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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CaptainMike: [QB] my own personal theory is some sort of socialized capitalism.. theoretically, if you eliminated the need to work in exchange for goods and services you need to survive, people would of course stop working and society would collapse.. but everyone always says, that the humans work not for their livelihood, but to better themselves, and that money is not an issue (i dismiss everytime a Trek character says 'we don't need money' as a translation of 'money is not necessary for survival'.. basically that there is money, but not everyone chooses to employ it) so food.. we've seen the Replimat, which is replicators that give out free food to whoever wants it.. presumably you can get free food, water and oxygen, pending availability, anywhere in the 'civilized' Federation.. housing always seems plentiful too, i'm sure that if you file as a citizen you can request free housing to be assigned to you.. this eliminates the basic needs of life, food and shelter. But what if you want really nice food? or non-replicated food? or a really nice house? you've got to work for the credits to buy it. So you could accept a small piece of basic housing assigned to you by the local government of wherever you live, or you could work and receive a salary until your credit rating rates you getting a bigger one. this knocks the bottom rung off the socio-economic ladder, there would be no starvation or homelessness. But people would still compete for the higher valued amenities. And those that are sick of the liberal handout system would of course go out and colonize new worlds where there is more of a struggle to survive. And since security isnt guaranteed in this system, it still leaves an opening for those that want to join the quasi-military armed exploration forces, for filling the role of the planets protection. We've seen what happens on Trek when people work because of wanting to rather than needing to, Richard Bashir hops from job to job doing whatever catches his fancy, serving on a passenger starship, being an architect, etc etc.. he works to satisfy himself, not to satisfy his needs. but weve seen that through his work he was able to purchase genetic engineering for Jules, so obviously he wasnt just lazing about on Earth in the 'taking the handout' class. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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