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.

  • Retrosound [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    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.