Some people never met a ferengi, and it shows
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No intelligent alien would accept a monetary system based on worthless pieces of paper.
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“capitalists do not want you to think about aliens.” *looks at all the sci-fi movies about aliens made by capitalists*pic.twitter.com/pB054hRpiQ
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The assumption here is clearly that the only way to create a sustainable spacefaring society is to abandon capitalism and embrace a different social model. And, you know, I'm not even completely opposed to the proposition, but it has to be acknowledged that we have no data here.
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One of the good bits in Niven's Known Space stories is how the humans believe that all spacefaring aliens will necessarily be pacifists like themselves, whereas the tiger-like Kzinti believe that only warlike predators will have the drive and intelligence to make it into space.
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