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New World Brigade

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A terrorist cell built around the doctrine of the Human Liberation Front, the New World Brigade wages a losing campaign against cyberization, attacking the firms that build cybernetic and robotic technology in a bid to keep humanity and machines separate.

Type: Terrorist organization
Ideology: Anti-cyberization; humans should stay human, robots should stay inhuman
Influenced By: Human Liberation Front
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Overview

The Brigade is an extremist outfit whose thinking is drawn straight from the Human Liberation Front. At its core sits the conviction that people are drifting ever closer to being machines, a trend its members regard as something to be resisted rather than embraced.

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Their creed holds that a person should remain fully human while a robot should stay plainly artificial, never imitating or borrowing the appearance of humanity in any form. Acting on that belief, they turn their violence toward the companies producing cybernetics and robotics, hoping to halt the spread of cyberization. The wiki source frames the effort as doomed, a struggle they cannot win against a tide that keeps advancing.

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Notable Members

The source names no individual operatives, describing the Brigade only as a collective bound together by the Human Liberation Front's ideology and its shared hostility toward the merging of body and machine.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the New World Brigade in Ghost in the Shell?

The New World Brigade is a terrorist cell in Ghost in the Shell whose ideology is drawn from the Human Liberation Front. Its members believe humanity is drifting too close to becoming machines and resist that trend through violence.

What does the New World Brigade believe?

The New World Brigade holds that a person should remain fully human while a robot should stay plainly artificial, never imitating human appearance. This belief drives the group's campaign against companies producing cybernetics and robotics.

Who inspired the New World Brigade's ideology?

The New World Brigade's ideology is drawn directly from the Human Liberation Front, an ideological ally that shapes the group's anti-cyberization stance.

Who does the New World Brigade target?

The New World Brigade turns its violence toward companies that produce cybernetic and robotic technology, hoping to halt the spread of cyberization.

Does the New World Brigade succeed in stopping cyberization?

No, the New World Brigade is described as fighting a losing campaign, a struggle it cannot win against the advancing tide of cyberization.

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