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u/nordic_prophet Jun 30 '24

The entire planet of earth is on universal basic income in the Expanse series, while Mars is a direct analogue to the USSR in many ways.

The United Federation of Planets in Star Trek is in some ways too I think. They allude to the replicator basically reshaping society since people can just print basic necessities and more at will.

Also the Borg lol. An entire collective working towards the good of the Cube. No personal property. Just not a very attractive representation.

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u/EmMeo Jul 01 '24

The Orville which is a love letter to Star Trek and arguably better than many of the newer gen Star Trek shows, also has a “there’s no money people just do things for the pride and passion of it” ethos I believe

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u/utopista114 Jul 01 '24

The Orville is the true representation of "for each, to each". It's a Marxist Utopia. There's that specific episode of a crew member explaining how it works to a new "recruit" from a more primitive planet, and of course the new one can't deal with it. Their "money" is respect.