Was it a good thing that SNW explicitly said the Federation is socialist? (startrek.website)

submitted 5 months ago by jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website

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In case you don't know, they explicitly use the term socialist to describe the Federation economy in SNW. I was wondering if ppl liked or hated it? I like it personally since it's not a dodge like "new world economy"

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[-] jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website 9 points 5 months ago

Where are you if I may ask? And I think it may have been a dictate of Gene Roddenberry to not name which economic system won out, which is kind of a copout. But yeah it's refreshing to see it called what it is finally

[-] AdlachGyfiawn@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Gene Roddenberry was a Maoist. Pretty sure this was a studio thing, not a Gene thing.

[-] jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago

He was a Maoist?

[-] AdlachGyfiawn@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 months ago

According to his wife Majel, yes.

[-] jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago

Where did you read this?

[-] AdlachGyfiawn@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I admit I'm having trouble finding any transcript of the primary source. It's supposedly an answer she gave during a local convention and it's been repeated by enough websites citing each other that I don't know which one was the original.

I'll keep trying to find it, though.

[-] jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah I doubt it personally, it doesn't seem to match anything ever reflected in Star Trek. But if you find it, do tell me!

[-] Jaccident@startrek.website 5 points 5 months ago

British. Specifically Scottish.

[-] jimhensonslostpuppet@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

Ah yeah socialism I guess is a less dirty word in those parts.

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