In Response to Recent Criticism and A Lesson on Banist Theory
Day 3,043, 23:09
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by Cat Boyd
Published 23:10 on Day 3,043
My dear eIrish comrades,
Recently the Revolutionary Banist Party, particularly myself, has received criticism over our past actions and this has been used to discredit our Party as an alternative and opposition Party. The article can be found HERE. It is necessary to offer a rebuttal to these bold claims which have been made against our Party. I will refute them one by one so non-Party members can understand the logic in our actions.
How on earth a politician who claims democracy and welfare state could even imagine herself as a “strong leader” - as a strong dictator
Answer: Being a strong leader is not the same as being a strong Dictator. What I had meant by that statement is that I would use my position to influence the government to take certain actions though I do not have the mandate to force them to take those actions...though as Nogin the Nog puts it the Constitution limiting my powers could be voided since it's still in the "rewrite" stage.
This paradox goes even further through the “anti-war policy” Cat Boyd claims, while our country has been invaded for month.
Answer: It is clear that eIreland does not possess the manpower or currency capable of driving out our enemy. It is clear that the current administration has failed to diplomatically solve the issue. I do not think it is a problem with diplomacy, but a problem with our diplomats. If we had a strong leader, one who will treat other world leaders with respect, and be able to compromise then we will have eIreland free again. Military resistance is futile. We cannot expect our enemies to always come to our aid. This is why I would urge an anti-war, diplomatic, solution.
Then I would not call the Banist’s candidacy an “opposition” to the Irish Labour Party, but its extension. For the sake of argument, one could remember that the “revolutionaries” supported Winston Hope Smith during last CP elections
Answer: The Revolutionary Banist Party did not initially start out as an opposition to the ILP. We were neutral and willing to establish a pro-Left electoral alliance. The ILP was not interested, it was comfortable with its kingholder position in eIrish politics. We usually run our own candidates for Country President, but last month that was not the case. We had to endorse someone for CP, we were running a candidate beforehand and there is no option to run no candidate. That detail aside, the RBP has posted multiple articles since that election stating that we are not supporting the ILP and seek to provide a radical far-left alternative to them. We challenge the ILP to actually enact one radical policy, which they have failed to do since their reign. This is a betrayal of the eIrish Left and the RBP will be the revolutionary party who will overcome the ILP's supremacy.
Therefore Cat Boyd’s candidacy was not meant to change anything in the current far-left domination in eIreland.
Answer: Noting the points in the above paragraph; I would argue that the ILP is only far-left in name. There has not been one single policy or measure taken by the administration that could be seen as radical or revolutionary for that matter. They are conservative and have made it clear they rely on managerialism. They have slowly administered the State into chaos due to their inadequacy or the inadequacy of their Leadership at least. I think I have made it clear the changes I want to make in eIreland. I do not intend to overstep my bounds as Dictator, but I do intend to get more involved in the political processes and if that isn't possible then continue to propose non-State initiatives to bring activity, creativity, and fun back to eIreland. The power is in the hands of the players, our strength lies in the strength of our social base, that social base attracts players who are tanks and active community members. We need to engage our community, as Martinho69 has in their article criticizing myself and our Party, and I commend them for that. We need to be able to criticize each other, build together, and be willing to learn from one another.
Write more articles, get involved in e-social/political movements, run for office, provide new ways of playing this game, and most importantly have fun with it. If there was some ultimate purpose to the Banist doctrine it would be the encouragement of all players to socially interact with one another, develop relationships, create, and let's all enjoy a piece of eRepublik.
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Sincerely,
Comrade Cat
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Hi Cat Boyd,
I talk about you respectfully in my article, and I'm glad to read that you did the same in yours. Nonetheless, I found your arguments rather weak. Especially through the position you took for last elections. When you supported the WHS for CP, you did not just decided to follow the domination, just because you wanted to create a left wing coalition. Against whom? The center? Some guys in the center left - like me - are WAY MORE open to democracy than lots of ILP members have been for the last months.
Second of all, I don't know about your opinion, but I would rather call a strong leader with full diplomatic powers, the unique face of Ireland - a true dictator. The fact that, today, some MoFA tried to share this function with a lot of fellows who talk different languages and have different competences, is a part of democracy, as well as they - most of the time - come from opposition parties.
Third of all, I do regret the fact that you did not dare to talk about the MU you'll not support and the democratic field that you tried to leave for you own sake. I remember when I called for your support for RK's candidacy two months ago. You answered me something like you might think about it, but you would stop our partenership "as soon as we stopped being democratic". That is exactly what you did.
*in the center wing, my mistake
Note: In the first sentence we meant that we are sympathetic to the Left Hand, not to the ILP.
It was not just a left alliance with the ILP, but also another party that we are sympathetic to - The Left Hand. I do not like to discuss inter-party relations with outsiders, but another reason for this alliance was solidarity with the Left Hand. The last election I did not want to run for CP, but it was too late, there is no option to not run a candidate once you run a candidate of your own which was me. In retrospect, two months ago supporting RTK would have been a better position than running myself, but that is the benefit of hindsight. Last month it was matter of convenience with our hands tied - none of the other candidates we could find common ground.
EA is a center party and although I understand all members are independent thinkers, it is difficult to tell who is what in your party. We would possibly be open to supporting center-left candidates who show competency and have progressive credentials.
I fully agree with your definition of a strong leader with full diplomatic powers being the unique face of eIreland. That is very much what I have sought to convince eIreland I could be.
I am open to discussing our MU policy, but at the moment I do not have a satisfactory response to give you. To be honest, I am confused what you want me to answer about (which) MU?
nogin is a very active outspoken part of cabinet. although she is mof she actually discusses issues outside the mandate of finances. i guess with her what is good for the goose is not good for the gander.
and there will be NO politics/congress/cabinet in future Ireland but you can play act it in articles and internal party threads i guess there is no harm to it. ;P
just remember then in the mu thread that your just a soldier fighting for Ireland and not a party leader.
MikeBane spent his entire career in support of ILP.
"Banist Revolutionists" could only do the same.
Well he did create the ILP, I think he didn't agree with everything the ILP became. People tend to have a hard time moving away from the things they create. Also I am unsure when MikeBane stopped playing the game, it's been well over a year? Certainly the political climate was much different back then.
You don't see war as the way out of the Lithuanian occupation yet you supported WHS who destroyed negotiations with Lithuania and told them the goal of the TW was to fight them out.
Hmmm k
Explained in this article and in previous articles - we clearly are not supportive of the ILP/WHS anymore. Our last article declared intentions to end ILP supremacy for Connolly's sake.