A while ago, a discussion came up about the nature of the hogosha and the kusari state in a thread in the rules section.
It was unfortunately not possible to continue the discussion there because it was considered off topic by some, but I find it an extremely interesting RP subject to talk about.
Quite by coincidence, I was just now watching a history channel documentary on youtube which also mentioned the Black Dragon societey of WW2 japan, and its influence on nazi idiology, and it was so directly linked to that discussion on the forums that I wanted to post it and ask for opinions:
I am interested in hearing about the views of people who RP in kusari on this matter.
To get back on the matter, I was saying, back in the other thread:
' Wrote:Hitsquad may not be the right word (for the hogosha), since they may not get all their orders from the emperor himself, but they are idiologically in favor of the emperor, and their actions, specifically against foreigners, are being tolerated by kusari lawfuls. So even if they are not officially his hitsquad, they are people who work in his favor and in that of his government, with illegal methods, who are being tolerated by him and his governement.
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Japan had an emperor during WW2, and its generally considered to have been a fascist state, while also being a monarchy.
Isnt their agenda something like "welfare of the kusari people"? I dont have the infocard in front of me, mabe I'm confusing it with someone. The fact that they are being tolerated by the lawfuls, that they fight the enemies of the emperors (Blood Dragon and GC), and that they fight for the economic interest of kusari and its governments, shows that they are in cahoots with the emperor. Which will of course be denied since they are known to use criminal methods.
Well, when ever I went through kusari, I got called gaijin. Its considered a not politically correct word for foreigner, meaning alien both in the ethnic and citizen senese. At least thats what wikipedia tells me. 50% of times I hear it said in kusari (especialls form farmers and hogosha) it is joined with some other racial slur like "you are impure" or "you have tained my homeland". So yeah, Kusari is the most racist of all houses. Outcasts have their cardamine superiority complex, which isnt really about race, corsairs... are empirial fascist in many other ways, but havent them talking racist or nationalistic liek this yet.
If there was any historical comparison to be made, I'd say first its japan in WW2. Even Nazi germany is a better comaprison than south africa. The junker situation kind of made me think of the way gipsies were treated in the 3rd reich. The junker lifestyle isnt exactly that of gipsies, but has some similar aspects, and I have seen some junkers RP as gitanos (long time ago on USA server). The way they are being marginalised by the goverment, taking the crimes of a few to demonize all, looking for every pretext possible ("information" bounty) to go after them with extreme measures, and to persue them with ferocity until your "homeland" is "purified" of them... really reminded me of that.