[Accepted] The Human Reunification Movement (HRM)

[Tenenza]

Type: Faction

Founding/Settlement Date: December 11, 2433 (Founding of most modern incarnation.)

Region of Space: Mainly focused in the Sol Alliance, with several less proment branches in the UCA and Pan-Asian Confederacy. Minor presence in the mid colonies, mostly campaigners/missionaries. None-existant in the outer colonies.

Controlled by : Not Applicable

Other Snapshot information:

Official Title(s): The Human Reunification Movement

Headquartered: Nova Concordia Station, Mars

Fulltime Volunteers: 9,213

Long Description:

"It has been over four hundred years since we unshackled ourselves from the binding gravity of our homeworld. Four hundred years of our own blood spilled, making progress against all odds and at any cost. Our lives are built upon the towering graveyard of those who came before. Humanity is strong. We endure what others cannot, progress where others stagnate, and our long and proud history is etched with the richness of our culture. Yet still we devide, and weaken ourselves in such greed and lust for power. We as a species, however great, cannot hope to survive in the vast blackness of the universe if we turn our backs from Unity. Humanity's strength lies in each of us, a collective of individuals working as one, compensating for each other's weaknesses, and making our own unique skills all the greater. If humanity is united behind a common goal, even the heavens themselves would tremble before us. Unity!" -Lee Wen-Li, At the first HRM summit, June 23, 2434

HRM is a political movement that began on Luna in the fallout of the discovery of the Unathi. Growing out of the Pro-Human, Anti-Xenos sentiments that ran high throughout the Sol system at the time, HRM achieved lasting success by appealing less to Anti-Xenos paranoia, and more towards Human Pride and a hope for a better unifed humanity. In the decades following it's founding, HRM would employ thousands of Volunteer workers to campaign for human unity both within the Sol Alliance and in the Independent Powers of the Mid Colonies. Most of their work is to campaign for more open and cooperative relations between the Factions of humanity, hopeing to slowly mend the divides between humanity. In 2451 it's headquarters was moved to Nova Concordia, reflecting a further shift towards reaching out to a large demographic.

HRM has moved far from it's roots, yet Anti-Xenos undertones continue to exist within it. The general sentiment is that Humanity is greater then the Xenos, and that it is Humanity's duty as the superior race to help uplift these poor unfortunates. In accordance with this goal, HRM has several programs regarding attempts to uplift the other races. Attempts to educate the Unathi in regards to human society and the value of hard work have been described as a "Work in Progress.", while similiar attempts regarding the Tajaran and Dionae are still only theoretical. Attempts to teach Skrell human culture and art have failed utterly.

Never-the-less, HRM is considered by many to merely be a Pro-Unity movement, and it's strictly Pro-Human and mild Anti-Xenos slant is downplayed. In many ways, HRM is considered the more politically and economically correct alternative to many radical political groups.

Edited November 11, 2014 by Guest

[Rusty Shackleford]

I know I used to advocate a bit more racism in everyday station life, but Christ almighty, what's with all these uber racist factions lately?

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FantasticRacism

[Tenenza]

I know I used to advocate a bit more racism in everyday station life, but Christ almighty, what's with all these uber racist factions lately?

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FantasticRacism

 

I disliked the racists.

Then I looked at Vitt's lore thingy for his party, and I went "Wait, wait, wait. This isn't how you do racism right. I could do this way better. You need to..."

And thus this was born.

It is my hope that this will at least make better racist characters, who aren't just "All aliums are stupids."

[Erik Tiber]

Nitpick, the aronym is done incorrectly. You do not include The in the acronym, it should be HRM. Will comment in depth later.

[Tenenza]

Nitpick, the aronym is done incorrectly. You do not include The in the acronym, it should be HRM. Will comment in depth later.

 

I cannot believe I didn't realize that until now.

Fixed.

[Hackie]

Alright, seeing as we're talking about racism, let's make it brief. You met these furry cat people fifty years ago, you have felines on your planet that look incredibly similar. Their revolution and culture mirrors ours greatly, is no-one even bothered by this at all? There shouldn't be 'aliumds are dumbs, kek kek kek', it's skepticism. Basically, we're letting them jump into our arms and some people would reasonably there's an issue with that. But, I might be talking a whole hunk of baloney and macaroni.

[Cassie]

Alright, seeing as we're talking about racism, let's make it brief. You met these furry cat people fifty years ago, you have felines on your planet that look incredibly similar. Their revolution and culture mirrors ours greatly, is no-one even bothered by this at all? There shouldn't be 'aliumds are dumbs, kek kek kek', it's skepticism. Basically, we're letting them jump into our arms and some people would reasonably there's an issue with that. But, I might be talking a whole hunk of baloney and macaroni.

That's totally what stopped every world war ever.

