United Syndicates (Unioners/UN|) Feedback Thread

[Enkidu]

I know that the Faction is here a Long time bevor i came back.

But sorry, the name "Reichsarbeitergesellschaft" is really not the best idea, when you look to the darkes part in the history of germany.
And this, together with a Rheinland-Faction, is… how should i say it ...unlucky. Even today,over 70 years after the third Reich are there trials against former SS members.

So please, take a Minute and think about this part of the name.

I won't say, that you ar bad, mad, or soemething else, when you ceep this Name, but please think about it.

Thank you!

Apologies for the delayed response!


It's interesting. The name was suggested by a first language german speaker who quite definitely was not attempting to push any political views into the game. The HC is aware of the associations.


Functionally the name fitted a government-sanctioned trade Union organisation created under an empire. The name was created as more of a reference to the theoretically hard left syndicalist movements that ended up collaborating with the royalists in 1920s Spain. It's important to note that this is only a formal historical name which is now defunct but is used by the Unioners to lend legitimacy (as it was a name used by the Unioners when they were a lawful organisation), and stopped being immediately relevant as soon as the Unioners were outlawed by the post 80 year war remenant of the Rheinland empire that became the Rheinland Republic.

Since the name is deeply ingrained into our lore, history, and ingame ID, and our German players don't appear to have a problem with it, we'd prefer not to change it outright. However, if it does cause meaningful offence or disruption to anyone else, we'll talk to the admins about altering the name.

In its translation there is no direct references to the Nazis within the name itself. The 'Reich' referred to is the Rhineland empire, which was a constitutional planned economy monarchy with broad social freedoms and elective oligarchy for local government.

The Unioners are certainly not in any way a Nazi organisation. Whilst they might have a few notable rightwing features regarding their attitude to certain trade disciplines, the Unioners hold the predominantly socialist-Libertarian syndicalist values of the individualist classical left wing. They're more Hegel than Marx.

Let us know if you'd like any lore materials on this issue. We're deeply invested in our history and the inspiration for the Unioners was largely the fascinating political compromises made in Europe during the late twenties pre-great depression era.

Thank you for speaking up.

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(A co-operative of Rheinland's outlawed trade unions, determined to take the underworld for themselves.)

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