A different timeline with far less suffering. At least, suffering that's so blatantly evident. That's at least a positive towards our current situation.
Now, Doctor, don't be unkind. There are far worse people who could end up here than Quark. We start making limitations on who we'll be willing to take, and the universe could do something truly cruel. Like inflict us with Dukat.
Yes. Well. I thought perhaps I was just too close to political intrigue and betrayal to look at such blatant stupidity from a leader through objective eyes, so I went as far to the other side of Julius Caesar as I could. Of course, what I found there was little better. Unless it's meant to be a cautionary tale on raising insolent and clueless children.