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Old 08-11-2010, 12:00   #191
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Originally Posted by Penn View Post
This fraction is the power elite, all their power is vest in the belly of the beast, they use it as a weapon:the uneducated, dirt poor, religiously suppressed masses. Decapitate this structure, and the entire culture implodes. MOO
Interesting. Would this not imply that there is no real way to influence them, leaving only more traditional approaches such as worked in previous wars?

And, might it be to their advantage to excite and export their undesirables - much as Europe did during the Crusades? Relief of population pressures just might be their hidden agenda.
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