Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: In your opinion, politically, the Star Trek federation world isSocialist/communist47.7%Fascist14.9%Liberal-democratic25.1%Other (specify)12.3%235 votes·Final results1:23 AM · Oct 5, 20171 Quote Tweet4 Likes
Pat Larsen@PatrickLarsen·Oct 5, 2017Replying to @vgrAnd Star Wars is a critique on Capitalism, Greed, and corporate capture of govt
Pat Larsen@PatrickLarsen·Oct 7, 2017Replying to @vgrIn a world with replicators, holodecks, and infinite power- why would you fight with anyone about anything?1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 5, 2017Replying to @brazen_cabezaPost-scarcity is an economic condition not a type of polity. All 3 can be imagined in post-scarcity ways31
Gordon@gordonbrander·Oct 5, 2017Replying to @vgrPost-capitalist, but not Marxist? Federation is not an end-of-history utopia. There are treatise to be negotiated!1