[sdwr]

That's an allegory for life under authoritarian rule, not a literal alien contact plan

[9dev]

IIRC the author said there are no meta layers of meaning, it’s just honest to god fiction written to be entertaining. I’m struggling a little myself to accept that for the entire trilogy, but that’s that.

[gboss]

I haven’t read these books but it’s not unreasonable that this author or any other author could have reason to not be forthright about what their book is about

[IAmBroom]

Or, both.

[cousinbryce]

Bold to assume aliens will ascribe to something besides despotism

[kulahan]

You can't imagine that one single alien race anywhere will deviate from this?

Wouldn't that kinda imply that your vision on the topic is almost certainly wrong anyways?