Comment on Rule of Acquisition #10: Greed is eternal
Caradoc879@lemmy.world 8 months agoAlso that happened at the very end of ds9, and only when the least ferengi-like ferengi ever became grand nagus, and his advisors were, his non-ferengi wife and his give-no-fucks civil rights leader mother.
SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org 8 months ago
That ending is hilarious to me. Societies just don’t do a compete 180° over the course of a year or so. Changes at that level are very, very slow. Taking centuries in some cases. But all of a sudden, they have taxes, social programs, environmental programs, etc…
I know Ferengis are portrayed as non-violent, but I would think makes such rapid, unpopular changes would lead to some level of violence/civil uprising.
grue@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Even leaving the early-installment weirdness of TNG Ferengi aside, there were always Eliminators like Leck…
Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sometimes they do, but not usually peacefully. Revolutions lead to rapid changes.