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I was playing Fallout New Vegas recently, and one faction fascinates me:
Caesar's Legion:
As anyone else who has played this game might know, they are a brutal group which attempts to replicate an older system (in this case the Roman Empire) as it believes it is the best system for a society ever made. They thrive by conquering as much land as possible, and forcing the population of the land to become part of their Empire. Anyone who refuses is either brutally killed through methods such as Crucifixion, or put into slavery. Any females within the conquered territory are sold off to Legion troops, so that the people of said conquered land lose their identity, and the future generations do not try to resist. They also despise democracy, seeing democratic societies as tools that the rich and powerful use to keep the majority of humanity in a state of constant irresponsibility and ignorance. By keeping the people addicted to consumerism, they could effectively drain citizens of their wealth while rendering them ineffective. This not only partially explains the Legion's disdain of alcohol and chemical stimulants, as well as pointless luxuries, it also explains why they see the majority of people as "animals," and are so quick to use violence against them.
Women in the Legion are given the role of, essentially, support corps. The Legion specifically forbids women from fighting, instead using them as caretakers, healers, midwives, and breeders to support the Legion's continuous campaign of expansion. Almost all members of the Legion express condescending and downright misogynistic opinions of women and their non-combat roles. Within the Legion, all able-bodied males become slave soldiers with a singular purpose: to fight for their cause until they fall in battle. This reason for being is imprinted into each legionary during his reconditioning, or, if one was born into the Legion, upbringing and training. Legionaries become unconditionally devoted to their struggle, living to fight. But at the end of the day, all soldiers remain slaves, disposable human tools that are not given a 2nd thought.
All opponents are described as filthy profligates, with no purpose.
And behold, the leader of the Legion, Caesar himself:
Caesar founded the Legion, and is its leader. He has utmost respect from all members of his Empire, and they consider him to be the saviour of humanity in these dark times. Caesar established warfare policies in the Legion based on the concepts of divide, conquer and total war. Caesar greatly dislikes democratic societies, because of their glorification of the wealthy over the worthy. In addition, Caesar greatly dislikes sectionalism and consumerism, mainly because he believes they convert humans into "animals," or simple beings that live only for the sake of surviving. Caesar believes that it is his opportunity and destiny to unite all humankind under one banner, one state. The Legion.
Sound familiar?
If you just replaced certain word such as Legion with ISIS and Caesar with Al Baghdadi, you would find that the Legion is almost identical to these guys:
ISIS:
They are a brutal group which attempts to replicate an older system (in this case an Islamic Caliphate) as it believes it is the best system for a society ever made. They thrive by conquering as much land as possible, and forcing the population of the land to become part of their Caliphate. Anyone who refuses is brutally killed through methods such as public stoning. Any females within the conquered territory are sold off to ISIS troops, so that the people of said conquered land lose their identity. They also despise democracy, seeing democratic societies as tools that the rich and powerful use to keep the majority of humanity in a state of constant irresponsibility and ignorance. By keeping the people addicted to consumerism, they could effectively drain citizens of their wealth while rendering them ineffective.
Women in ISIS are given the role of, essentially, support corps. ISIS specifically forbids women from fighting, instead using them as caretakers, healers, midwives, and breeders to support ISIS's continuous campaign of expansion. Almost all members of ISIS express condescending and downright misogynistic opinions of women. All able-bodied males become soldiers with a singular purpose: to fight for their cause until they fall in battle. Jihadists among ISIS become unconditionally devoted to their struggle, living to fight. But at the end of the day, all soldiers remain slaves, disposable human tools that are not given a 2nd thought.
All opponents are described as filthy kuffar, with no purpose.
And behold, the leader of ISIS, Baghdadi himself:
Baghdadi founded ISIS, and is its leader. He has utmost respect from all members of his Caliphate, and they consider him to be the saviour of humanity in these dark times. Baghdadi greatly dislikes democratic societies, because of their glorification of the wealthy over the worthy. In addition, Baghdadi greatly dislikes sectionalism and consumerism, mainly because he believes they convert humans into "animals," or simple beings that live only for the sake of surviving. Baghdadi believes that it is his opportunity and destiny to unite all humankind under one banner, one state. ISIS.
