Board Thread:Roleplay Ideas/@comment-26295802-20151102181855/@comment-26863727-20151103024245

Aramirtheranger wrote: "We have eliminated material desires!"

That's a direct qoute (more or less) from Deanna Troi.

Picard refers to the 20th century folks in the same episode as "barbarians" because they like to have stuff. Even the most luxurious quarters in the Federation are pretty bare. Note that the "process" is still underway during TOS.