#amazinb

it was the galactic federation the whole time. HIVE is the research and development branch, and Jerry worked with subliminal messaging and researched ways to crush free thinking and rebellion through drugs and other methods. They were offering numbing/artificial complacency inducing drugs and then enslaving the populace through staggering and inescapable debts as seen in Wedding Squanchers. There were entire planets that were filthy and reeked of inhumane work conditions and work camp like structures