Didn't Sisko's dad run a restaurant on Earth? How the fuck did he manage that without money? And I watched the first Harry Mudd episode about a month or so back and was struck by how he was to be put up for 'psychological rehabilitation' because of his aberrant behavior, which seemed to be mostly greed and lying.
Again, TOS has several people mining for their own fortunes. You could say it was a socialist society because Kirk had to negotiate for dilithium directly from the miners themselves instead of some corporation. They were still after personal wealth, though, which would indicate some form of currency. Still, sometime in the mid seventies, Roddenberry lost his goddamn mind and started to push the whole socialaist utopia and 'Starfleet isn't a military organization' bullshit that most of the writers had to include but didn't really like. I think they just paid lip service to it but pretty much ignored it on the whole. And if we're going with the reboot, that motherfucker had Nokia phones and Budweiser beer.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules.
It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness.
This is true both in politics and on the internet."
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Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
