But it’s not communist. There are parallels, of course. It is, technically, classless, stateless, and moneyless. But there is still a Central government. There is still private ownership. Picard’s family owns land. They’re not given land by the community. There’s no community control of resources because any resources a person may want are readily available to all.

It is a post-scarcity^1 quasi-socialist^2 utopian^3 representative parliamentary democracy^4.

1. There is no need for money, bartering, or employment. Replicators and energy are abundant and can fill any physical need.
2. There is no economy for the collective community to own, but social equity is valued and maintained
3. There is no poverty, war, exploitation, or abuse of power. All people live in peace, equality, and self-fulfillment
4. There is a world government that has elected members of parliament, and that government represents the inhabitants of Earth and their interests within the United Federation of Planets, a federal representative republic.

I spent way too much time on this. I’m gonna go play with my trains

Tankies ain’t leading a damn thing.