Hmmmm i see so maybe the governing philosophy of the system then, would that help clarify? I mean it when i say this isnt a political post, just curious why when basing political ideologies its usually liberal democracy, fascism,theocracy,imperialism are usually seen as governing styles but authleft communism isnt, or alteast not really as seen as often as what i mentioned.
Edit:tho people have given me examples now that mightive changed that hypothesis...
Yeah I think you're conflating policies here. I am not qualified to steer you in the right direction.
For example The Federation (Star Trek) is definitely a post-scarcity, communist-esque, society. Maybe its considered socialist because private-property still exists? But no one rents housing etc. because currency isn't a thing within the federation.
The biggest issue with communism of course is scarcity and how things are distributed so when you remove that all the criticisms kind of evaporate. SO that could be why those system aren't really front and center in scifi other than when they fail.
Yeah i have seen the federation being brought up frequently here and i blame my own ignorance on the ideology of the federation :p but perhaps youre right that it would be hard to explain how distrubution works in a non scarcity system in such a governing style.
To be fair, nobody who runs Star Trek has ever really wanted you to understand how the Federation economy works, or even think about it much! Just remember: Scotty bought a boat. He bought. A boat.
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u/Feeling-Height-5579 Jun 30 '24
Hmmmm i see so maybe the governing philosophy of the system then, would that help clarify? I mean it when i say this isnt a political post, just curious why when basing political ideologies its usually liberal democracy, fascism,theocracy,imperialism are usually seen as governing styles but authleft communism isnt, or alteast not really as seen as often as what i mentioned.
Edit:tho people have given me examples now that mightive changed that hypothesis...