And the form of white supremacy / capitalism that they have are so obvious and so comical, it's easy to ignore. But: These are no different than our own late-stage capitalism.
Ira Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe state on the Deep Space Nine DVD commentary that the Ferengi are meant to be 20th century humans. "The Ferengi are us. That's the gag, the Ferengis are humans. They're more human than the humans on Star Trek because they are so screwed-up, and they are so dysfunctional. They're regular people. And that was the fun of that." The name "Ferengi" was coined based on the Middle and South Asian term Ferenghi, meaning "Foreigners" or "Europeans" en.wikipedia.org - Ferengi - Wikipedia
If only more people had watched Star Trek...
ReplyDeleteAnd the form of white supremacy / capitalism that they have are so obvious and so comical, it's easy to ignore. But: These are no different than our own late-stage capitalism.
ReplyDeleteI find it remarkably easy to envision Quark sporting a “Make Ferengenar Great Again” hat.
ReplyDeleteHe is exactly the sort of fool to be taken in, isn't he?
ReplyDeleteCan’t sell the merchandise if you don’t wear the merchandise!
ReplyDelete"Fee-males"
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Once you have their latinum, never give it back.
ReplyDeleteIt's an entire society of DT's.
I was doing research, and it turns out they wanted to have Ferengi be modern US capitalistic culture.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's remarkably on point, Robert Bohl
ReplyDeleteIra Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe state on the Deep Space Nine DVD commentary that the Ferengi are meant to be 20th century humans. "The Ferengi are us. That's the gag, the Ferengis are humans. They're more human than the humans on Star Trek because they are so screwed-up, and they are so dysfunctional. They're regular people. And that was the fun of that." The name "Ferengi" was coined based on the Middle and South Asian term Ferenghi, meaning "Foreigners" or "Europeans"
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