Social conditions of the undead

The undead, or silent majority are comparable to a minority in the Dalmer empire. This means that they must be governed and policed like any other population of the Empire. Due to their nature the undead have specifics of governance that can be challenging for the aspiring politician.
== Social Issues (in historical order) ==
=== Citizenship ===
Despite preconceptions, citizenship was granted to the undead without much social turmoil. This was largely aided by the fact that the undead were easy to integrate into society. Also helping was the fact that despite the change in personality that comes with multiple undead spawning from a single deceased, they still remained individuals with family and friends. 
=== Incarceration ===
Incarceration of the undead is a tricky issue as they are difficult to maintain in stasis due to the fragility of their organism. So far all attempts at a consensus lead to the controversial solution of enforced uploading of conscience into an android frame for the criminal. This lead to great tensions as UC technology wasn't universally adopted and androids weren't considered citizens of the empire at the time. 
=== Access to necromancy and seer treatments ===
A hot button issue for the silent majority is access to necromancy and seer treatment. the issue lies in the rarity of the Dalmer who are willing to seek out and pursue a career in the field. Because provider programs aren't sophisticated enough to practice undead psychotherapy and demand isn't high enough to warrant public funding, the only practitioners at the time were amateurish and often incompetent. This made Specters and Banshee meltdowns due to inadequate care a black spot on undead/living relations. However after an invisible Banshee had a meltdown that caused an entire block to suffer from hearing loss, public funding was provided to develop necromancy and seer programs in hospitals. 
=== Access to enhancements ===
Access to enhancements are primordial to the undead as they ensure that they prolong their existence. the issue is how long should the Empire provide assistance until they consider the undead should pay for its enhancements. The undead don't think their jobs should be just to cover their upkeep costs, while the Empire doesn't always agree to extend the lifespan of the undead past 100 years. 
Domain racism
Identity crisis concerning uploaded consciousness 
=== Blood drives ===
Unlike the rest of the silent majority, vampires have no trouble gaining access to what they need. this is because they operate enormous blood drives in a well organized fashion that makes sure that a minimum of resources can be allocated to every registered vampire of their order. also the promise of turning for faithful donors is often enough to ensure they keep donating regularly. The issue at hand stems from Medbays claiming the vampire order had too much of a chokehold on blood and should share its resources. The debate is ongoing. 
=== Abusive Exorcisms ===
This issue emerged from the unlawful or abusive usage of exorcisms to expropriate animi by the Undead Police Force. it was later discovered that they were in fact BAST employees working with wrong information. The UPF and DRUM deny responsibility to this day. 
=== Registration policies and regulation of abilities ===
Following accidents linked to the usage of telekinesis, possession and other undead abilities, an empire wide edict was taken to control usage of these abilities.
=== The status of flesh golem's ===
The status of flesh golem's is debated as they are the least popular of undead forms, with voluntary suicides and brain scanning being five times higher than other corporeal undead. 
=== Department of missing limbs ===
The department of missing limbs is largely considered ineffective by Dalmer administration standards as it is less organized due to lack of recruits and motivation amongst its troops. This lack of organization leads to gross incompetence in the attribution of limbs replacements among the undead. 
=== Usage of Soul gems as a power source ===
Energy crisis' in the Empire lead to the illegal usage of soul gems as a power source. This is immediately shut down by the silent majority and serves as the starting point for widespread rebellion among undead communities and culminated with the creation of the Undead King of Pain. The result was a permanent fracture in Dalmer unity. The silent majority are since sworn enemies of the Bleakers and of Bast who were responsible for the illegal extraction and usage of souls as a power source.
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