Alethea Thompson wrote: StarFleet = Star Trek, but specifically Star Fleet cited here because they are the only ones that got rid of money being a thing. Other groups were still very much for money.
"The point is that this is something so ingrained into our culture, that even story writing geniuses can't figure out a way around the concept. No matter what there will be someone that rises to power and leads, they will be "elite".
I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love."
-Enemy at the Gates
