Bundschuh: Terrorists or not?

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My personal interpretation of the Bundschuh has always been the more activist leaning bourgeoisie types who believe that the path to a more progressive Rheinland is primarily done through words, and when with guns, only against direct actors of the state (Police, Military, Buro).

Something that many, many people get wrong on Discovery is the distinctions between various types of revolutionary action. Terrorism specifically is an intentional targeting of civilians intended to effect change through fear.

Now, I'm also a firm believer that these groups necessarily must be large enough to maintain some sort of diversity between their various cells/divisions/factions/warlords/whatever. Even a faction intended to be small such as the Bundschuh or Maquis needs this diversity, because otherwise you end up shoving players into a very inflexible, tiny box.

So my verdict here would be for the player base, the Bundschuh are whoever is playing that Bundschuh character or faction in the given moment. For the lore of the mod, were I developer, I would consider such figures and actions within the movement to be outliers to the primary ideology, and overall damaging to the cause given the appearance the Bundschuh have worked to cultivate.

the Bundschuh have engaged in assassinations and attacks against Rheinland state representatives

For me, exactly who is being assassinated here is a rather defining factor. Not asking you to pull the cards, but I am curious!

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