Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-24198837-20140504212429

Arkan421 wrote: Also, how do we know if they don't treat all of their workers like this instead of just the Faunus ones? I could certianly see the mistreatment of human workers as well. If that was the case, however, we may have radically missed the point on the White Fang's intentions.

Currently, most of us see the SDC as a company that abuses Faunus workers exclusively, because that's almost exactly what Blake said. If, however, the SDC abuses all of it's workers, we're put into a very different scenario. Again, most of us are under that opinion that the White Fang has a specific reason to attack the Schnees (however gray the moral argument is), which is likely racism and discrimination regarding their Faunus workers. But what if this isn't the case? Here's the scenario that I'm thinking of:

The Laws in Vale are similar to industrial revolution-era America. There are few labor and/or worker's rights laws. Thus, SDC is practicing perfectly normal and legal buisness practices for a buisness in Vale. Even if it is immoral, and laws should be passed for worker's rights, the SDC is not, technically, in the wrong. Maybe, even, the company heads like Mr.Schnee think that they are doing the right thing, because they're suppling dust, which is the power behing many hunter's weapons, and hunters protect the planet. In their view, the abuse of some workers is worth the safety of the masses, and that's even if they recognize that worker abuse is wrong. Many people subscribe to the mantra of "If it's legal, it's right". Maybe Mr.Schnee is one of them.

Thus, if the White Fang is attacking the SDC in this scenario, they're not directly responsible for helping Faunus. Even if the do help some Faunus, they're also going to help the Human workers, and I'm sure that the majority of the White Fang resents us. If this is the case, then what are the White Fang's true reasons behind this private war? Steal dust? Make a point? Kill humans? Either way, it's not good.