[jeramey]

Americans. The primary social measuring stick used is acquisition of wealth, and they have no real social safety nets to speak of. They have an overriding belief that free markets will ultimately solve any real problems peacefully. Grift is sometimes (ok often) admired and winked at, though generally officially denounced. There are substantial oppressive problems with regards to females fully participating equally in society, and they’re slow to change but there are occasional signs of progress and leaders bucking those trends.

Sounds a lot like my American culture to me!

[ben_w]

I would say specifically late 1800s to early 1900s American, when unions were busted with guns and women had zero political power. I can’t remember Brent Spiner’s original lines in the episode the Ferengi were introduced, but I think it was something along the lines of “all the bad bits of the old west and none of the good bits”.