I mostly agree with all of this, fwiw. I think the answer is to represent these groups in current content instead of niffen, kobolds, drogbar, or whatever always showing up. They already have a process in place that could pay it off a little at a time.
It then strikes me as odd as you reached for the Dragonflights as an example of partisan nonsense when it is an emblematic example of some of the legitimate issues plaguing the narrative.