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2605:BA00:6208:2AB4:6D55:4420:F7AA:D97B: They are just as planned the faction not super soldiers like the void engineers or morons overdosing on grimdark like the NWO.

2023-05-31T18:35:45Z

They are just as planned the faction not super soldiers like the void engineers or morons overdosing on grimdark like the NWO.

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	They thus are prone to being slandered by other conventions with something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and (tragically) completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and super-futuristic fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.		They thus are prone to being slandered by other conventions with something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and (tragically) completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and super-futuristic fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.

			On the other hand The Syndicate specializes not only in making short term profit for the technocracy but also developing places in financial ruin into prosperous and profitable environments they'll go to the run down ghetto, the banana republic and even the most backwater third world cesspit imaginable with no electricity, running water, or education system and renew its industry along with raising the quality of life of its inhabitants by providing basic necessities. [[Just_As_Planned\|Of course these acts are not gifts they are investments as the people they helped will be fanatically loyal to the technocracy as a result]].

	Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can see why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them. They're also the most prone to intra-Convention infighting in the Technocracy, with different operatives and branches all-but starting proxy wars over the same materials, and the people on top see this as a ''good'' thing unless it cuts into profits as a whole. It's by design, after all; survival of the fittest as the invisible hand of the market determines who's "fit."		Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can see why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them. They're also the most prone to intra-Convention infighting in the Technocracy, with different operatives and branches all-but starting proxy wars over the same materials, and the people on top see this as a ''good'' thing unless it cuts into profits as a whole. It's by design, after all; survival of the fittest as the invisible hand of the market determines who's "fit."

2605:BA00:6208:2AB4:28FB:E19C:DEF4:5DEB: The syndicate are a mundane branch of the conventions they are close to real life economic think tanks and fight with the new world order over what economies and the role of the technocracy in society as a whole should be. Sort of like the constant fights between austrian and keynesian economists.

2023-05-31T05:51:37Z

The syndicate are a mundane branch of the conventions they are close to real life economic think tanks and fight with the new world order over what economies and the role of the technocracy in society as a whole should be. Sort of like the constant fights between austrian and keynesian economists.

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	Equally at home making multi-billion dollar deals from a penthouse in Singapore and breaking legs in the back rooms of a dingy Chicago bistro, the Syndicate operates almost exclusively within the bounds of Consensus reality. No powered armor or nano-swarms for them, thanks. To the Syndicate, cutthroat executive power and an eye for market fluctuations can control more than an orbital laser could ever hope to.		Equally at home making multi-billion dollar deals from a penthouse in Singapore and breaking legs in the back rooms of a dingy Chicago bistro, the Syndicate operates almost exclusively within the bounds of Consensus reality. No powered armor or nano-swarms for them, thanks. To the Syndicate, cutthroat executive power and an eye for market fluctuations can control more than an orbital laser could ever hope to.

	They thus ~~have~~ something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and (tragically) completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and super-futuristic fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.		They thus are prone to being slandered by other conventions with something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and (tragically) completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and super-futuristic fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.

	Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can see why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them. They're also the most prone to intra-Convention infighting in the Technocracy, with different operatives and branches all-but starting proxy wars over the same materials, and the people on top see this as a ''good'' thing unless it cuts into profits as a whole. It's by design, after all; survival of the fittest as the invisible hand of the market determines who's "fit."		Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can see why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them. They're also the most prone to intra-Convention infighting in the Technocracy, with different operatives and branches all-but starting proxy wars over the same materials, and the people on top see this as a ''good'' thing unless it cuts into profits as a whole. It's by design, after all; survival of the fittest as the invisible hand of the market determines who's "fit."

	Perhaps even more tragically... most of them really do buy into it all. They sincerely think they're the Masses' partners rather than rulers, and that their job is to create wealth rather than exploit it. They either can't or won't see just how fucked up raw, unfettered Darwinian competition really is at the human level, or that most people without the supernatural ability to manipulate probability can't "beat the odds" with pluck and diligence; that's how odds work. [[grimdark\|The Syndicate is honestly trying, and that's what makes the harm they cause all the worse.]]		Perhaps even more tragically... most of them really do buy into it all. They sincerely think they're the Masses' partners rather than rulers, and that their job is to create wealth rather than exploit it. They either can't or won't see just how fucked up raw, unfettered Darwinian competition really is at the human level, or that most people without the supernatural ability to manipulate probability can't "beat the odds" with pluck and diligence; that's how odds work. [[grimdark\|The Syndicate is honestly trying to help mankind develop economically and technologically, and that's what makes the harm they cause all the worse.]]

