Makes sense, you could no doubt find ever element you need there.

The machine still needs the raw materials to make into other things and the energy to transform those materials into things, which you’d presumably still need to pay for.

No, no we really can’t. The economics of Star Trek is internally inconsistent, unrealistic, and frequently driven purely by wishful thinking. This is like saying we can learn a lot about human anatomy from watching anime.

I’ve always loved the “we’ve moved beyond the need for economic greed” aspect of the Star Trek universe, but keep one thing in mind. What you see on the shows is how life is in the military. It’s like trying to show what it’s like to live in our universe by only showing life aboard an aircraft carrier and Navy bases.…

For instance, what happens to innovation and scientific progress without the hope of financial rewards?

Were it put to a vote, the world would have ended on September 12, 2001.

The trouble with a government being beholden to the will of the people is that the will of the people is often for war.

Since 2003, he has donated almost equally to both Republican and Democratic candidates, so you could say that despite his distaste, he’s been doing his part for democracy on the blue planet.

Google “how many people believe in X” where X is whatever crazy idea you can come up with and you will see a flaw in your plan.

The United States is a Federal presidential Constitutional Republic. Think of Rome... as that is the model that was loosely used as the basis for our current structures on the federal level. I felt it was necessary to correct the statement that it is a representative democracy - as that is not precise. The democratic…