Money would be more than the medium of exchange. Do we see people in the Federation talking about investments, retirement saving, etc.
My lifetime accumulated Federation credits after 50 years of service for the Federation: Sorry kids, they die with me and they are not transferable, so I have to "spend" them before I die. I can buy a boat or a cabin in the mountains!
Are these transferable to your kids, though?
Picard lives on what appears to be generational land.
Perhaps with an inherence tax/fee (also in Fed credits). Picard probably accumulated a vast amount of credits from his Starfleet career, and was able to pay the inherence tax. YMMV
She bought Emilio's old place
With Chateau Picard, I assumed that there was some form of "grandfathering" involved..
Grandfather (or legacy rights) usually occur when the law is changed and people or companies already operating are exempted from the new laws or rules. There's usually some kind of limitation - often time - but, in this case, I would see it as, literally, being the right to continue to live somewhere that your grandfather (the Federation, I am sure would be thinking "grandparent") lived. Once the grandparent link is broken, the right disappears.
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Grandfather (or legacy rights) usually occur when the law is changed and people or companies already operating are exempted from the new laws or rules. There's usually some kind of limitation - often time - but, in this case, I would see it as, literally, being the right to continue to live somewhere that your grandfather (the Federation, I am sure would be thinking "grandparent") lived. Once the grandparent link is broken, the right disappears.
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When I hear "Grandfather Clause" I immediately think of The Simpsons
I've thought that the Federation, starfleet, they don't get "paid" in the normal sense, there needs are met, food housing, etc. for starfleet based on rank/longevity for "nicer" things like bigger quarters, better replicators ( which is bs)
But with DS9 it kind of shows that they can get "paid" because of Quarks. Unless he has a "tab" for starfleet personnel, he charges money for the drinks, holo suites etc. Even for use at the casino tables. So there time does equate to "money" if necessary when dealing with places and species that use "currency"
How the "housing" works on Earth? Honestly it seems weird. some people have vast "chateaus" and farmland like Bomlers famly, while others get a trailer. Maybe its based on "merit" if you just want to slob around you get the bare minimum, but if you put in effort, you get more, and some "family" land stays with the family unless they want to get rid of it.
Guess you just put in a request for say a place for a restaurant or knick knack shop or something.
But with DS9 it kind of shows that they can get "paid" because of Quarks. Unless he has a "tab" for starfleet personnel, he charges money for the drinks, holo suites etc. Even for use at the casino tables. So there time does equate to "money" if necessary when dealing with places and species that use "currency"
How the "housing" works on Earth? Honestly it seems weird. some people have vast "chateaus" and farmland like Bomlers famly, while others get a trailer. Maybe its based on "merit" if you just want to slob around you get the bare minimum, but if you put in effort, you get more, and some "family" land stays with the family unless they want to get rid of it.
Guess you just put in a request for say a place for a restaurant or knick knack shop or something.
Perhaps with an inherence tax/fee (also in Fed credits). Picard probably accumulated a vast amount of credits from his Starfleet career, and was able to pay the inherence tax. YMMV
Damn tax man! Even in the 24th century you are not safe!
Federation clearly must have some form of currency. Even if they're post scarcity, certain commodities like land are still finite. Some do not use it like the "New Humans" on Earth (one of Gene's weird fantasies). Replicators did not exist in TOS or the TOS movies they came after in the Lost Era before TNG. Even then something would still exist after to exchange for skilled expertise/labor and for interstellar trade.
Well, TOS had "synthesizers", and I've always thought that the difference between "synthesizers" and "replicators" was the same as the difference between "landing parties" and "away teams".
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unlese what if there is money at starfleet in the federation but its like the early days of earth from the pre 1990s aka before the 1990s eras where everything was super cheap
Any idea how much energy it would take to ... turn energy into matter???
It's not even remotely practical. 1 gram of matter and antimatter combined would produce a blast equivalent to the "Fat Man" bomb dropped on Nagasaki in August 1945. About 21 kilotons...
Now, imagine how much energy is in that "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" order, and don't forget the cup.
It was not super cheap before the 1990s.
It does???? Can you point to the oppressive societal control, widespread suffering, and dehumanization in the Federation?
How much energy would it take to travel at 1,516 times the speed of light (warp 9)?
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