Kinda, but also a big thing is that you can make your guys your own and you can decide what they are like.
Sure, the overall faction might be fascists, but your guys might be a small group of deserters who read Marx and are now fighting for purposes that are actually good. Coming up with unique backstories for your own army is encouraged.
I thought the whole point of that franchise is that none of the factions are good
Kinda, but also a big thing is that you can make your guys your own and you can decide what they are like.
Sure, the overall faction might be fascists, but your guys might be a small group of deserters who read Marx and are now fighting for purposes that are actually good. Coming up with unique backstories for your own army is encouraged.