>>16977215>The Federation economy pretty trapping and controlling and acted as a fairly solid brick wall for social mobility.No. Dilithium, among other things, can not be replicated, and that shit aint gonna mine itself. Antimatter creation and intricate technologies require human effort. Starships also require meatbags to crew them.
>>16977215>How could one can they "buy" a vineyard when money no longer exists?You appear to be missing a key component of humanity. Put simply, why to people today spend retarded amounts of money on classic muscle cars from the 1970's or retro PC's from the 1990's? Because they have cultural value, if not physical value. Why drink wine when you can drink grape juice? Because the fucking wine with 800 years of evolution is exponentially more valuable.
>>16977215>The same issue is present with the morally ambiguous Captain Sisko's New Orleans restaurant in DS9. It's great for Sisko, but what about someone else who wants to open up their own place in the same area?This is exactly why space exploration exists. Find a new planet, colonize it, open up your very own bistro.
>>16977215>The lack of money eliminates even the possibility of purchasing an establishment.There is no reason whatsoever to believe the Federation would not give 100% support to any colonist that wanted to open up a specialty establishment. In fact I think the opposite would be true.
>>16977218>Ironically, it's impossible to eliminate poverty by taking away all the money. It only seems like this is possible because audiences are only shown the lives of the social elites, such as Picard.Why the fuck would anyone be considered "poor" if virtually all their wildest needs and desires would be met with a household replicator and holodeck? And since power consumption, limited space, and limited time are no longer a factor on a planet as opposed to a starship, every swinging dick on earth would be spending 14 hours a day in the holodeck.
