Considering our own short history on this planet, I think I would prefer that any other “intelligent” life in the universe be very, very, very far away.
We like to think of ourselves as civilized, yet slavery in many forms still thrives on this planet. War and mass executions are still common.
Not to mention, even in this supposedly free superpower, half the country is doing their darndest to enslave the other half in every way but name.
If you extrapolate all that out, and then add more power and more technology - maybe throw in a little “species-ism”, I don’t suspect “first contact” ends up being all that fun for the planet that gets visited by the superior beings.
“Considering our own short history on this planet, I think I would prefer that any other “intelligent” life in the universe be very, very, very far away.”
This.