Don't replicators make Garak's tailor business redundant?
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Compensation, monetary or othewise, doesn't at all explain all the possible motivations. It becomes simplistic when we only talk about career/job choices in terms of basic needs. For some people, the work itself is something they want to do. Where would an evolutionary biologist go in the 24th century to get data and results? Would such a person, in any century, be strictly motivated by compensation?
No more than a person would be solely motivated by job satisfaction. Financial compentsation would be a part of a overall mix, for some the prime component.
For others less important, but still needed to live while chasing their lives dreams.
Actually it was in the *TNG* pilot episode, where she says, and I quote, to "put it on [her] account".
At which point someone takes precedence. Doesn't have to be the person with the most money - Garak could easily give precedence to the people he likes or the people whose names end in Y. Or simply have a long waiting list.
Also, how much demand can there really be for a tailor's services in a place like DS9? The Bajorans by and large are going to get their clothes on Bajor - not from a Cardassian. Starfleet officers typically wear uniforms 90% of the time. And most alien visitors don't stick around long enough to need a tailor.
The Bajorans are going to fly all the way to Bajor with their clothes just because they lost a few pounds?
Bring aboard a Bajoran tailor ... it would be cheaper.
Bajor is a few hours away. People do that for an afternoon shopping trip all the time. Plus the Bajorans are very attached to their planet to begin with. I'd imagine the majority of them take at least semi-regular trips to Bajor anyway.
Flying to Bajor isn't cheap: Shakar's aide wanted Shakar to make transportation subsidies an issue. And neither Bajor nor the station are in fixed positions in space. They orbit, presumably at different rates. It may be three hours "by runabout" to the Chief, but I doubt Sisko let's residents have open access to Federation spacecraft.
Non-replicated goods would still be valued, I would think particularly by Bajorans, as well as other aliens. I recall how the Enterprise crew were enamored of the fabrics in Encounter at Farpoint. I love the outfits on aliens in DS9. Quark's jackets are the bomb.
As for economy, I do think demonetized systems are a logical development when populations reach a certain load. All the western countries have the beginnings of this in their healthcare and social services.
As for economy, I do think demonetized systems are a logical development when populations reach a certain load. All the western countries have the beginnings of this in their healthcare and social services.
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