This is what I took from them as well, particularly since Star Trek was set in an Earth post-scarcity. When humanity has progressed to the stars as a result of

This is what I took from them as well, particularly since Star Trek was set in an Earth post-scarcity. When humanity has progressed to the stars as a result of the end of modern society in a war, the Ferengi were a foil against what we have versus what we can become.