[Lazamataz]

You know, Communism MIGHT WORK if there were unlimited material goods, no struggle for food, and so on, as depicted in the Star Trek universe. If I could go to any store and simply walk out with a 99 foot long HoloTelevision any time I wanted because Robots made them for me, money might not be a big deal to me any more.

Betchya Klingons are still capitalists, though.

[Sans-Culotte]

That's a good way to look at it. I always thought that on ST TNG they simply wanted to dispense with any mundane plots involving theft, embezzlement, hunger, unemployment, etc.

As you say, that would only work with unlimited material goods for which no invoice is ever due.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

One thing is certain about Klingons. If you ever see one exiting a restroom, by all means do not go in there! At least not for a few star dates.

[Poe White Trash]

You know, Communism MIGHT WORK if there were unlimited material goods, no struggle for food, and so on, as depicted in the Star Trek universe.

Problem is, if all the economic conditions you said were given as a starting point -- hi tech and NO scarcity -- then the "Star Trek Universe" SHOULD look a lot like Eric Frank Russel's _The Great Explosion_.

Which raises the problem: where are the "Jews in Space" in the Star Trek Universe? Or the Rastifarians, or the Neo-Puritans, or the neo-Jeffersonians, or the Neo-Nazis, or the (you name it, good or evil or bleh) for that matter?