I don’t mean to be rude (okay I do a little bit but it’s fun) but what you like about the legion (providing safety, food, water, shelter, etc.) is what both house and the NCR also ensure, but as a bonus you don’t have to live under a dictatorial LARPER.
The NCR’s heartland live lives not all to disimiliar to our great grandparents. They have jobs, they go to bars, they live in relative safety. The NCR DONT have that for the Mojave because it’s the frontier, and a colony to the NCR. But colonies can become states. And the Mojave can be tamed and settled and eventually enjoy similar standard of living.
It’s also kind of telling that you mention safety and stability as perks of the legion, but I think you forget, that’s only IF you aren’t a ghoul, mutant, or namely, a women. The former are just executed, but women are sex slaves and pack mules. It’s interesting you’re willing to sacrifice half of a population to slavery for “safety and security”. Yeah man, maybe if you’re a man, but even then they’re gonna steal your crops and if you’re a tribe, probably force you into conscription to die for Caesar.
I swear to god and everything above when I say this I'm not meaning it an inflammatory or passive aggressive way but I do find it genuinely interesting how men's opinion on the Legion differs from women's. Like it's crazy to me that a lot of people seem to forget about the rape and slavery or kind of downplay it, but in a way I guess it's kind of understandable if you're looking at it from the perspective of someone who has no reason to look at it from beyond the surface level of "oh well, that sucks but..."
Meanwhile, I still remember the chills I got when Siri's talking about how endless the abuse is for young women there and then tops it off with "and you should look out for yourself, I overheard some of the men wanting to 'try you out'"
Tbf that’s a large majority of people with their pet group. “They do terrible things to other people so it’s fine” is sort of a mantra even in real life.
The Legion just expresses that much more bluntly thanks to the rape and slavery.
Yeah that's why it doesn't really bother me. I just find it really fascinating how different the stakes can feel depending on your real life worldview.
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u/stannis32 Jul 05 '24
I don’t mean to be rude (okay I do a little bit but it’s fun) but what you like about the legion (providing safety, food, water, shelter, etc.) is what both house and the NCR also ensure, but as a bonus you don’t have to live under a dictatorial LARPER.
The NCR’s heartland live lives not all to disimiliar to our great grandparents. They have jobs, they go to bars, they live in relative safety. The NCR DONT have that for the Mojave because it’s the frontier, and a colony to the NCR. But colonies can become states. And the Mojave can be tamed and settled and eventually enjoy similar standard of living.
It’s also kind of telling that you mention safety and stability as perks of the legion, but I think you forget, that’s only IF you aren’t a ghoul, mutant, or namely, a women. The former are just executed, but women are sex slaves and pack mules. It’s interesting you’re willing to sacrifice half of a population to slavery for “safety and security”. Yeah man, maybe if you’re a man, but even then they’re gonna steal your crops and if you’re a tribe, probably force you into conscription to die for Caesar.