' Wrote:Actually Samura is the main power of the Kusari government, not the KNF, the KNF is just Samura's thugs pretending to be legit.
The issue isn't that the AFA and the KNF are both run by Samura, that's not really how it si.
The FA isn't controlled by Samura like the emperor and KNF, the FA are farmers with their own agenda, being manipulated by samura against synth foods. If synth food ever is driven out of Kusari, Samura will crush the FA to continue their monopolization of the food supply.
So there is a whole dynamic there that isn't being played. You call it a shadow deal, but unlike the real shadow deals you mention the AFA act like they belong to the KNF openly. That openness means the FA is no longer valuable to Samura, because the cover is blown and everyone knows the AFA is simply another word for KNF now.
That's why you should work separately from the KNF (In agreement with the rules of your ID as well)
That's a dramatically different situation from the CG and BD who are both pirates working against the illegitimate, samura run government of Kusari.
The power behind Kusari isn't the "government" or emperor--its the Shogunate. Unfortunately, Freelancer doesn't talk a lot about the details of it.
Corporations are generally inferred to be "kieretsu" but are really more like "zaibatsu".
The first are post WWII versions of Japanese corporations that the allies allowed to continue after the war. They were fully independent companies with governmental privilege, connections and obligation removed.
The sort of big corporations that existed before WWII were the zaibatsu. They had family ties and influence with the government. They were almost like fiefdoms with land and title given by the government in return for service. These were pretty much done away with by the allies as a condition of reconstruction.
The "shadow" of the ziabatsu still remaining in Japan today allows kieretsu--companies that the government may assist by virtue of what they provide--but it doesn't favor one over the other as a rule. In the old days, only those in favor with the government prospered and the Shogunate could 'request' anything from them that they wanted if those companies wanted to continue to enjoy that favor. Those companies out of favor had little chance of success.
The current society in Kusari is a hybrid between these two. Samura probably being the closest thing to a ziabatsu.
In my estimation, Kusari society is much like pre-WWII Japanese culture. More so than other times. It has a strong "bent" toward feudal Japanese times but also a modest representation of progressive Japanese movements personified in the Blood Dragons and Golden Chrysanthemums. Much like the reforms that began to gather support during and after the great depression.
<span style="font-family:System">Hogosha Exile</span> The Journal of Benjo Dokosai
