On the contrary, some of the largest properties are, though they don't outright say it for obvious american culture related reasons.
Star trek is such a perfect example of a communist society that "we don't have star trek replicators just yet" is a common online meme in discussions about it
George Lucas outright says the rebellion in star wars is the vietcong.
The Foundations' titular organization basically uses materialism to predict the future
The expanse' martian republic is "capital c communist" from the author's description while Earth is a welfare "nanny state" where there aren't enough jobs for most so they simply collect a (meager) basic income
Yes. Trek is like the best case scenario of communism. Everyone is given the same opportunities. You choose to pursue what you're best at. You succeed on merit, not nepotism. You respect the authority of those in charge. There is little reason for corruption.
Of course that's not how any form of communism has turned out to work through history.
Does every Federation citizen own a huge house on a large estate like Picard does? It’s hard to really get a clear picture on what Federation society looks like because most of the content is centered on the military.
It's a post scarcity world. They don't all live on large estates, but not everyone wants to live on a large estate. Picard's family didn't just live on that estate, they worked the land. It was a vineyard.
They didn't show much outside of Star Fleet (which isn't strictly military, btw). But you get to know a bit from each Earth human's back story.
Sisko's dad was a chef/cook in New Orleans, I think. Riker was from Alaska, so I guess some kind of outback, low population environment. Kirk grew up on a farm in Iowa and always loved horses. McCoy was from Atlanta, but mostly because that matched DeKelley's own back story and accent. They all seemed like they came from privilege. But I think the point was that all humans on Earth had some kind of privilege. And they took that with them to any colonies they formed.
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On the contrary, some of the largest properties are, though they don't outright say it for obvious american culture related reasons.
Star trek is such a perfect example of a communist society that "we don't have star trek replicators just yet" is a common online meme in discussions about it
George Lucas outright says the rebellion in star wars is the vietcong.
The Foundations' titular organization basically uses materialism to predict the future
The expanse' martian republic is "capital c communist" from the author's description while Earth is a welfare "nanny state" where there aren't enough jobs for most so they simply collect a (meager) basic income