I liked Archer, I’d rank him up there with Kirk and Picard. Then again I havent seen the series in a long time, just bought the Blu Rays of it so I guess Ill rewatch it soon and see if I still think this

Well I’m a democratic socialist and def not a communist, so I guess there’s the distinction.

I dont believe in communism so Im not really concerned with that

Well I’m not for ending US hegemony so that doesn’t sound appealing to me.

Yeah I doubt it personally, it doesn’t seem to match anything ever reflected in Star Trek. But if you find it, do tell me!

I don’t think that’s what they were going with.

I don’t like the implication that full communism is only possible after a zombie apocalypse though lol

Where did you read this?

He was a Maoist?

Yeah, I find it odd because its Hollywood doing these references which isn’t exactly a left wing institution.

Ironically The Orville did that better by saying there are no prisons anymore in the Planetary Union.

Ah yeah socialism I guess is a less dirty word in those parts.

I thought socialism was social ownership, not welfare programs that exist under capitalism.

Based

None of those quotes say private ownership of cars is gone. Cars aren’t the means of production btw, so I don’t even agree with SNW here.

Star Wars?

The same episode says private ownership of things like cars no longer exists in the future, so it’s clearly a description of the economy. I agree its almost a dismissal though, which is why I prefer The Orville’s treatment of the no money post scarcity economy more.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Socialism

Where are you if I may ask? And I think it may have been a dictate of Gene Roddenberry to not name which economic system won out, which is kind of a copout. But yeah it’s refreshing to see it called what it is finally

And it just seems accurate, at least with definitions of socialism I’ve read and studied