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I agree, but I just wrote that for fun, actual alien consciousness would be just that, alien - prob not like (most of) Star Trek where species are kinda the same with suspiciously vast common grounds.
The concept of assholeness is extremely even Earth species specific.
From proper sci-fi, idk, maybe how our minorities will make decisions (in self-interest) that are not in the best interests of the species would be frowned upon ... but not eg even genocide, that's (why it's bad) is valid in our context, our situation).
For what it's worth I'm glad that stuff about our planet & ecosystems is in there/out there too, not just about some humans.
Well, that, and radio waves with shitty TV series & commercials/propaganda.