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.
For the same reason they don't declare immediate war on the Fascist Cardassian government and spend the entire TOS waffling about the Klingons. Cowardice.
The only pre borg war they've actually committed to was the Romulan Wars where they rocked up in orbit around a Rihannsu homeworld without so much as saying "can we come in" and then wonder why the Democratic Murder Spy Vulcans are advancing on Pluto's moon. (the semi canon around the Romulan Wars is maybe my favourite part of Star Trek. Romulans (who were pre warp colony ship descendants) stole the warp drive off the starship, reverse engineered it, and then slapped them onto a bunch of nukes with a passenger cabin strapped to it.)
The Culture would have the Ferengi swarming with Contact and SC agents upon meeting.
that's why i consider the Culture to be the Federation without the taint of liberalism. they really believe in total liberation for all sapient beings.