We are post scarcity. From a technology viewpoint, it would be trivially easy to produce enough to give everybody a good standard of life. The only obstacles are political.
“It’s not enough to succeed, others must fail”
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And hear the lamentations of their women…
The Federation manages everything it does without being a post-scarcity economy too. Dilithium is a scarce resource and they need it to power their replicators.
I’ve never really thought of it like that before. Thanks for changing my perspective on the fed.
Afaik from st 4 on they were able to recrystalize the dilithium
We’re just waiting for replicators.
Replicators we want:

Replicators we are on track to get:

I just pretend Janeway uses not a replicator but a mini transporter and everytime the black coffee appears, Neelix in his quarters screams: Not again, captain!
We don’t need them to start making a better world. The federation didn’t have them in the beginning either.
If we’re going to follow the same path, they did in fact have a massive global war that wiped a good chunk of the world population.
I’d say we’re on track! 😀
We didn’t build a ghetto in downtown San Francisco, but we did build concentration camps, so we should be seeing some version of the Bell Riots any day now 🤞
Be the change you want to see in the world, and get a 3D printer.
I’d settle for holosluts.
… Barclay?
Tell that to the Ferengi…
No ism works. That’s why everyone isn’t using one system.
Okay, start the downvotes.
Sounds like you favor pluralism.
You’re wrong, my ism works, and I will threaten and insult you until you admit it!
We do need to change to be post-scarcity, though.
says the future where colonist land is given away to appease monsters.
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