get paid? — The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.
— The economics of the future are somewhat different. You see, money doesn't exist in the 24th century.
— No money? You mean you don't get paid?
— The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.
This, of course, from a man with inherited real estate in La Barre... But there are several anticapitalist barbs in TNG and DS9, too.
[Edited first to add GIF, second because I got my wires crossed re private property and money]