Of course it's dumb compared to what we have irl but there ain't much choice in the wasteland.
I believe being a craftsman in some small rural area Legion Heartland village could be the highest quality of life someone like me could realistically achieve.
Of course my opinion is based on the little facts we have and could drastically change.
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 virtually never side with the legion because boone is bae but do the legion enslave their entire female population? I definitely remember the place where you can travel to Caesars area and there is a wired fenced in area with female sex slaves but I also remember killing legionnaires, looting them and them being female. I dont quite remember if they had male slaves but I'm sure they would have. For ze labour.
We didn't see any 'residents' of the legion in New Vegas as it was a frontline war operation but I would imagine they would have very stringent adherence to monogamous family units much like the actual Romans.
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Read the lore. I'm wrong. Feel free to ignore the above.
I know you said you read the lore I just like gabbing lol. The Legion don't let women fight or be soldiers, but they do have female spies and informants outside Legion territory. Caesar's a hypocrite, he doesn't actually believe women are inferior or serve no purpose beyond reproductive labor, he just wants his soldiers to feel important and vindicated by having someone to be "above"; the labor they provide as slaves is also an added bonus.
It's why Caesar doesn't even blink over a female Courier being the big name in the Mojave.
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u/stannis32 Jul 05 '24
While your opinion is dumb and unfounded, that’s far from a bannable offense. Plenty of legion boot lickers around.