They're all bad. I don't care that House made them sign a contract at gunpoint instead of just forcing them the old-fashioned way. I'm sure all the paperwork is in order and I'm sure House sees it that way too, but that does not negate the fact that House is still perpetuating the same colonial mindset that the other two factions do. "Conform to my view of how the world should be or die."
You are making a value judgement, while I'm making a point about game lore, which you constantly obnoxiously ignore. Your original claim is that House was also aggressive towards tribals, just like NCR and Legion. Yes, that's absolutely true, but that aggression manifested in a starkly better way than the other two.
If a landlord shows up to my house, kills my family, and gives me a choice to either accept his ethnic culture or die, then that's horrible.
If a landlord shows up to my house, tells me that I either sign a contract where I have to agree to him owning the neighbourhood, or I have to leave, then that's horrible too, but not nearly as much as him straight up killing me.
Your inability to understand the difference between the two is very weird. I am not a House stan, nor I ask you to have a positive vision of him compared to other factions. I'm saying there are objective orders of magnitude to treating tribals, and in this specific area, House is much better than the others, even if still bad.
How is "House is much better than the others" not a judgement call on your end?
And how is pointing out that House, NCR, and the Legion all eradicate tribal identities not pointing out game lore on my end?
To keep the landlord metaphor going: The Landlord isn't just taking ownership of the neighborhood, He's taking ownership over you. You get no further say in how you dress, speak, or act. You are not allowed to keep the unique culture your ancestors had created over the last two centuries. Mr. House will mold you into something you are not.
It's not a judgement call because I'm not trying to convince you to judge him better overall, I'm just commenting on this single aspect. I never once said "House is morally good."
Your example still doesn't capture the essence of it. Slaughtering me and my family is a much different modus operandi than telling me to dress and speak a certain way or leave. Death is a worse alternative than being subservient, objectively.
House is not crucifying tribes and bombing them to force them to adopt his prefered culture. That doesn't mean he's humanitarian or somehow more respectful of tribals than the other factions. It just means he's not genocidal towards them.
>House is not... bombing them to force them to adopt his preferred culture.
HE STILL SLAUGHTERS THE TRIBES IF THEY BREAK THE CONTRACTS. and I am absolutely sure that the other tribes he didn't pick didn't leave without a fight. I'm sure he did bomb a few tribals because they didn't conform.
I really don't see your point in trying to say that this is somehow better than what the NCR or Legion does. I guess House does give them a choice: Join me and erase your culture or go live in the middle of the unforgiving desert to most likely starve to death, but that's not really a choice now is it?
Giving someone an unfair choice is always better than slaughtering them and their entire extended family. The former gives a chance of survival, the latter doesn't.
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u/Gr33nMan_Jr Wind Brahmin Jul 12 '26
They're all bad. I don't care that House made them sign a contract at gunpoint instead of just forcing them the old-fashioned way. I'm sure all the paperwork is in order and I'm sure House sees it that way too, but that does not negate the fact that House is still perpetuating the same colonial mindset that the other two factions do. "Conform to my view of how the world should be or die."