[Guest]

I would like to pull my favorite fictional empire onto the table as an example of a pro-human empire; The Imperium of Man

And no, I'm not talking about the pisspool of an empire it has become over 10000 years of parania and repression. I'm talking about the original idea the Emperor had for it. The idea, however cruel, was that all xenos are put under control and kept in check, because, frankly, xenos could be trusted as much as humans could. Everyone would almost always trust one of their own species first and other species second. It's a barrier nothing less than cultural genocide and mass indoctrination could remove. Barrier like this is non-existant in the liberal enviroment of SS13. This is why it seems like a good idea.

Another example, modern day germany issue with muslims. They aren't racists, they just don't want a foreign culture on their own soil, because, they identify themselves as german and the country is Germany. From what I've heard and seen, nearly everyone, from every country, every race and every background is identified as german, but only as long as they act german and identify as such. Again, this isn't racist, because, things like culture and habits can change, as well as national identity. Calling anyone inferior based on their heritage IS racist.

I like the underlying idea behind this; Have humanity unified under a single flag and similar identity. Wanting to exclude alien cultures from it is not only logical, but completely reasonable and expected.

[Tenenza]

Oh, /this/ I almost forgot about it.

But, yes, it's a much more appealing form of "Racism", mostly because it's an arguement that appeals to both those that want change and those that reject it. It's a constructive mentality, rather then a destructive or reactive mentality.

It's not a frank, We Don't Like Aliens, arguement. It's a celebration of what it means to be human. It's hope for a better tommarrow, where progress has lead to the end of pointless wars and suffering. It's a Utopian Idea.

The Pre-Herasy Imperium would be a good example, but, on a more basic level, this is a reflection of human nature. It's not hatred, but a fundamental inability to understand completely Alien culture, that's the key here. People draw lines in the sand, and say, this is us, and that is them. The East and the West. Europe and America. France and Germany. Boston and Seattle. Well, here is the greatest line. This is Us, Humanity. That is them, the Xenos. Look upon our works, Xenos, and try to tell yourselves they are not great and numerious. This is Us, Humanity, and it is our burden to be superior, for we must light the way for the weak to follow in our footsteps.

It's not a Domination Victory, they're going for, in Civ Terms.

It's a Cultural Victory. To build a more perfect Civilization, to be greater then all the rest, to be a beacon of light shining in the dark.

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TL;DR

If other Racist Factions are The Inquistion, or The Nazis, or whatever, HRM is the "Tally Ho, Whiteman's Burden, Expansionist, Imperialist, Idealist, Romantic, Cultured, Victorian Era British Empire." philosophy.

[Guest]

Oh, /this/ I almost forgot about it.

But, yes, it's a much more appealing form of "Racism", mostly because it's an arguement that appeals to both those that want change and those that reject it. It's a constructive mentality, rather then a destructive or reactive mentality.

It's not a frank, We Don't Like Aliens, arguement. It's a celebration of what it means to be human. It's hope for a better tommarrow, where progress has lead to the end of pointless wars and suffering. It's a Utopian Idea.

The Pre-Herasy Imperium would be a good example, but, on a more basic level, this is a reflection of human nature. It's not hatred, but a fundamental inability to understand completely Alien culture, that's the key here. People draw lines in the sand, and say, this is us, and that is them. The East and the West. Europe and America. France and Germany. Boston and Seattle. Well, here is the greatest line. This is Us, Humanity. That is them, the Xenos. Look upon our works, Xenos, and try to tell yourselves they are not great and numerious. This is Us, Humanity, and it is our burden to be superior, for we must light the way for the weak to follow in our footsteps.

 

Nicely put. Now I like it even more. This idea, however, would be mostly promenant among young adults and teenagers, as it is too idealistic for older people to accept. This may produce interesting RP if people playing younger characters chose this, as it would demonstrate a generational gap between the majority of older characters who support Sol and its politics, and the younger, more reactionary oriented youth. This generational gap in mindset of 10 years is normal in today's society and would most be normal in future society, depending on how connected everyone is across the systems.

[Cassie]

Just putting this forward.

Unathi, Skrell, and Tajaran are not humans. They are all separate species, in fact both IC'ly an OOC'ly it'd be better if the word "race" was not used in comparison to having "animal-inspired" species being compared to humans with the same root but different geographical adaptations is a bit dodgy. Especially when you realize that in the future humanity is supposed to be diverse (yet 98% of crewmembers are white) and the minority makeup is sci-fi aliens that look similar to animals, the unintended implication runs deep. If you wanna use specieism, sure, go ahead.

Not to mention none of these species have the same biological reproductive groups (can't reproduce nor share same genetic data) so I'm puzzled at why I'm seeing mixed "race" people around, or inter-"racial" relationships without taboo.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Application accepted. We're complaining about human supremacy movements but outside Vittorio we don't have any that I know of. Apologies for the delay.