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How did money work on deep space 9? (endlesstalk.org)
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Whenever there's a storyline with quark, they talk about money/latinum.

I remember in one of the next gen episodes that there was discussion about money and Picard said something about how they've moved away from money.

So do Starfleet get paid now?

Update: thank you for the quick responses. From what I'm gathering the tldr is that the following is the answer

  • Ferengi love for money/not being a post scarcity society by design
  • Bajorans being so near their slavery times and not post scarcity yet
  • Quark creating an atmosphere of camaraderie/gambling/upgraded replicators/actual food

All this requires some form of currency.

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[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's my point though. They don't really address how McCoy got the glasses he gave to Kirk in Star Trek II. Did he buy them? Did he just ask someone for them? Did he barter for them for services?

Same thing with alcohol, some people pull out alcohol they obtained through some back alley, black market deal. But what was traded for this black market alcohol?

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My SO and I say that all the chips they're exchanging during the Enterprise-D poker games are exchangeable for sexual favors.

[–] alexmorse@mastodon.social 3 points 11 months ago

@GraniteM @LastYearsPumpkin those are Riker's house rules