Well..LoL..If no one had to work..what would you call "Starfleet" it's a Military organization, even though their mission was exploration, it was also defense, Thats work.. I have to disagree with your entire anology of the series, and/or the man that created it...
He was a Sci-fi/fantasy writer and though his storylines did not focus strongly upon some elements of real life, that doesnt mean he discounted them altogether..
His goal was to entertain, and thats what he has managed to do.

It's so sad when people can watch a show for years and totally miss the most basic point of it..

Zero.

Humans will be always humans. We are not perfect. Apparently during star trek most of the bad elements has been weeded out. (Hidden history somewhere? ) But it's MOST not all. So Star Trek can have imperfect humans as well as less than perfectly peaceful and honest aliens.

I do agree if society ever reaches a point where there is no "work" then we will die as a society. We live through our accomplishments. When there is nothing to accomplish, we wither and die.

I kind of agree with that, but there is ways to have goals. Such as first to see a planet, an alien race, first to discover a new scientific, new technology, etc etc as well as something as simple as trying to make the best wine in known universe. So there is plenty of goals, but nothing related to wealth and/or power.

Interesting thread, not sure what it has to do with OS Customization, but it was a good read.

Well, since we're fabling about some hypothetic distant future, I don't think that a world without money, hunger or greed is automatically a world without work. I don't see why such a world would automatically be a world where everybody is lazy. As somebody else said, there are jobs that will always be needed. Teachers, doctors, repairmen, etc. Would a world where there is no financial reason to work be without any of these? Who would want to work if he doesn't have to? Well, I think there can be other incentives than money. Recognitions, appreciation, social status, etc. And even those who wouldn't choose to work wouldn't necessarely be lazy. There are quite a number of sports and activities that people could enjoy. It wouldn't make them lazy. Some could build antique wood furniture just for the hell of it, like some people here spend a great amount of time making skins without ever seeing a peny for it.
If you won 200 million dollars, what would you do? Wake up every day at 4 pm and drink Romulan beer? I don't think so. Well, I know I wouldn't. I'd probably work as hard as I do now, except I'd do what I want to do and I'd do it because I want to. I'd probably still teach, but not full time. I'd probably travel a lot. And I'd probably do more widgets and skins. I may take a few courses to learn a few more crafts. I'd love to be able to biuld my own home if I had the time or any idea how. No, if I didn't have to worry about money, I certainly wouldn't become lazy, and I think I'd actually probably do a lot more...

Yes rightwinger.

I guess you missed the fiction part of science fiction.

You speak a lot of nice words while saying nothing but Republican rhetoric.

It was in the Customization section because I screwed up somehow. I reposted it in Misc., where it was totally ignored. Perhaps that's somehow telling, I don't know.
Some of you grasped that this was supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek article and some didn't. If that lack of understanding was due to my writing style, I apologize. Those who didn't get it and pointed out my "Republican rhetoric", for example, were likely liberals. I'm not surprised by this, as liberals are notoriously short on the humor thing, so you, of course, wouldn't have gotten it.

I've been a Trek fan for over 30 years, and perfectly grasp the point of the show. The writing is superb, the characters and realtionships complex and well-written, the stories, for the most part, very well-constructed.

I've heard that Star Wars fans are calling themselves "Jedi".

Live Long and Prosper. Keep phasers on stun. Energize!