[longtermmemmory]

The “trouble with tribbles” had money (see bar)

also everyone had a phaser, it was just a tool. This carried through even into next gen where they botched the anglophile French picard.

[ExSoldier]

I was thinking of spinoff shows where this was really played up, like DEEP SPACE-9 and Voyager. And to a degree, with Next Gen movies. Although the Ferengi were really greedy with their Gold Pressed Latinum. So some cultures in the future valued greed and prosperity, but it seems the Federation didn't and they were especially for weapons control.