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?

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