• barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    It’s an issue with the game’s framing, where while it shows that none of the endings are good, no actual alternative is given. This naturally leads to less-evilism, and it’s not hard to see how that gets to the NCR. Like, if you have to choose 1 of 4, where the options are:

    • Fascism
    • “Libertarianism” (Fascism)
    • Personal Dictatorship by a bethesda protagonist
    • “Liberal Democracy” (Fascism with extra steps)

    it’s easy to see how “liberal democracy” wins out, especially given that’s the base accepted political view in the real world. Yes the Followers might be nice, but they’re just not electable! You have to choose between Rome LARPers or the ideology that caused the apocalypse.