	As a Convention, they have no friends and few enemies. For God's sake, what corporate engineer wants to interact with those blood-sucking fiends down in ''marketing''? But, for all the problems with how they do their jobs, no one else in the Technocracy is willing to do what they do, and the Technocracy cannot function ''without'' what they do: budgeting, accounting, and - of course - marketing.		As a Convention, they have no friends and few enemies. For God's sake, what corporate engineer wants to interact with those blood-sucking fiends down in ''marketing''? But, for all the problems with how they do their jobs, no one else in the Technocracy is willing to do what they do, and the Technocracy cannot function ''without'' what they do: budgeting, industrial engineering, accounting, and - of course - marketing.

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1d4chan>Ow, My Sanity. at 21:26, 19 April 2022

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	The Syndicate is one of the five remaining Conventions of the Technocratic Union in [[Mage: The Ascension]]. The Syndicate are the financiers, marketers, and PR specialists of the Union.		'''The Syndicate''' is one of the five remaining Conventions of the Technocratic Union in [[Mage: The Ascension]]. The Syndicate are the financiers, marketers, and PR specialists of the Union.

	Equally at home making multi-billion dollar deals from a penthouse in Singapore and breaking legs in the back rooms of a dingy Chicago bistro, the Syndicate operates almost exclusively within the bounds of Consensus reality. No powered armor or nano-swarms for them, thanks. To the Syndicate, cutthroat executive power and an eye for market fluctuations can control more than an orbital laser could ever hope to.		Equally at home making multi-billion dollar deals from a penthouse in Singapore and breaking legs in the back rooms of a dingy Chicago bistro, the Syndicate operates almost exclusively within the bounds of Consensus reality. No powered armor or nano-swarms for them, thanks. To the Syndicate, cutthroat executive power and an eye for market fluctuations can control more than an orbital laser could ever hope to.

	They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and ~~hypertech~~ fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.		They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and (tragically) completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and super-futuristic fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.

	Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can ~~imagine~~ why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them. They're also the most prone to intra-Convention infighting in the Technocracy, with different operatives and branches all-but starting proxy wars over the same materials, and the people on top see this as a ''good'' thing unless it cuts into profits as a whole. It's by design, after all; survival of the fittest as the invisible hand of the market determines who's "fit."		Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can see why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them. They're also the most prone to intra-Convention infighting in the Technocracy, with different operatives and branches all-but starting proxy wars over the same materials, and the people on top see this as a ''good'' thing unless it cuts into profits as a whole. It's by design, after all; survival of the fittest as the invisible hand of the market determines who's "fit."

	Perhaps even more tragically... most of them really do buy into it all. They sincerely think they're the Masses' partners rather than rulers, and that their job is to create wealth rather than exploit it. They either can't or won't see just how fucked up raw, unfettered Darwinian competition really is at the human level, or that most people without the supernatural ability to manipulate probability can't "beat the odds" with pluck and diligence; that's how odds work. The Syndicate is honestly trying, and that's what makes the harm they cause all the worse.		Perhaps even more tragically... most of them really do buy into it all. They sincerely think they're the Masses' partners rather than rulers, and that their job is to create wealth rather than exploit it. They either can't or won't see just how fucked up raw, unfettered Darwinian competition really is at the human level, or that most people without the supernatural ability to manipulate probability can't "beat the odds" with pluck and diligence; that's how odds work. [[grimdark\|The Syndicate is honestly trying, and that's what makes the harm they cause all the worse.]]

	~~Also, as~~ a Convention, they have no friends and few enemies. For God's sake, what corporate engineer wants to interact with those blood-sucking fiends down in ''marketing''? But, for all the problems with how they do their jobs, no one else in the Technocracy is willing to do what they do, and the Technocracy cannot function ''without'' what they do: budgeting, accounting, and~~, yes,~~ marketing.		As a Convention, they have no friends and few enemies. For God's sake, what corporate engineer wants to interact with those blood-sucking fiends down in ''marketing''? But, for all the problems with how they do their jobs, no one else in the Technocracy is willing to do what they do, and the Technocracy cannot function ''without'' what they do: budgeting, accounting, and - of course - marketing.

