You Did it to Yourselves
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by Mark Wahlberg
eGermans: You might be expecting this to come from a Pole or Swede, but you would be mistaken. I am going to deliver you a message myself, expressing a few opinions on our current... situation.
In the end, I am frustrated to say that all of this - the war with Sweden, the political takeover, the aggression from PEACE - it is all the fault of Germany. I am incredibly disappointed in all of you, Germans. You took what we had for granted. What does that do for us now? Look around you.
My first "thank-you" goes out to the idiotic citizens of Germany who helped put us where we are now. I love how every time someone doesn't make it into Congress here they all start to scream and shout "what is our government doing!?" You, the dumb, average voters and the "future" of Germany landed us here. Granted, I am more frustrated with those who fell silent and became inactive, but unfortunately I can not have a word with them.
My second "thank-you" goes out to the politicians of Germany. Almost all of you. I'd love to put you out individually, but I am not that kind of person. You know who you are: the people who were so self-centered and focused on getting themselves into Congress with promises of "change in our beloved state," promises that inevitably fell through as you discovered yourselves discussing the same damn things every term - the same damn things that put us here. Moments away from total annihilation by the Swedish.
None of you were true. No, instead you floated from party to party, not actually defining yourself as a politician, being so vague that when the voters of Germany finally had their chance to elect you, they voted by party or by popularity. Or, even more disappointing, they just voted. Voted for those without presentations, without anything close to being recognizable. It is the inactive politicians of Germany who put us here. We have a forum. About half of our Congressmen actually have any input, according to who all posts.
Lastly, I would like to send a "thank-you" to our administrations. I know you all had good intentions, and DKN did a great job putting Germany on its feet, but I must say everything past that, (two whole presidents,) really did send Germany to its doom. The Union was fine - it was joining ATLANTIS that should have been thought through. There really was a lot more we could have done. And so much for political transparency. Not a single administration accomplished that, despite every one claiming to strive for it.
Although, after all this, I do put some of the blame on myself. I blame myself for not trying as hard as I possibly could to send Germany in the right direction. I blame myself for not attempting to candidate for president, and run this country the way it should have been: with a real cabinet that was competent and knew how to make logical decisions. Not always for Germany's integrity, but for Germany itself.
My final note: no matter how disappointed I can be in you, the eGermans, I could never be more disappointed than I am with the Swedish and the Polish. The Swedes, because their stupid bloodthirst has successfully wiped another country off the face of the eWorld. They claim stupid reasons, but it was their doing that caused the dissolution of ATLANTIS. One day I hope to oversee the downfall of the Swedish, no matter which country causes it. I would also like to see the downfall of the Swedish puppets, also known as the Poles. Congratulations, Polish sheep. For it was your fear of the big bad Swedes that helped destroy another sovereign entity.
I wish I could make everyone read this, but the fact of the matter is that the majority of eGermans have an attention span so small they couldn't get through it all. Better luck next time, eGermany. Don't worry, I will be here to the end, and when a movement comes to liberate Germany, you can expect to see me back here.
Mark Wahlberg
Former Congressman and leading political figure of Germany
P.S. Burn all the recipes for our beer as one last insult to the Swedish
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Like they do care about German fine beverage.. They would lick up toilet cleaner if it have some alcohol in it.
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Tough love, voted.
Harsh but true words
I understand your frustration and partly you are right, but if you look around in the eWorld you will see that eGermany is not the only nation close to annihilation. SA basically got screwed over today, even worse than we did so far and eRomania took over 50% of the eIndonesian government and is planning its destruction from within. If eIndonesia with its more than 15000 players cannot prevent a takeover, how do you expect eGermany to do this? Most potential voters are scattered around all over the eWorld as a result of the war against poles and swedes.
In the end of the day, its pointless fighting against something that really is an ERROR in the GAMEPLAY. And thats what this whole PTO business is, a gap in the thought of the producers who simply did not forsee this. Or how do you explain that a bunch of zombie accounts get elected into the congress, voted by a horde of foreign players who just moved to eGermany 5 seconds b4 and can propose harmful laws that are totally nonsense? This is what really sucks! If you ask me, you'd be better of writing a juicy complaint to the Developers.
I love you Mark.
Didn't really feel like reading the entire article but it sounded pretty. EFF ATLANTIS and the people who got us here.
Ehm. I read your article. All of it. I shouldn't vote for it since i don't know where I stand on the informed level, but I understand your position. I really do. Inactivity, stupidity, and sheepishness has brought us to our knees, on our own.
A note on transparency, don't dig too much into it. Every politician promises it one way or another, but in eRepublik it just doesn't happen, and in the real world it's simply to complicated for the average citizen to make use of government transparency, and so they're spoonfed BS from various media outlets.
Although I've not been around to see the culture and political climate of the old Germany, I can say that safely indeed we are being brought to our knees...
Mark here has a point, no matter how our flaws have hurt us, the Swedish have done far worse... I should hope that once this has followed through and either an Occupied Germany has been formed, or a Germany saved by the nick of time by it's allies has been formed, that we learn from our mistakes and build a strong Germany. I will work hard to ensure that I learn from our past mistakes and leaders, even If I myself wasn't here to hear them speak.
Good luck Germany!
Looking forward to your rebellion!
noooo!! not the beer!!!!
True words, sad but true.
I will miss the beer though. I only drink Weissbier... But there is always single malt.
How sad.
I am moved.
I blame nobody. I blame myself and only myself
Articles like these make you wanna keep on playing. Thank you, sir.
very good article and voted even if I don't agree with every point.
I agree completely Mark and as I read your article I was hit with the reality that I (and most everyone) unintentionally had a hand in Germany's demise. I feel like I should have done more and I promise when our opportunity comes again I will not be a witness again.
Solution? PTO on Sweden?