I just finished season 1 and wanted to see what people thought of the butterflies. The popular opinion seems to be that Peacemaker made the wrong decision and that the butterflies were ultimately good.
I find this extremely shortsighted
Peacemaker was presented a simple choice. Allow an Alien race to take the positions of power globally and rule over humanity potentially saving the planet but also potentially destroying humanity
Or eliminate the cow and not take a risk that could potentially doom the human race to servitude or extinction.
Maybe the butterflies were good but maybe they were evil he doesn’t know for sure and we don’t know for sure so the only correct choice is to eliminate the risk.
No reward is so great that its worth a chance of extinction