Free Belgium!
Konrad Neumann
The media eBE is quiet. While there are some good articles, you are exposed to mindless oppositional rhetoric which pollutes and soils the intelligence of any rational and thinking person. While they use the term freedom and democracy without context and basic definition of the term. For the opposition are aware the perceived saliency of the terms not of their true essence. It is like appreciating Marxist without any context, links, and appreciating to Adam Smith and David Ricardo (Oh they did that too). All cheap shots aside, this article will explore the concepts of freedom and democracy.
What is Freedom
The concept of freedom can be viewed from an Indian term called Swaraj. If we break up the worl
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Raj- To rule
Swa- One's own
So we can view freedom as to rule one's self. There are two overall ways to look at Swaraj in which they both complement each other. The first form is Personal Swaraj which states freedom from ignorance (both of oneself and of the world, illusion, delusions, and fear. One can achieve this kind of Swaraj via religion or pure logic (philosophy). The goal is to be free from the vices and temptation of materialistic lusting and craving. Knowledge is key and the truth (wisdom) will set you free. The second form is called Political Swaraj which is to rule over ones land, property. In essence, Political Swaraj are rights and liberties we are more accustomed as freedom. However, it can be argued without enlightenment, wisdom, and logic as per the Personal Swaraj, we cannot have any real and lasting Polical Swaraj.
Free Belgium!
This is true in eBE. Despite the rhetoric of the opposition who posits the eBE community as corrupted and power hungry, it is them who are stuck in ignorance and un-enlightenment. For they lack the knowledge of freedom and democracy as they lust for both power and treasure. For true democracy requires the following:
All parties and members respect the rules and results of elections.
Fair contestation
Relative equality
Institutions that supports democracy
Civic Culture which respects the “rules of the game” as well as the desire to continue the project of democracy
Social Mobilization
Fair contestation is a vital part of democracy. However the opposition is not into fair contestation. Their every efforts is to undermine the immigration institution which secures fair contestations at the polls. For the civic culture of the opposition is not to expand the project of democracy but of total political domination and their lust for power and treasure. Therefore, I do agree with the opposition that eBE needs to be free but we need to be free within before we can be free without.
The first step to be free is to embrace the concept of inclusion. Instead of the rhetoric of exclusion, we as a society need to come together and focus on eBelgium itself. Like it or not, we are all eBelgians and such division serves no function in the quest for true liberation. We need not focus on personal or factional greed but the interest of the community as a whole. This holds true to both the opposition and the establishment. We as a society needs to understand and embrace a true republican democracy which if the economics can afford, an egalitarian welfare state like the days of old. Fair contestation and a civic culture based on the ideals of a community and true Personal Swaraj is our path towards freedom and liberation.
For eBE is a failed state. The peoples are not united. The country is in a state of civil war. The status quo will stagnate and further decline the nation. While the wipe is needed to contain the cancer from growing, the only way to treat this blight is to be free. True freedom is Swaraj. Therefore, we do not need more crappy rhetoric and name calling. The enemies of eBE are not that of other alliances and countries, but our self imposed bondage on each other. We are slaves to our own distrust and contempt for each other.
Free Belgium!
Comments
Konrad is back and in a damn big way. Very inspiring words my friend, I hope to bring more media activity with the start of the tournament 🙂
tl;dr........ oh wait 😛
Ramaya
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Hey Konrad, your last predicament didn't go exactly as you predicted.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/why-the-pirates-will-fail-2579791/1/20
And do you know why?
I do know.
I think it is still going as predicted. The only reason why the opposition is still in play due to the opposition's constant attempts to destroy a fair means of contestation via illegal immigration etc...
naughy, naughy boy Konrad
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All parties and members respect the rules and results of elections.
Note that those rules are made on a forum outside of erepublik, if you dont join the forum your vote and opinion doenst count. #dictatorship if you dont agree on the forum you get banned like me, shadowucks, georgeW junior, Lin0leum, GSmyrlis and manny more.
I think shadowucs was banned for stealing 300k cc
All others for insulting and/or multi accounts on the forum
Insulting doesnt mean you can take peoples civil rights, on the other hand manny of you insulted all of us by caling us PTOers, gayhaters etc
Only Shadowucks was banned, they keep repeating the same old lies about all of the being banned
And there you go again with the "victim" card again. Fact is only shadow is banned for use of multi accounts. None of you are banned despite constant harassment against the society. Saying lies many times does not make it true.
It is more like you and your mates disagree and you emposed a self exile and blame it on the forums. You broke away from freedom and democracy and form a new dictatorship where it is based on your interested and your people in control.
Your group tried in game referendums. You stop employing it as soon as the people voted against your interest. Therefore your group is not open to transparency and direct democracy like you claim. Where are the people's vote? Your faction is not much different as you claim...
Therefore you resort to rhetoric. You make grand claims without evidence and merit. This demonizing will only cause more damage and destruction to eBE and unless we embrace true freedom and Republican democratic ideals, there is no hope.
So the Duke is telling lies? I really have enough of your bull shit,
If you cannot reply with a logical response, you reply with an personal attack. FYI, it makes you look silly...
You are talking about togetherness??? Its you and your gov who excluded manny Belgians because they didnt agree with dictatorship and corruption.