History Main / NoPoverty

** This is largely due to the fact that it is stated to be a capital planet. In Attack of the Clones, the miners on the moons of Naboo were initially blamed for the attempted assasination attempt on Padme, so there was some unrest due to this inequality presumably.

Expect these kinds of worlds to be called out as {{Mary Suetopia}}s. Authors can potentially minimize this trope and use it only as a minor part of the {{Backstory}} of their setting, making only passing references to how it was achieved. This is likely a form of ConservationOfDetail to avoid distracting viewers from the focus of the story (like space exploration or magical adventures). The risk here is that treating it ''too'' glibly may make viewers lose their WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief "Wait, you're telling me {{nanomachines}} made everyone rich? How?!" Futhermore, an additional issue that is rarely pointed out is that even with an environment in which everyone has more money, there would still likely be an inequality of income. It would just be that there would be more goods overall and the rich would now have even higher extravagant displays of wealth.

Expect these kinds of worlds to be called out as {{Mary Suetopia}}s. Authors can potentially minimize this trope and use it only as a minor part of the {{Backstory}} of their setting, making only passing references to how it was achieved. This is likely a form of ConservationOfDetail to avoid distracting viewers from the focus of the story (like space exploration or magical adventures). The risk here is that treating it ''too'' glibly may make viewers lose their WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief "Wait, you're telling me {{nanomachines}} made everyone rich? How?!"

* In the ''VorkosiganSaga'', there are no really poor people on Beta Colony, their understanding of the term refers to people ''without a computer in the home'', and even that is unheard of since access to information is guaranteed by the government. Cordelia has trouble getting her head around the concept on Barrayar, where illiteracy and starvation are everyday occurances in the rural areas.

* In ''StarTrek'' it's mentioned that poverty is effectively no longer an issue in 24th century Earth. By the time of ''TheNextGeneration'' [[TeleportersAndTransporters transporters]] and replicators make most things so cheap that money is kind of pointless, making this is one of the reasons people of the 24th century tend to question the moral character of anyone from the 21st century.
** Then ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' came along and deconstructed this. Because Earth has no money, they've lost the concept of the value of work (Jake at one point asks Nog to give up his entire life's savings for a baseball card, and thinks Nog's the one being unreasonable when he refuses) and they're too much of an ivory-tower utopia to really appreciate the troubles that happen out in the rest of the universe.

* IvanYefremov's ''AndromedaNebula'' makes this trope one of a central points of its {{Utopia}} narrative. While there ''are'' examples of conscious self-limiting, no one really comprehends what it is to not have access to have everything one needs, never mind not being able to eat enough each day.

* IvanYefremov's ''AndromedaNebula'' makes this trope one of a central points of its {{Utopia}} narrative. While there ''are'' examples of conscious self-limiting, no one really comprehends what it is to not be able to eat enough each day.

* IvanYefremov's ''AndromedaNebula'' makes this trope one of a central points of its {{Utopia}} narrative.

However, expect these kinds of worlds to be called out as {{Mary Suetopia}}s. Still, authors can potentially minimize this trope and use it only as a minor part of the {{Backstory}} of their setting, making only passing references to how it was achieved. This is likely a form of ConservationOfDetail to avoid distracting viewers from the focus of the story (like space exploration or magical adventures). The risk here is that treating it ''too'' glibly may make viewers lose their WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief "Wait, you're telling me {{nanomachines}} made everyone rich? How?!"

Still, authors can potentially minimize this trope and use it only as a minor part of the {{Backstory}} of their setting, making only passing references to how it was achieved. This is likely a form of ConservationOfDetail to avoid distracting viewers from the focus of the story (like space exploration or magical adventures). The risk here is that treating it ''too'' glibly may make viewers lose their WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief "Wait, you're telling me {{nanomachines}} made everyone rich? How?!"

* In ''StarTrek'' it's mentioned that poverty has effectively no longer an issue in 24th century Earth. By the time of ''TheNextGeneration'' [[TeleportersAndTransporters transporters]] and replicators make most things so cheap that money is kind of pointless, making this is one of the reasons people of the 24th century tend to question the moral character of anyone from the 21st century.

* In ''StarTrek'' it's mentioned that poverty has effectively no longer an issue in 24th century Earth. By the time of ''TheNextGeneration'' [[TeleportersAndTransporters transporters]] and replicators make most things so cheap that money is kind of pointless, making this is one of the reasons people of the 24th century tend to question the moral character of anyone from the 21st century.

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', poverty was erased through [[DystopianEdict legal means]]. It's against the law to be unemployed, and poverty is legally a treatable mental illness.

** Later, [[spoiler: President LexLuthor]] manages to turn the third-world country of ''America'' into another utopia by using a "strict, internal market where he had absolute control over every dollar bill".

