TyrantTriumphant
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Even if one were to accept President Kimball's rather skewed interpretation of the E-USA's cultural policies, the question of how exactally the NCR is supposed to right these wrongs, or if they even can, naturally arises.
The last bit of major expansion the Enclave did was what, thirty years ago? So at this point anyone who could have revived the local pre-Enclave cultures are either dead or too old.
This speech is also likely to cause divisions in the NCR government as to what their war goals and post-war goals should be. I suspect the moderates and southerners will push for forcing the Enclave to recognize the NCR's independence, which is both moral and sensible, if difficult to achieve in practice.
The northern radicals however will be left at an impasse. They will be faced with the choice of either abandoning their beliefs or doubling down on them. For those who choose to double down in their hate of the Enclave, Arroyism is the next natural step.
The problem with that is that the Enclave's assimilation of conquered wastelanders makes achieving the main Arroyist goal, that is the total destruction of old America, require methods that are both utterly immoral and probably impossible to carry out. Either a hideously brutal and long-term occupation of former Enclave territories with the aim of stamping out American culture or total genocide of the population.
And I'm sure that the NCR moderates are smart enough to realize the implications of Arroyism and how insane it would be in practice.
The NCR is definitely in for some nasty political infighting.
The last bit of major expansion the Enclave did was what, thirty years ago? So at this point anyone who could have revived the local pre-Enclave cultures are either dead or too old.
This speech is also likely to cause divisions in the NCR government as to what their war goals and post-war goals should be. I suspect the moderates and southerners will push for forcing the Enclave to recognize the NCR's independence, which is both moral and sensible, if difficult to achieve in practice.
The northern radicals however will be left at an impasse. They will be faced with the choice of either abandoning their beliefs or doubling down on them. For those who choose to double down in their hate of the Enclave, Arroyism is the next natural step.
The problem with that is that the Enclave's assimilation of conquered wastelanders makes achieving the main Arroyist goal, that is the total destruction of old America, require methods that are both utterly immoral and probably impossible to carry out. Either a hideously brutal and long-term occupation of former Enclave territories with the aim of stamping out American culture or total genocide of the population.
And I'm sure that the NCR moderates are smart enough to realize the implications of Arroyism and how insane it would be in practice.
The NCR is definitely in for some nasty political infighting.