An interstellar spacefaring civilization would most likely be socialist inside the spaceships, libertarian-monarchic on space stations, anarchic between ships/stations, liberal democratic within inner solar systems (say 1-2 lighthour sphere)
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Is it worth it? I started watching the pilot but got bored
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this reminds me of the episodes of early (note not original!) BSG where they fight with the miners on the mining rig ship, and also the black market for antibiotics -- the contrasts between all those places and styles of governance!
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Family->communist
Friends->barter
Community->socialist
State->capitalist
Money is memory, thus large groups need decentralized resource allocation.
Governance is sovereign power, thus large groups need decentralized decision making.
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