Anonymous
(ID: y5vwuYFw)
10/31/2025, 9:50:09 PM
No.6326188
>>6326184
I respect our disagreement of opinion. To be expound on my end, I think the wasteland is dangerous enough and if we want to maximize our base of laborers, consumers, and fighters, we should do what we can to keep our state apparatus from being one more major hazard for anyone that isn't truly an enemy. Big philosophical debate to be had on this stuff under the best circumstances, even headier one when you're nation building in a radioactive world full of monsters, so don't wanna get too far into it. But basically, we ought to take a real stab at retaining as many workers as we can, and it doesn't hurt to be seen as more merciful than the Legion, and equitable in our toughness than the NCR (who punish their poor more strictly than the rich because their society relies on an underclass, it's baked in).
I also will say that, for me when I am voting and considering options in this QST, I personally am thinking a lot about what it means to be a courier that chose No Gods No Masters. Does he want that for the whole Mojave, as a libertarian or even anarchist, or was it a means to an end, and he ultimately just wants what House wanted for himself. Even while we centralize government and economic power, I am leaning towards a justice system that is less invasive, more community focused, and aimed at balancing a reduction in crime with a retention of labor. If we take on a harsher system, especially one that's enforced at a scale no one in the Mojave is used to, we could potentially seed rebellion or struggle diplomatically. In a world like the wasteland, criminals and politicians may decide that their response to authoritarianism should be heavy armament and violence before submission or cooperation.
Of course, you're right that if we have too light a touch, criminality could flourish in the wild West and create big problems down the line.
I respect our disagreement of opinion. To be expound on my end, I think the wasteland is dangerous enough and if we want to maximize our base of laborers, consumers, and fighters, we should do what we can to keep our state apparatus from being one more major hazard for anyone that isn't truly an enemy. Big philosophical debate to be had on this stuff under the best circumstances, even headier one when you're nation building in a radioactive world full of monsters, so don't wanna get too far into it. But basically, we ought to take a real stab at retaining as many workers as we can, and it doesn't hurt to be seen as more merciful than the Legion, and equitable in our toughness than the NCR (who punish their poor more strictly than the rich because their society relies on an underclass, it's baked in).
I also will say that, for me when I am voting and considering options in this QST, I personally am thinking a lot about what it means to be a courier that chose No Gods No Masters. Does he want that for the whole Mojave, as a libertarian or even anarchist, or was it a means to an end, and he ultimately just wants what House wanted for himself. Even while we centralize government and economic power, I am leaning towards a justice system that is less invasive, more community focused, and aimed at balancing a reduction in crime with a retention of labor. If we take on a harsher system, especially one that's enforced at a scale no one in the Mojave is used to, we could potentially seed rebellion or struggle diplomatically. In a world like the wasteland, criminals and politicians may decide that their response to authoritarianism should be heavy armament and violence before submission or cooperation.
Of course, you're right that if we have too light a touch, criminality could flourish in the wild West and create big problems down the line.