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It's been a while since I have written something on commie politics, so there we go.

In Germark, we have 3 Top 5 parties which have been around ever since I came to Germany back in 2010. These are OMG, KPeD and DSM. However, while both OMG and DSM have p much the same oligarchies and political values, KPeD has changed a lot.

First of all, parties always are oligarchies. We have elites saying stuff most members will believe to be true. These elites do get new members, and some old members resign, but they basically are the same. DSM have probably changed the least (well, except for trolli who left), while OMG has lost most of its prominent members to inactivity while gaining only few newer important members. KPeD, on the other hand, had a very strong shift in it's elites.

It's most prominent member has been MachtGeil, who went inactive some while ago. Others, like myself, Duracraft and Sir Nils are still active in name while not doing much. And other again, like Ilphen, have been KPeD at some point, but don't feel affliated to their party too much. More important are therefore newer members like Tante Renate or Gregus Hedvik, even though their are not what most would consider new - alas, as someone who joined KPeD around 20 months ago, I do.



Probably more important though is the change in values and ideas we have faced. But first of all, what are the main ideas behind e-communism?

Unlike IRL, there is no goverment to abolish, no system to fight and no way to accidentally open ways to a dictatorship. So e-communism had to reinvent itself in erepublik.

1) Commies used to believe in Communes as means to fight Capitalism and help newbies.
However, since nowadays everyone is working as a manager and can becomne self sufficient, this is no longe a big problem. Company owners only get an advantage when they get Q6 companies and hire workers, however, this only affects few people. Most people can easily get loads of food and weapons on a regular basis after playing a short time - more than ever before. And communes have become a standard for most MUs.

So basically, in order to adapt and develop the „social idea“, there have been various incentives. For example, Gregus' Germand Development Fund where you can get loans to create companies and get self sufficient. Or soma1976's red cadet program handing food and weapons to new players. Finally, Kleiner Teufel helps you to build raw materials if you are a member of the Red Army. Those ideas always need some funding and helping hands, if you want to help out or start something similar, I'm sure they'll love to hear that.

2) We also have a tradition of fighting against imperialism
Who can't remember the battles for Hello Kitty, where the German Red Army, fought for China, while Germany was allied to Serbia and Hungary, the occupying forces. Or the battle of Scania, where we fought for Sweden. The idea behind this was easy - everyone fights for alliances, which is p boring. Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose. It's way more interesting to support small, irrelevant countries and bond with their ommunities, while they are getting attacked by stronger powers.

However, the military module p much broke this. Since the Daily Order is a battle for your country or it's allies, you can't support bloc-free nations via DO, and most of your members will use their FFs for this. However, sometimes, someone manages to gain RA support and there is a strike. However, I can't even remember the last time this happened due to lack of support. So if you are new, and you agree that anti-imperialism is fun, help us organise common hits for small countries!

3) Rightwingers - we used to have epic flamewars with them
However, most commie-haters died out or stopped hating. And real rightwingers seldom survive politically. Really, the only one I can think of who is active and whom I'd call a rightwinger is onrop, and one person is not enough for a real flamewar.

So yes, even fighting rightwingers has become a boring task which we can no longer fulfil.



As I hopefully have shown, KPeD and the Red Army have been facing many challenges and still are facing many challenged for their identity. It will be interesting to see where e-communism is headed to.

If you are interested in changing thins, join Red Army or KPeD!

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