We saw O’Brien’s anger and resentment towards the ‘Cardis’ in TNG, but that wa more to establish the Cardassians as a longer standing threat.
StillPaisleyCat
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The seceding worlds question was explored in the Typhon Pact books in the Litverse (Andoria secedes).
What was interesting is that the Typhon Pact set itself up as a competing alternative to the Federation.
That was my thought exactly.
Chapel’s question to M’Benga whether he wanted to do that to himself again clearly implied there is a physiological or psychological cost to using the substance, perhaps even an addiction that he’s already struggled with.