Let's not pretend that imbalances of power aren't an enormously popular fetish for all kinds of people. I have never met a woman who wasn't into it to some degree and I suspect the vast majority of men are into it too.
I tend to feel sympathy for defenders. I was happy to see that one helicopter get shit down in Desert Storm 2, I think we should never have gone to Afghanistan and I think Russia should never have attacked Kiev. It seems consistent to me.
His takedown of Ezri articulates exactly how I felt about the character shift in general