Also the space government makes no attempt to even appear democratic. Humanity is the only council species that is nominally democratic, the Turians are literally outright called an empire, and they decide which species get full rights based entirely on arbitrary vibes. Plus they have secret police who are above the law and answer only to them.

The series doesn't even get to a place where criticisms of bourgeois democracy even apply, thus shit feels like it shouldn't even appeal to libs. But it does coast so hard on libbrain Defend Existing Power Structures shit