Rename Barbarians to avoid negative cultural connotations

[Ignus3]

Prerequisites

• [x] I am running the latest alpha version of MineColonies for my Minecraft version.
• [x] I checked the MineColonies/Structurize wiki and made sure that my issue is not covered there.
• [x] I made sure that this change request is not a duplicate of any existing change request.

Context

• Minecraft Version: 1.20.1
• MineColonies Version: 1.20.1-1.1.530-BETA
• Related Mods and their Versions:

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Nope

Enhancement or Change description

Barbarians should be renamed to something else like "Raiders".

Notes or related things

"Barbarians" has a lot of negative baggage associated with it, it was a term used to justify the dispossession of land from the natives by settlers, and including it here marks the mod with less of the fun city building style I am enjoying and ties it more closely to dark histories of brutal violence and oppression (by the colonizers, against the natives). Honestly, the youtuber Snifferfish explained it excellently and concisely in her video "100 Days Building a HUGE Civilization in Minecraft (Full Movie)". I've copied and edited the section of her thoughts below:

"Unfortunately though this word did evolve into having more negative connotations. Especially as the Roman Empire expanded, the word was frequently used to describe early Germanic tribes and Celts. For the Romans the meaning extended beyond "foreigner" and was more about being uncivilized or rude. The main reason I wanted to bring this up is because these words have so much more meaning, so much more history and context. How they're being presented in the game, immediately associating foreign with un-civilized, is not a good thing.

Most of the groups the word barbarian was used against had their own form of civilization, culture, and beautiful language. There were a lot of motives behind the conflicts between these groups and the historical reasons for their characterization as civilized/uncivilized. Things that aren't being told in a group of block men coming to destroy my block town."

It's a word that brings a ton of baggage with it, and it can easily be swapped with something else. I really do urge you to do so. :)

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[Thodor12]

Raiders is too generic of a term since there are multiple different types of raiders. Barbarians Pirates Amazons Mummies Norsemen

[Ignus3]

That's fine.

Here's a few suggestions:

Marauders Ravagers Invaders Brigands (feels like the wrong aesthetic, but still an option)

I'm particularly fond of "Marauders", as I feel like it captures the aesthetic that the "barbarian" raiders present

[YumatanGames]

I do like Marauders.