If only it was that simple. Earth destroyed themselves when the CoDominion fell apart. The colonies eventually formed the first Empire of Man. That Empire fell apart after bloody civil war started by the genetically engineered Sauron Supersoldiers. These humans hail from the 2nd Empire
The Moties are aliens trapped in a single system who are technologically advanced but trapped in a continuous cycle of societal collapse due to overpopulation. Were they to escape it would bad for humanity.
So I only the read the 1st book. ( I was deeply disappointed by how much it was built up) but I remembered the entire plot turned on a weak twist "OMG the Moties fooled us, the morally good ppl, Alien Invaders and only showed their best face and hid they had a military race".
The subtext here is the Moties have achieved a society of direct participatory Anarchy; one which can plan for it's culture to survive civilization collapse.
Of course this is the threat to Military Dictatorship. Moties will contaminate humans with ... Govt by Consensus.
The second book involves a return to their system an encounters with the space based civilization(the planetary one has collapsed) and the formation of a new crazy Eddie point because of a star forming in a nearby nebula.
The third was written by Pournelle’s daughter and resolves the motive issue without genocide and reveals that they have been out of the mote for at least 100 years.
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This assumes Moties would only self collaberate and not blend into into other cultures. Or their castes wouldn't separate.
Maybe Moties plus humanity is better than the Dictatorship. Get em birth control.
I'm supposed to believe they can't easily conquer the Moties, use that military race as shock troops?
Of course this is the threat to Military Dictatorship. Moties will contaminate humans with ... Govt by Consensus.