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A friend of mine, half-Korean, made a tremendous case that the Ferengi were stereotypes of Koreans and I wish I had recorded it, because it was thoughtful and w
by at_a_remove 3y ago
A friend of mine, half-Korean, made a tremendous case that the Ferengi were stereotypes of Koreans and I wish I had recorded it, because it was thoughtful and well-supported.
I guess some stereotypes are really archetypes and people fit them as needed ... or as feared about one's self.
- DropInIn 3y agoNearly everyone thinks the ferengi are a stereotype of them, from Capitalists to Jews to Koreans and where I live pretty much every ethnicity has had a stereotype of greed at some point because of population distribution and the nature of segregation into specific industries (banking, car sales, etc)... Right now people are saying Indians/Pakistanis/Punjabs/etc are greedy because they are the vast majority of used car salesmen where I am, and I'm certain that they'd feel similarly about the representation of ferengi. Ferengi are compilations of some of the least pleasant parts human nature. All people are manifest therein, because We're All Horrible.