Rape, Pillage and Burn: Difference between revisions

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[[Truth in Television]]. This is generally a problem in areas without a strong government to keep order, even today. In many civilizations, it was not resolved until power, money, and land were consolidated under [[Blue Blood|noblemen]] and [[Royal Blood|kings]] rich enough to afford standing armies. It is also one reason why peasants in older times tolerated kings and nobles who were quite nasty, as the alternative was almost always constant chaos caused by dozens and dozens of rival warlords.

It should be noted that as nasty as this trope can get, its not entirely unjustified in terms of [[Pragmatic Villainy|cold hard pragmatism]], at least in less civilized settings. It provides food, supplies, and funds for an army far away from home which is in constant need of all three. It raises morale among the attacking forces, demoralizes the victims, and builds a fearsome reputation which can among be used to coerce surrender. The downside is that creates a lot of resentment from the population, turns enemy troops fanatical and invites reprisals, damages the economic value of the area you conquer, postpones cultural assimilation by decades, and can become [[Fridge Horror|addictive to the troops]], which is a big problem when they return home.

It should be noted that as nasty as this trope can get, its not entirely unjustified in terms of [[Pragmatic Villainy|cold hard pragmatism]], at least in less civilized settings. It provides food, supplies, and funds for an army far away from home which is in constant need of all three. It raises morale among the attacking forces, demoralizes the victims, and builds a fearsome reputation which can among be used to coerce surrender. The downside is that creates a lot of resentment from the population, turns enemy troops fanatical and invites reprisals, damages the economic value of the area you conquer, postpones cultural assimilation by decades, and can become [[Fridge Horror|addictive to the troops]], which is a big problem when they return home. In modern times, it's also a war crime.

And remember, to avoid ([[Man On Fire|even]] [[I Love the Dead|more]]) [[Squick]], it's rape, pillage, ''[[In That Order|then]]'' burn.

{{noreallife|this is a [[:Category:Rape Tropes|rape trope]], and All The Tropes does not care to [[squick]] its readers.}}

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