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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org to c/startrek@startrek.website

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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[-] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ferengi have never stopped caring about profit, it's a fundamental part of their culture.

Gold pressed latinum is an interesting currency FWIW. IIRC latinum is so valuable that gold is just the container for it, adding little value.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Latinum

[-] Bipta@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

iirc gold is considered worthless.

[-] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Gold can be replicated, so it is worthless. I don't know why gold is used to suspend Latium, but it is.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Well gold is famously nonreactive and doesn't tarnish. Plus it looks good.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Looks nice. Non-reactive. Quark talks about gold-pressed latinum having a distinctive clink, so the gold would be a part of that.

That sounds right to me as well now that you mention it.

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