[BU] - Bundschuh

[Gryph]

Is this what goes on in a fascist state? I'd suspect the People often don't know much at all because they're too busy trying to survive, and no accurate source of information reaches them. The rank-and-file soldier and/or commercial pilot (both arguably "workers") also don't have much of a clue, and (especially with the soldier) is usually pressed into service.

Hence the utility of propaganda, which is one of the most essential parts of any guerrilla campaign. Consider reading Mao's On Guerrilla Warfare or Lenin's paper by the same name.

The "capitalists" aren't the ones flying the ships - they're safe on-planet.

Since we're interested in players, who are by definition out for themselves (and therefore capitalists), this is a non-issue. We wouldn't go around murdering truck drivers - after all, someone who doesn't stand to lose his livelihood by surrendering his cargo isn't going to be too reluctant to give it up.

More to my question, once you succeed in becoming a "legal party," who's going to vote for you if you've killed their family members? In short, how are you going to get public support, and more importantly, why are you more legit than the current regime?

You might be surprised how little of an issue this is. In order for a revolutionary struggle to succeed, there needs to be a critical mass of population behind it. If we get far enough to be a legal party, people will be inclined to do as we ask, because in order to get that far, people will have to be inclined to do as we ask. Again, I suggest Mao.

(No, I'm not a Maoist - that doesn't mean he didn't write the most definitive work on guerrilla warfare ever put to paper.)