As you can see, the resemblance is uncanny.
Caesar's Legion:
As anyone else who has played this game might know, they are a brutal group which attempts to replicate an older system (in this case the Roman Empire) as it believes it is the best system for a society ever made. They thrive by conquering as much land as possible, and forcing the population of the land to become part of their Empire. Anyone who refuses is either brutally killed through methods such as Crucifixion, or put into slavery. Any females within the conquered territory are sold off to Legion troops, so that the people of said conquered land lose their identity, and the future generations do not try to resist. They also despise democracy, seeing democratic societies as tools that the rich and powerful use to keep the majority of humanity in a state of constant irresponsibility and ignorance. By keeping the people addicted to consumerism, they could effectively drain citizens of their wealth while rendering them ineffective. This not only partially explains the Legion's disdain of alcohol and chemical stimulants, as well as pointless luxuries, it also explains why they see the majority of people as "animals," and are so quick to use violence against them.
Women in the Legion are given the role of, essentially, support corps. The Legion specifically forbids women from fighting, instead using them as caretakers, healers, midwives, and breeders to support the Legion's continuous campaign of expansion. Almost all members of the Legion express condescending and downright misogynistic opinions of women and their non-combat roles. Within the Legion, all able-bodied males become slave soldiers with a singular purpose: to fight for their cause until they fall in battle. This reason for being is imprinted into each legionary during his reconditioning, or, if one was born into the Legion, upbringing and training. Legionaries become unconditionally devoted to their struggle, living to fight. But at the end of the day, all soldiers remain slaves, disposable human tools that are not given a 2nd thought.
All opponents are described as filthy profligates, with no purpose.
And behold, the leader of the Legion, Caesar himself:
Caesar founded the Legion, and is its leader. He has utmost respect from all members of his Empire, and they consider him to be the saviour of humanity in these dark times. Caesar established warfare policies in the Legion based on the concepts of divide, conquer and total war. Caesar greatly dislikes democratic societies, because of their glorification of the wealthy over the worthy. In addition, Caesar greatly dislikes sectionalism and consumerism, mainly because he believes they convert humans into "animals," or simple beings that live only for the sake of surviving. Caesar believes that it is his opportunity and destiny to unite all humankind under one banner, one state. The Legion.
Sound familiar?
If you just replaced certain word such as Legion with ISIS and Caesar with Al Baghdadi, you would find that the Legion is almost identical to these guys:
ISIS:
They are a brutal group which attempts to replicate an older system (in this case an Islamic Caliphate) as it believes it is the best system for a society ever made. They thrive by conquering as much land as possible, and forcing the population of the land to become part of their Caliphate. Anyone who refuses is brutally killed through methods such as public stoning. Any females within the conquered territory are sold off to ISIS troops, so that the people of said conquered land lose their identity. They also despise democracy, seeing democratic societies as tools that the rich and powerful use to keep the majority of humanity in a state of constant irresponsibility and ignorance. By keeping the people addicted to consumerism, they could effectively drain citizens of their wealth while rendering them ineffective.
Women in ISIS are given the role of, essentially, support corps. ISIS specifically forbids women from fighting, instead using them as caretakers, healers, midwives, and breeders to support ISIS's continuous campaign of expansion. Almost all members of ISIS express condescending and downright misogynistic opinions of women. All able-bodied males become soldiers with a singular purpose: to fight for their cause until they fall in battle. Jihadists among ISIS become unconditionally devoted to their struggle, living to fight. But at the end of the day, all soldiers remain slaves, disposable human tools that are not given a 2nd thought.
All opponents are described as filthy kuffar, with no purpose.
And behold, the leader of ISIS, Baghdadi himself:
Baghdadi founded ISIS, and is its leader. He has utmost respect from all members of his Caliphate, and they consider him to be the saviour of humanity in these dark times. Baghdadi greatly dislikes democratic societies, because of their glorification of the wealthy over the worthy. In addition, Baghdadi greatly dislikes sectionalism and consumerism, mainly because he believes they convert humans into "animals," or simple beings that live only for the sake of surviving. Baghdadi believes that it is his opportunity and destiny to unite all humankind under one banner, one state. ISIS.
As you can see, the resemblance is uncanny.
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