PharmakosChroster Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 The Elder Scroll games annoy me. I'm an unreconstructed and unrepentant anarchist (mutualist with anarchosyndicalist and insurrectionist sympathies) and a card-carrying Wobbly. Throughout the various Elder Scrolls games, there is a very decided authoritarian bent to the politics. Any choices we're given tend to be along the lines of giving this faction or that faction the power to tell everyone what to do, and Skyrim is no exception. I'm forced to choose, in Skyrim, between supporting a corrupt and aggressive empire run by decadent bourgeois authoritarians... or the racist, thuggish, xenophobic Nord Tea Party and their megalomaniacal leader. What I would REALLY like is a mod which allows me to live out my dreams by smashing both sides and freeing each individual town and village to elect an autonomous worker council to self-organize. It's not as ridiculous as it sounds; it's believed that prior to the rise of agrarianism, all of humanity lived this way, and attempts have been made to set up free, autonomous, authority-free communities throughout history. The English Diggers, for example, fought for such a system in the 17th century. And the Hanseatic League shows that small communities can work with each other for mutual defence without giving up their autonomy. Is there anyone out there who shares my annoyance with the authoritarianism of the Elder Scrolls, and who, like me, resents not being given the choice to free Skyrim from oppression by either pack of bosses? (I was equally annoyed in Oblivion that I had to side with the Empire. Screw Emperor Picard and his whiny kid. Frankly, I think I preferred Mehrunes Dagon, who was at least honest about his intentions and didn't mind chucking the divine rulebook.) And, more importantly, is there anyone with sufficient talent and time to modify the civil war quest to add a "kill 'em all" option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brasher Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I like this mod idea. That would be cool if someone made it. On my first character, which is one that I still play a lot, I did not join either side of the civil war and just focused on saving the land from dragons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RxHipster Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 seems pretty easy to make Ill see what I can do may need voice actors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnu Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Sorry to Necro but I love this idea. and wo uld love nothing more than to see it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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