Finally someone illustrated one of my biggest issues with the series: You've got literal space dictators that have probably killed BILLONS all over the universe and all it takes for them to be redeemed is to say "lol u rite, killing innocents is kinda messed up; good thing you gave me that Hot Dog speech boi"…

It is a bit of an issue but i don't think looking atit that way works.
These creatures are manufactured to preform these tasks even if they are sentient.
The issue i think is more of an element of world building and story structure because they want that forgiveness angle but they make it more about everyone being oppressed by a need to be perfect and perfection. and it's very very poorly expressed