User blog comment:Bookworm1138/The Federation: Good or Bad?/@comment-167251-20090928223114

I have to say that sometimes when two different people look at the Federation, one person may see a great amazing place to live, and the other may see a corrupt place to even go to. You see, when you really think about it, how much of the Federation and Starfleet's "inner workings" have we really seen? What does Federation politics look like? Trust me, politics can NEVER be a pretty sight. With the Maquis "crisis" we can sort of see the Federation's "image of this is a great place to be" break a little. No, the Federation isn't a good place to be, the Federation is simply anti-religious. What did the Maquis do? Most of the Maquis on Voyager actually seem pretty nice, not taking in the account they absolutely HATE the Federation. If I remember correctly, Chakotay once said that the Maquis believe that the Federation abandon them long ago. Why did the Federation abandon them? Because they hold to ideals the Federation doesn't like.