The Ferengi are hyper-capitalist exploiters who enslave women and Star Fleet not only allows this but does business with them
Yes, this is the nerdiest post I've made.
The Ferengi are hyper-capitalist exploiters who enslave women and Star Fleet not only allows this but does business with them
Yes, this is the nerdiest post I've made.
Because the writers were libs and wanted an exaggerated parody of capitalism to dunk on. Really, in a society with free antimatter energy and replicators, capitalism would be finally cast into the dustbin of history. No scarcity = no capitalism.
The reason is that TNG/DS9 isn't science fiction. Space ships and rayguns aren't sci-fi. It's a drama. The original series had some episodes that were pure sci-fi: exploring what science meant in a fictional setting. TNG/DS9/V'Ger is just an excuse to make "interesting" (to libs) situations with latex forehead aliens.