Disdain

You can tell I'm not cool because I'm smiling all the time at all the cool things and all the cool people. It's amazing! Which is.... kind of cool.

And often the individuals that are compelled by said policy are super mad at you for asking them for it. They should be embarrassed.

I thought that the Section 31 episodes were really interesting for those reasons. The Federation did some terrible things but it was so secret they could all believe in the goodness and kindness of colonization of space. It's what you do.