But it's a dream that doesn't factor in reality. And, perhaps unfortunately and perhaps not, reality is where we live. This is Star Trek. This is about dreams. I gotta take issue with Don Quixote, on this one.
Dreams are nice and all, but impossible dreams, really impossible dreams, are of absolutely no use.
Warp drive, replicators, a Galactic U.N., these all have that ring of possibility about them. I've stretched my mind as far as it can go, but I just can't envision a society that does not motivate people to work, by promising tangible compensation. I doubt it. I've stretched my mind on that one, too. Heck, TOS did have inequality.