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That's closely related to the spirit of industrial syndicalism : trade unions, craft unions and initially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild guilds] were meant to counterbalance the dog-eat-dog capitalistic background. The Syndicate brought ''social security'' to the criminal world. | That's closely related to the spirit of industrial syndicalism : trade unions, craft unions and initially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild guilds] were meant to counterbalance the dog-eat-dog capitalistic background. The Syndicate brought ''social security'' to the criminal world. | ||
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Actually, [[Muro]]'s Strikers never refer to themselves as the Syndicate : it looks like the official designation made up by the WCG. At some point, the faceless opposing force may have adopted designations such as the Network or the Syndicate, but it seems out of proportion with Muro's [ | Actually, [[Muro]]'s Strikers never refer to themselves as the Syndicate : it looks like the official designation made up by the WCG. At some point, the faceless opposing force may have adopted designations such as the Network or the Syndicate, but it seems out of proportion with Muro's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalomania megalomania]. | ||
Deprecative, almost, perhaps coined by the WCG to make the enemy appear like just a bunch of criminals in the eyes of the public (it's not the same thing to say the TCTF is fighting the Syndicate as to say they're fighting "Muro's Global Army"). | Deprecative, almost, perhaps coined by the WCG to make the enemy appear like just a bunch of criminals in the eyes of the public (it's not the same thing to say the TCTF is fighting the Syndicate as to say they're fighting "Muro's Global Army"). | ||