He did the exact same thing to me ! Blanking against Swansea while wearing the armband . What a disgrace . <| sep |> Oh shit , can you predict the future ? Quick , give me next weeks lottery numbers ! <| sep |> Davis often shared childhood stories with Gourley on Harmontown . When Gourley guested there , they also reminisced . <| sep |> You ' re right , they should be the reciprocals . His final answer of 403 is correct though . <| sep |> To everyone saying the Brotherhood of Steel aren ' t Fascists , let ' s look into the 14 points that make a government fascist . Because they are the de facto government of the Capitol Wasteland and looking to move in the Commonwealth . 1 Powerful and Continuing Nationalism Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos , slogans , symbols , songs , and other paraphernalia . Flags are seen everywhere , as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays . Oh yeah , big time with the Brotherhood . 2 Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights Because of fear of enemies and the need for security , the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of need . The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture , summary executions , assassinations , long incarcerations of prisoners , etc . Ghouls and Synths are the main thing here . You can argue that Synths aren ' t people all you want , but Ghouls most certainly are . 3 Identification of EnemiesScapegoats as a Unifying Cause The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe racial , ethnic or religious minorities liberals communists socialists , terrorists , etc . Synths will destroy the world because reasons . Kill them . 4 Supremacy of the Military Even when there are widespreaddomestic problems , the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding , and the domestic agenda is neglected . Soldiers and military service are glamorized . Oh yeah , that ' s the Brotherhood . 5 Rampant Sexism The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively maledominated . Under fascist regimes , traditional gender roles are made more rigid . Divorce , abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution . This is one of four that don ' t apply to the Eastern Brotherhood . The Western Brotherhood however is implied to look down on homosexual unions by Veronica as they don ' t produce children and ergo no new soldiers . This isn ' t a problem for the Easter Coast BoS as they recruit from the Wasteland where as the West Coast Chapter does not . 6 Controlled Mass Media Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government , but in other cases , the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation , or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives . Censorship , especially in war time , is very common . We ' d have to know what happened to Three Dog for this one , so for now it ' s nonapplicable . 7 Obsession with National Security Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses . Remember , the Synth are satan , the ghouls want to kill you , and only the Brotherhood can protect you from the mutant scourge . 8 Religion and Government are Intertwined Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion . Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders , even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government ' s policies or actions . You can not tell me the Brotherhood ' s technoboner doesn ' t range into religious devotion . They treat ancient technology like arcane relics and devout an entire order to studying them , cataloguing them , and never using them unless they ' re a controllable weapon or something they can use for leverage Project Purity . 9 Corporate Power is Protected The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power , creating a mutually beneficial businessgovernment relationship and power elite . Likely not the case in the Brotherhood , so again third one that doesn ' t apply to them . 10 Labor Power is Suppressed Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government , labor unions are either eliminated entirely , or are severely suppressed . We already saw it in Fallout 3 , the water caravans are under the boot of the Brotherhood . They go where they say they go . 11 Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education , and academia . It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested . Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked . Maxson ' s reaction the the Institute isn ' t This technology , we can use it to help people . it ' s My god , this is horrible . The Scribes aren ' t interested in academia to better the human condition , they catalogue it , and hide it away where no one can learn or grow from it , actively halting the growth of knowledge in the wasteland and it ' s recovery . 12 Obsession with Crime and Punishment Under fascist regimes , the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws . The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism . There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations . This basically describes the entire purpose of the Knights , Paladins , and the Aspirants and Initiates under them . They obsessively police the wasteland from their Vertibirds , which might be good for now , but what happens when it comes time to dispense justice for more petty crimes ? 13 Rampant Cronyism and Corruption Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability . It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders . At first I didn ' t think this applied to the Brotherhood . Then I remembered Sarah Lyons . The woman the Brotherhood killed in order to raise up the oh so special Elder Maxson , descendant of their leader , despite his young age . 14 Fraudulent Elections Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham . Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates , use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries , and manipulation of the media . Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections . The only reason this doesn ' t apply to the Brotherhood is there are no elections . So that ' s ten out of fourteen points towards them being fascist . Ergo they ' re a fascist organization . Went with the Institute the first time and didn ' t like it . Playing through again and joined the Minutemen , building settlements across the Wasteland and making a proper , free home for the settlers . We will go to war with the Brotherhood of Steel and Institute and win . Because Fascism and Slavery will not be tolerated in the General ' s Commonwealth . Protecting the People at a minute ' s notice . Edit That said , if you ' re playing the Brotherhood right now , you may want to ask yourself . 252016 KysFqq . gif