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Hi there, I'm not trying to start a political argument or anything, I'm just curious what people here think about this often repeated claim that the Federation is a socialist or even communist utopia? I know Strange New Worlds did say in dialogue it is socialist but I was wondering if people here think that's accurate? I'm not a communist or a marxist or anything like that, but I've had people who identify as such tell me the Federation basically is communist. So anyway, what's your thoughts?

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[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 0 points 3 months ago (20 children)

The federation tends to let member planets be independent, the federation doesn't come in and be like "we own your planet and we provide for you in return we take everything", so it's definitely leaning socialist.

The main difference is who owns the means of production. In communism, the government does. In socialism, the people do.

Both aim to provide for the population at large and not just benefit to a few rich elites that own everything, but socialism is a bit more robust against tyrannical governments.

[–] MrSaturn@startrek.website 0 points 3 months ago (13 children)

Yeah I'm not a communist primarily because I'm against dictatorship and human rights abuse but socialism sounds more interesting

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

If you don't want to start a political argument, that's not the way to do it.

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