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It was really a social commentary where in the not-too-distant future we could develop a permanent under-class who are segregated from society. In contemporary television you couldn't do that, so I realized the value of science fiction as a genre by doing the show."
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I guess he's never heard of
The Wire.

It's not at all "impossible" to address the types of issues DS9 did on TV in a non sci-fi setting.