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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ryujin" data-source="post: 9579585" data-attributes="member: 27897">I would call it a Post Scarcity/Meritocracy hybrid. Basic needs are met at a level well above the norm in today's world. Land is far less of an issue because of the ease of energy and food production. Technology makes it possible to live on Baffin Island or in the middle of the Sahara Desert, with equal comfort. Transportation technologies, including public Transporters, mean that you could live in the middle of the Brazilian Rainforest and work in downtown London.Citizens could coat through life and do nothing, and still have a good standard of living. I think that if someone wanted to become a freighter captain, showed aptitude, received the training, and presented a reasonable prospectus, they could get themselves a small transport vessel from the government. If you wanted to be an artist then you would never have to suffer the "starving artist" stereotype. You could climb to the full extent of whatever ability you possessed, without needing to worry where your next meal, or next bed was coming from. And if your abilities would benefit society, you'd get what you needed to do so. You might not necessarily "own" it, but it would be yours to use.</blockquote>