The Expanse also has UBI on earth. With it, most people still lack opportunity and live a rather destitute, powerless life.
Seems like a pretty good perdition of our future, really. UBI recipients with no labor of value to offer won't have power to change their government for long.
It's unfortunate that the authoritarian future of Star Trek probably wouldn't lead to paradise. Or at least, that's how our culture's view of the future has changed.
Both fictions are a product of their time. I still wish we had the optimism of Star Trek now.
Seems like a pretty good perdition of our future, really. UBI recipients with no labor of value to offer won't have power to change their government for long.
It's unfortunate that the authoritarian future of Star Trek probably wouldn't lead to paradise. Or at least, that's how our culture's view of the future has changed.
Both fictions are a product of their time. I still wish we had the optimism of Star Trek now.