| Subcomandante Marcos' Balaclava | |
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Origin |
Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente |
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Type |
Balaclava |
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Effects |
Dissolution of self around boundaries and entrapment |
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Downsides |
Disrupts fragile leaderships |
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Activation |
Wearing |
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Origin[]
Subcomandante Marcos joined the leftist Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in the 1980s to address the inequality issues in Chiapas. Protection of Mayan descendants in the Lacandon Jungle from land poaching were of high priority. Marcos enrobed as the face for the Zapatistas starting in 1994. For any public outing, Marcos covered himself with a ski mask and sometimes pipe. He referred to himself as Delegate Zero during a nationwide campaign tour in 2006 and finally as Subcomandante Galeano in 2014, where he publicly retired from the group itself.
Marcos often tried to negotiate peace treaties with appointed cabinet members. In 1995, the military vacated Lacandon. When formal talks failed, Marcos and Secretary of the Interior Maldonado hashed out peace agreements days later over military radio. Attempts by the Attorney General to provoke the EZLN with arrests backfired and they released all captives.
From 2005-2006, the Zapatistas released a solidarity statement with other leftist Latin American leaders and indigenous peoples against commerce. The Other Campaign led by Marcos travelled cross country listening to the needs of common people instead of rallying. Interviews included fishermen, factory workers, feminists, students, activists and indigenous leaders to push internal discussion for greater protection against capitalism. Marcos himself wrote prolifically that the influences of business and liberalism would drive the fourth world war.
Effects[]
Dissipates the wearer when trapped to escape binds. Either partial intangibility against containment facilities or complete vanishings when surrounded by large forces. No gated facility or thief-proof vault is safe.
In the goal of peaceful concessions, the mask assembles normal citizens into a vocal out poring demanding change. May incite open rebellion if not controlled by a figurehead into a united front. Meanwhile, the policy makers behave more lenient, willing to reexamine earlier vetoed legislation. Can lead to more cooperative community, or the populace fully dismantling their social hierarchy.