The result of Picard's inaction from TNG s1e21 "Symbiosis" and followed up by LD s3e9 "Trusted Sources":
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The Prime Directive is a form of paternalist condescension by a civilization (or, more accurately, by writers) with a myopic view of culture. Technology can advance, but cultures can only change. "Advancement" is not something a civilization does. And a scientifically advanced civilization can do horrible things with technology they themselves have made just as much as another culture can be given technology and not immediately wipe themselves out with it.
It started out well enough. Dont start proxy wars don't colonize. It only latter turned into horrible twisted "genocide through neglect is bettet then helping ".
Ever watch" sci fi and futurism with Issac Arthur ". He goes over all kinds of topics related to sci fi and technology. He made a video about how impossible to infore and how callous it is. It would only take a few people willing to say "my sins saved a planet" to break it even if it lethally enforced