>>15229703>thinking about the economy of the federation for two secondsngmi
Reminds me of dialog between Jake and Nog when jake wanted to use Nog's latinum to buy an antique baseball card
>"It's my money, Jake! If you want to bid at the auction, use your own money.">"I'm Human, I don't have any money.">"It's not my fault that your species decided to abandon currency-based economics in favor of some philosophy of self-enhancement.">"Hey, watch it. There's nothing wrong with our philosophy. We work to better ourselves and the rest of Humanity.">"What does that mean exactly?">"It means… it means we don't need money!"my headcanon is that everyone in the federation is so high on what a good person they are that none of them have yet to realize that their internal economy doesn't make any sense
