The moral of the story is that capitalism doesn’t have an incentive structure that is beneficial to society. The Ferangi are not there to say you should do what they say. They’re there to represent capitalism in a more concrete form, and make you come to terms with the fact that you don’t actually agree with it. They literally give a voice to capitalism.
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Ferengi rule of aquision #285: “No good deed ever goes unpunished”.
Only fucked up capitalism hell is this saying so fucking true.
Moral of the story is: don’t be a good person.
Nah but really a more charitable interpetation is just complaining that we do good and still get shit.
The moral of the story is that capitalism doesn’t have an incentive structure that is beneficial to society. The Ferangi are not there to say you should do what they say. They’re there to represent capitalism in a more concrete form, and make you come to terms with the fact that you don’t actually agree with it. They literally give a voice to capitalism.