Open Letter - End of Elitism

Day 2,945, 11:40 Published in Belgium South Africa by OKayOK

In Real Life a large civil service is seen as two things. It can be seen as a means to promote capital redistribution to a group of people that have been disadvantaged by a past wrong, such as Apartheid in South Africa. By taxing the rich, they can redistribute funds to the skilled poor through a salary. It can also be seen as a way of enriching friends of the elite.

In eRepublik civil servants work for free, and that's cool. However, unlike real life, the game lacks a depth that requires there to be a civil workforce. We only have Ministers, congress and the executive. Now we also have dictators, which most countries seem to be adopting into a form of monarchy, with the President acting as a Prime-Minister.

This creates a conundrum. We as people who lead in this game will always been called the elite. It is not said with glee but rather with disdain. This is because opposed to it being rich vs poor, this game is about power vs no-power.

During my time as President of eSouth Africa, I implemented some sweeping reforms to the governmental system that opened up the spears of government to the average person. A multi-tiered approach of large cabinet (Foreign Affairs, Social, Defense, Internal Affairs, Education, Finance, Reserve Bank, Military, Security, Population Development) complemented by a series of departments, headed up by directors. Each Minister was required to employ a Deputy Minister and each Director was required to employ a Deputy Director. Likewise, each Minister and Director was required to appoint an Intern, with limited security clearance to train up and create a new generation of leaders who knew how to lead.



This heavy cabinet, each responsible for the creation of a society that was growing, with leadership opportunities for all revitalized a dying country and brought in a golden age of unity. Each Ministry was overseen by Internal Affairs, and tweaked to ensure that every person was working hard.

Even with the successes of such a system, it eventually lead to the downfall of eSouth Africa with Directors being covertly placed by a PTO group called Harvard, and won the trust of our society and eventually destroyed it. Perhaps I reached to far. Perhaps I trusted too much.



I am anti-Elitist and I believe that there needs to be a governmental system that is inclusive of all. I believe that the model I implemented in South Africa came close, but needed further security vetting to ensure the safety of the nation. I believe that a large, active Civil Service costs the country nothing but benefits it in every way. I believe that there can be a perfect political system where everyone who deserves a chance gets it.