No money<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Star Trek world, there seems to be no need for money anymore. Not just the physical money, credit cards or anything. Also the very concept of money has gone. For instance, if you need food, you press a few buttons, and food appears \u2015 no payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nobody owns anything as a mere summation of assets. Of course, emotions are still involved, even for Vulcans if push comes to shove. [Vulcans just like to appear purely rational.] The only property is directly emotional \u2015 more precisely, \u2018subconceptual<\/a>,\u2019 but that would lead us too far for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In one episode, some deep-frozen capitalists from the late 20th<\/sup> century are unfrozen. They wonder what drives the people in that brave new world since there is no monetary motivation. The answer is quickly given: \u201chuman growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m sold already. You may call me a Trekkie.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Star Trek universe is purely post-capitalist. The only primitives who still care about to-the-core ownership are members of strange civilizations where no human has gone before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note that nobody gets bored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you like that worldview, you might think about how we can evolve toward it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is it even possible, a world without money?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen who pays for all the stuff?\u201d \u2015 is a self-defeating question. Nobody pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen where does all the stuff come from?\u201d \u2015 From an entirely autonomized production process, where everything is taken care of by super-A.I. and robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen who pays for these?\u201d \u2015 Again. Nobody pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You see: In the complete autonomization lies a perpetuum mobile where money has lost meaning. Anything that could cost something is being take care of for free \u2015 including the process of taking care of it all. Energy and other resources are taken from outside the bubble of life \u2015 for free if that would still be unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Star Trek universe has managed to turn this into human-centeredness to the core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In comparison to Star Wars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This shows an entirely different future. There is continually a lot of violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ultimate violator \u2013 Darth Vader \u2013 tries to control everything out of anxiety, anger, resentment, and a sheer lust for power. Thus, he uses the \u2018power of the dark side\u2019 in a zero-sum contest with the rest of everything. Anyone who wants to control (command) something must do so under control (command) of Darth Vader. Any ownership falls under his ownership \u2015 unbridled super-capitalism gone completely haywire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n