Excellent. Load them onto the Starcraft and get them off my planet.
Excellent. Load them onto the Starcraft and get them off my planet.
What a bunch of delusional retards.
What a bunch of delusional retards.
Assuming they'd be on the bridge of the enterprise, and not toiling in a dilithium mine.
Assuming they'd be on the bridge of the enterprise, and not toiling in a dilithium mine.
At least in Star Trek the aliens can still live on their own colony planets.
At least in Star Trek the aliens can still live on their own colony planets.
Delusional, but canon. The Star Trek Universe version of Earth is basically a socialists dream. Utopia.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/United_Earth https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/New_World_Economy
Delusional, but canon. The Star Trek Universe version of Earth is basically a socialists dream. Utopia.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/United_Earth
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/New_World_Economy
People are frequently confused by this as it's a post scarcity society. If you disagree, please describe how it would look different. Keep in mind we have no real world examples of such a society.
People are frequently confused by this as it's a post scarcity society. If you disagree, please describe how it would look different. Keep in mind we have no real world examples of such a society.
Mostly being humorous, but I'm really saying that this is what socialists think is the final result of socialism. Post-scarcity leads to what the end result of socialism is "supposed" to be. But they have their cause and effect backwards.
I think it would take an unknown future power source, and some really advanced AI and robotics to make happen. You'd need to automate the entire supply chain and make it so people can have whatever they want whenever they want and not have to do anything to get it. The robots do all of the unwanted work, all of the jobs, and they're powered by an infinitely renewable power source. People could then be free to do work they want to do, like studying music or history or philosophy or space travel. And so on.
If the technological "singularity" were to pass, and we weren't destroyed by our creations, I could see that world being possible. But the do-ers have to do the work to get us there first, and we'd have to be lucky enough to have benevolent new over-nannies that won't eventually want to exterminate us or whatever.
Mostly being humorous, but I'm really saying that this is what socialists think is the final result of socialism. Post-scarcity leads to what the end result of socialism is "supposed" to be. But they have their cause and effect backwards.
I think it would take an unknown future power source, and some really advanced AI and robotics to make happen. You'd need to automate the entire supply chain and make it so people can have whatever they want whenever they want and not have to do anything to get it. The robots do all of the unwanted work, all of the jobs, and they're powered by an infinitely renewable power source. People could then be free to do work they want to do, like studying music or history or philosophy or space travel. And so on.
If the technological "singularity" were to pass, and we weren't destroyed by our creations, I could see that world being possible. But the do-ers have to do the work to get us there first, and we'd have to be lucky enough to have benevolent new over-nannies that won't eventually want to exterminate us or whatever.
I agree. In the ST universe, replicators is the production chain. You rightly point out what's required.
Good comment.
I agree. In the ST universe, replicators is the production chain. You rightly point out what's required.
Good comment.
That ends up destroying society though. It's akin to playing a game on cheat codes - it might be fun for a very short period, but then things very rapidly get boring. It's why the vast majority of people who win a significant amount of money turn to degeneracy.
That ends up destroying society though. It's akin to playing a game on cheat codes - it might be fun for a very short period, but then things very rapidly get boring. It's why the vast majority of people who win a significant amount of money turn to degeneracy.
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