Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 5, 2017Poll: In your opinion, politically, the Star Trek federation world isSocialist/communist47.7%Fascist14.9%Liberal-democratic25.1%Other (specify)12.3%235 votes·Final results1314
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @brazen_cabezaPost-scarcity is an economic condition not a type of polity. All 3 can be imagined in post-scarcity ways1:28 AM · Oct 5, 20171 Like
Det Insp Spacetime @dream_king·Oct 5, 2017Replying to @vgr and @brazen_cabezaThis is not entirely true. You can't separate Marxian socialism from its assumptions grounded in a world that could not be post-scarcity.1
You and 52 others@bahstgwamt·Oct 5, 2017Replying to @vgr and @brazen_cabezaNone of them can be imagined in post-scarcity ways; all are, deeply, attempts to grapple with the problem of scarcity