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There are no billionaires in star trek, Elon.
Lower Decks made fun of billionaires in the latest season. There was a planet that recently joined the Federation and was burning money and throwing away gold. And there were some unhappy local billionaires.
I want one of their "no money no problems" t-shirts
Sure there are. They are all short with really big erogenous ears.
People should absolutely reply with pictures of Quark and various Ferengi.
Elon names stuff after things in The Culture, but he's Joiler Veppers
A Starfleet Captain commands the wealth of nations. I don't think it's fair to say Billionaires Don't Exist so much as to say the liberal ideal Meritocracy is made manifest.
Being entrusted with large amounts of resources is very different from owning large amounts of resources.
I didn't watch Picard. How did Geordie end up with the Enterprise?
Paramount wanted to make a shit ton of money off a property they owned, so they fucked around with established continuity to give it more mass appeal.
He's the caretaker of the federation fleet museum. Basically a cushy retirement job for a guy who has a family and didn't want to get shot at any more. He's probably the only cast member that acts like an adult in Picard. 😆
So they could have undocked an historical fleet and only took their favorite ship? Seems like a tactical oversight.....
Giordi has spent like 20 years putting it back together from pieces after it was destroyed, and it was still the most powerful ship in that museum by a long shot. The Galaxy class was still in active service in Picard.
Fair enough. Would have been nice to see some Nebulas and Mirandas be used as harrying vessels.
I had forgotten it got destroyed in Generations. Poor Beverly.
I’m in charge of $600 million+ worth of hardware at my job. This does not grant me monetary agency over the value of that hardware.
Exactly. I would have started with ending all monetary systems and starting a global post-scarcity society.