I'll preface with a big fat, my Garlean lore is hardly up to snuff, I focus primarily on beast tribes, 1.0 and the ancient civilizations.
My understanding was the the "brainwashing" applied only to the conquered peoples, not native Garleans.
Part of what people will bring up is the quote that "Garlean soldiers were ordered to kill something once a day, so that it became natural and they did it without a second thought." While I agree with the premise, I am still hesitant to accept the depth some some people takes this to imply.
I had thought of them along the lines of a religious cult, their information and experiences carefully controlled to not expose them to anything that might conflict with the carefully crafted world view of Garlemeld saviors of the world, Magitek using enlightenment. (Reminds me of the Crusades.) I imagine a deep enough shattering of this world view would cause a re examination of the subjects life, if not a revulsion.
If you'd care you could draw parallels with "Hitler Youth" or even some of the more aggressive "bible camps".
I would love something official on all this but by Thaliak is there a lot of other things that need to be fleshed out.
My understanding was the the "brainwashing" applied only to the conquered peoples, not native Garleans.
Part of what people will bring up is the quote that "Garlean soldiers were ordered to kill something once a day, so that it became natural and they did it without a second thought." While I agree with the premise, I am still hesitant to accept the depth some some people takes this to imply.
I had thought of them along the lines of a religious cult, their information and experiences carefully controlled to not expose them to anything that might conflict with the carefully crafted world view of Garlemeld saviors of the world, Magitek using enlightenment. (Reminds me of the Crusades.) I imagine a deep enough shattering of this world view would cause a re examination of the subjects life, if not a revulsion.
If you'd care you could draw parallels with "Hitler Youth" or even some of the more aggressive "bible camps".
I would love something official on all this but by Thaliak is there a lot of other things that need to be fleshed out.