	{{WoD-Conventions}}		{{WoD-Conventions}}

1d4chan>SpectralTime at 00:12, 2 July 2021

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	They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.		They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.

	~~Perhaps even more tragically~~.~~.. most of~~ them ~~really do buy into it all~~. ~~They sincerely think~~ they~~'re~~ the ~~Masses' partners rather than rulers,~~ and ~~that their job~~ is to ~~create wealth rather than exploit it~~. They ~~either can~~'~~t or won't see just how fucked up raw, unfettered Darwinian competition really is at~~ the ~~human level, or that~~ most ~~people without the supernatural ability~~ to ~~manipulate probability can't "beat~~ the ~~odds"~~ with ~~pluck~~ and ~~diligence; that~~'~~s how odds work~~. ~~The Syndicate is sincerely trying, and that~~'s ~~what makes~~ the ~~harm they cause all~~ the ~~worse~~.		Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can imagine why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them. They're also the most prone to intra-Convention infighting in the Technocracy, with different operatives and branches all-but starting proxy wars over the same materials, and the people on top see this as a ''good'' thing unless it cuts into profits as a whole. It's by design, after all; survival of the fittest as the invisible hand of the market determines who's "fit."

	~~Still,~~ they ~~sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving~~ the Masses and ~~working them~~ to ~~death~~. ~~Combine this~~ with the ~~role~~ they ~~([[Skub\|maybe]]) had~~ in the ~~creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and~~ one ~~can imagine why~~ the ~~[[New World Order]]~~ is ~~beginning~~ to ~~come down harder~~ and ~~harder on them~~.		Perhaps even more tragically... most of them really do buy into it all. They sincerely think they're the Masses' partners rather than rulers, and that their job is to create wealth rather than exploit it. They either can't or won't see just how fucked up raw, unfettered Darwinian competition really is at the human level, or that most people without the supernatural ability to manipulate probability can't "beat the odds" with pluck and diligence; that's how odds work. The Syndicate is honestly trying, and that's what makes the harm they cause all the worse.

			Also, as a Convention, they have no friends and few enemies. For God's sake, what corporate engineer wants to interact with those blood-sucking fiends down in ''marketing''? But, for all the problems with how they do their jobs, no one else in the Technocracy is willing to do what they do, and the Technocracy cannot function ''without'' what they do: budgeting, accounting, and, yes, marketing.

	{{WoD-Conventions}}		{{WoD-Conventions}}

1d4chan>SpectralTime at 03:18, 26 October 2020

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	They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.		They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.

			Perhaps even more tragically... most of them really do buy into it all. They sincerely think they're the Masses' partners rather than rulers, and that their job is to create wealth rather than exploit it. They either can't or won't see just how fucked up raw, unfettered Darwinian competition really is at the human level, or that most people without the supernatural ability to manipulate probability can't "beat the odds" with pluck and diligence; that's how odds work. The Syndicate is sincerely trying, and that's what makes the harm they cause all the worse.

	Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can imagine why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them.		Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can imagine why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them.

	{{WoD-Conventions}}		{{WoD-Conventions}}

1d4chan>StinkCity at 18:09, 7 March 2020

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	They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.		They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.

	Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: ~~the~~ Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can imagine why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them.		Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub\|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse\|Pentex]] and one can imagine why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them.

	{{WoD-Conventions}}		{{WoD-Conventions}}

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The Syndicate is one of the five remaining Conventions of the Technocratic Union in [[Mage: The Ascension]]. The Syndicate are the financiers, marketers, and PR specialists of the Union.

Equally at home making multi-billion dollar deals from a penthouse in Singapore and breaking legs in the back rooms of a dingy Chicago bistro, the Syndicate operates almost exclusively within the bounds of Consensus reality. No powered armor or nano-swarms for them, thanks. To the Syndicate, cutthroat executive power and an eye for market fluctuations can control more than an orbital laser could ever hope to.

They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.

Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: the Apocalypse|Pentex]] and one can imagine why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them.

{{WoD-Conventions}}