I wouldn't go so far as to say that no single meal is worth $100. I actually think farmers and restaurant workers both tend to be on the underpaid side, and I do think $100 or more would be fair for a meal that required a significant amount of labor, both in the restaurant and up the supply chain.
To address the inevitable follow up question of, in a more theoretical vein, whether we should expend that much labor on a single meal for a single person, I think the answer is yes, with a caveat. Everyone should get fed before we start spending resources on nice meals. But in a FALGSC society, I do think there's room special/nice things, particularly in moderation. Communism obviously doesn't mean no art or no special stuff. It just means everyone gets a few special things, rather than 5 people getting all the special things, all the time.
Finally, sorry for taking your meme and getting all serious. But what's more leftist than turning a lighthearted dunk into a diatribe about theory?
I've put you on the waiting list for a meal at Sisko's Creole Kitchen; if no one cancels, you should be having a very special meal in four months. If you want a preview now, I know some gastronomy hackers who have eaten at Sisko's and reverse-engineered his recipes for home replicator use, but you'll just have to accept that it's just not the same.
I've ways wondered how situations of gross negligence are handled in Trek. Like if a patron at Sisko's Dad's restaurant slipped on an oyster shell and died because Jake was too much of a jerk to clean up do they just let that shit slide?
I wouldn't go so far as to say that no single meal is worth $100. I actually think farmers and restaurant workers both tend to be on the underpaid side, and I do think $100 or more would be fair for a meal that required a significant amount of labor, both in the restaurant and up the supply chain.
To address the inevitable follow up question of, in a more theoretical vein, whether we should expend that much labor on a single meal for a single person, I think the answer is yes, with a caveat. Everyone should get fed before we start spending resources on nice meals. But in a FALGSC society, I do think there's room special/nice things, particularly in moderation. Communism obviously doesn't mean no art or no special stuff. It just means everyone gets a few special things, rather than 5 people getting all the special things, all the time.
Finally, sorry for taking your meme and getting all serious. But what's more leftist than turning a lighthearted dunk into a diatribe about theory?
I've put you on the waiting list for a meal at Sisko's Creole Kitchen; if no one cancels, you should be having a very special meal in four months. If you want a preview now, I know some gastronomy hackers who have eaten at Sisko's and reverse-engineered his recipes for home replicator use, but you'll just have to accept that it's just not the same.
I've ways wondered how situations of gross negligence are handled in Trek. Like if a patron at Sisko's Dad's restaurant slipped on an oyster shell and died because Jake was too much of a jerk to clean up do they just let that shit slide?
No need for apology I live for this!
I absolutely agree, but I think $100 for most meals in today’s world that claim to be worth that are not given the main goal of profit over quality