A setting with [[TitleDrop No Poverty]] has no poor. Take a moment to parse that sentence. Something which has eluded human civilization has been achieved: this is a world where no one is homeless, everyone eats three full meals a day, and society cares for all its cast outs. The elderly, physically and mentally ill are cared for, and probably even have jobs. This is not a change to human condition that authors are likely to take lightly; it's usually treated as a pretty big deal. The weight of this idea is such that many writers will use it as the central premise to their setting, and may even pen a full blown AuthorTract about the way their {{Utopia}} came to be.

Maybe AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome, TheSingularity brought total equality, mater replicators and infinite energy machines made scarcity disappear, or a revolutionary philosopher/economist came along and taught humanity a new way to go about civilization that doesn't marginalize anyone. Whatever the case, someone(s) have made it so that characters can only be poor or indigent by choice, and can almost effortlessly access a support network that would elevate them out of it. If characters encounter a vagrant or someone in poverty (this may require TimeTravel, visiting alien worlds, or going to a remote and uncivilized place) they'll be confused and horrified at the concept (and running into active slavery will cause fits).

Still, authors can potentially minimize this trope and use it only as a minor part of the {{Backstory}} of their setting, making only make passing references to how it was achieved. This is likely a form of ConservationOfDetail to avoid distracting viewers from the focus of the story (like space exploration or magical adventures). The risk here is that treating it ''too'' glibly may make viewers lose their WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief "Wait, you're telling me {{nanomachines}} made everyone rich? How?!"

* In the ''VorkosiganSaga'', there are no really poor people on Beta Colony. Cordelia has trouble getting her head about it on Barrayar.

A setting with [[TitleDrop No Poverty]] has no poor. Take a moment to parse that sentence. Something which has eluded human civilization has been achieved: this is a world where no one is homeless, everyone eats three full meals a day, and society cares for all its cast outs. The elderly, physically and mentally ill are cared for, and probably even have jobs. This is not a change to human condition that authors aren't likely to take lightly. A setting with No Poverty can potentially minimize it and use it only as a minor part of the {{Backstory}}, making only make passing references to how it was achieved. This is likely a form of ConservationOfDetail to avoid distracting viewers from the focus of the story (like space exploration or magical adventures). The risk here is that treating it ''too'' glibly may make viewers lose their WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief "Wait, you're telling me {{nanomachines}} made everyone rich? How?!"

However the weight of this idea is such that many writers will use it ''as'' the central premise to their setting, and may even pen a full blown AuthorTract about the way their {{Utopia}} came to be. Maybe AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome, TheSingularity brought total equality, mater replicators and infinite energy machines made scarcity disappear, or a revolutionary philosopher/economist came along and taught humanity a new way to go about civilization that doesn't marginalize anyone. Whatever the case, someone(s) have made it so that characters can only be poor or indigent by choice, and can almost effortlessly access a support network that would elevate them out of it. If characters encounter a vagrant or someone in poverty (this may require TimeTravel, visiting alien worlds, or going to a remote and uncivilized place) they'll be confused and horrified at the concept (and running into active slavery will cause fits).

A setting with [[TitleDrop No Poverty]] has no poor. Take a moment to parse that sentence. Something which has eluded human civilization has been achieved: this is a world where no one is homeless, everyone eats three full meals a day, and society cares for all its cast outs. The elderly, physically and mentally ill are cared for, and probably even have jobs. This is not a change to human condition that authors aren't likely to take lightly. A setting with No Poverty can potentially minimize it and only make passing references to how it was achieved, but it's just as easy for writers to make an AuthorTract about the

This is not something authors are likely to treat lightly, these stories will explore the changes necessary to bring this about and the kind of society that would necessarily result.

Because the eradication of poverty has been a continuous struggle for human civilization, settings with [[TitleDrop No Poverty]] are as much about the

In the latter, the setting very explicitly goes about showing us there aren't any poor people and integrates it into the concept. The characters may not harp on about it all the time, but the issue of poverty has somehow been resolved in the setting's {{Backstory}}. Maybe AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome or a friendly aline came and brought about an economic/cultural revolution that has abolished the very existence of the poverty line. Whatever the case, someone(s) have made it so that characters can only be poor or indigent by choice, and can almost effortlessly access a support network that would elevate them out of it. If characters encounter a vagrant or someone in poverty, they'll generally be confused and horrified at the concept (and running into active slavery will cause fits).

Goes in PovertyTropes. Compare & contrast EatTheRich, KillThePoor

* In the anime ''No6'' the titular No6 appears to have no poverty and be a utopia. It has been designed that way.

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* Television Sitcoms are sometimes accused of this trope. Rarely do we see characters working or talking about their jobs. Granted, that's usually not the focus of the show, but for most sitcoms to work we have to assume that we're already talking about affluent people. The fact that politics, economics, or just social morality in general ''never'' comes up carries massive UnfortunateImplications, both in terms of character depth, and what it says about who makes television. There's a section of ''What's the Matter With Kansas?'' by Thomas Frank dedicated to this topic.

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^Not counting {{Work Com}}s.

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^ WorkComs like TheOffice do, to their credit, touch upon this. I'm thinking more SliceofLife stuff like Friends.