Starfleet is very bureaucratic. I’d imagine a massive reason not everyone has everything is simply the hoops you’d have to jump through to acquire it. Imagine the safety regulations necessary for a galaxy class starship! Similar applies to holodecks. They are super dangerous. And you can’t just build a mansion anywhere livable as there’s usually something living there you would disrupt in the first place.
nope, big things are built with “industrial replicators”. the only thing they can’t make is a material called latinum, which is sought after by the ferengi precisely because it’s the only scarce thing left.
also, there’s a distinction to be made between “private” and “personal” property. people still own things, but it’s for sentimental reasons. like, you wouldn’t have a toolbox or a statue or a mansion unless it was your “lucky” toolbox or “antique” statue or a “family” mansion. things only have sentimental value, not monetary value.
but you’re right in that an economy exists, because the federation still needs to do outside trade and freight. it’s just more of a bartering system.
also, people on DS9 tend to carry latinum around due to the ferengi presence. the bar in ds9 just has the same replicators that all the rooms do, but it’s like a custom to buy a drink at the bar and gamble.
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Starfleet is very bureaucratic. I’d imagine a massive reason not everyone has everything is simply the hoops you’d have to jump through to acquire it. Imagine the safety regulations necessary for a galaxy class starship! Similar applies to holodecks. They are super dangerous. And you can’t just build a mansion anywhere livable as there’s usually something living there you would disrupt in the first place.
nope, big things are built with “industrial replicators”. the only thing they can’t make is a material called latinum, which is sought after by the ferengi precisely because it’s the only scarce thing left.
also, there’s a distinction to be made between “private” and “personal” property. people still own things, but it’s for sentimental reasons. like, you wouldn’t have a toolbox or a statue or a mansion unless it was your “lucky” toolbox or “antique” statue or a “family” mansion. things only have sentimental value, not monetary value.
but you’re right in that an economy exists, because the federation still needs to do outside trade and freight. it’s just more of a bartering system.
also, people on DS9 tend to carry latinum around due to the ferengi presence. the bar in ds9 just has the same replicators that all the rooms do, but it’s like a custom to buy a drink at the bar and gamble.
Curious how they decide who lives in desirable spots. Like Cali coast of something similar?
i was thinking of that as well, like surely land would still have value. don’t know if it’s ever addressed though.
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