(Opinion) I wish I didn't get into politics, but I'm addicted

Day 2,952, 03:53 Published in USA USA by Josh Whitehead





Ya know, as I’m creeping up to my 6th year in eRepublik, I look back to all the crazy things I've been involved with. From my start of the former Republican Party to NoS dive party, UIP(United Independent Party), ADTP(American Defense and Trade Party), feds, USWP (United Sassy Wookie Party...i mean United whatever Workers Party), amp (American Military Party), my attempt of my own party (The Outlaws and reboot of the Republican Party), short stint in Old F_ck party and now SFP (Socialist Freedom Party ).

Note: I also had year long stints in eSouth Africa but this aint about eSA, this is about my life

I realize i have accomplished A-lot. I have also failed horrifically. Rock f’ing bottom.

My hopeful attempts of becoming SoH (Speaker of House, it's a congress thing) failed nicely. My attempts to be a POTUS (1 election, i was dead last, another election i came in a dead last 3rd). Become something was.... something. You just couldn't talk your way into politics, you had to PLAY the game of politics.



Back in the hayday, I was the very last PP (Party President) of the eRepublican Party and i was still in my first year of eRep. At the time, Richard Nixon II, Crayola Butthole, Richard Serman, Anderson something and many others and I were working on restructuring our party because a greater threat was happening . We were a top five party and at the top of our game, we were pressured as the then Ajay Bruno was running our reputation to the ground with multis and slandering and racist slurs with PM’s articles. All of that nerdy stuff. My life was on the freaking line.

In our final months, I was PP and we were working on informing the public that we're good people but with just one bad cookie, but there was a twist and I will get to that later....

It was scary, because groups of members from different parties were wanting to PTO, a Political Take over, (or they liked to call it ATO, which means American Takeover) and the whole eUSA got involved. They won. (Mind you, I was first pissed off because everything I worked so hard for, gone but it was for the best of the nation.)

The leading player of the collation was a great player, C Roy. C Roy, Oblige, Civil Anarchy, Fingerguns, Melissa Rose and many other players got involved and won. They changed the party name to the Liberation Party (now We The People). This was back in 2010/2011 so I'm sure i didn't get it correct but whatever.

It. Sucked. Farts.



The fall of Josh
Raging murdering farts. What I thought that I helped build an empire, fall apart and I fell with it.

I failed to keep the old gang together, as some of us went to the UIP party or ADTP. Soon, we were reunited as UIP and ADTP merged as ADTP. I became PP soon after and soon after we were once PTOed. I failed with it as well.

What the lint licker have I done? That party, if I am right soon became the AMP.

I took off to varis parties looking for a new home, start over and found myself in the Nos Party. Old players Like Candor, Speedcat Mcnasty, Seacow and others welcomed me with warm hairy hands. I became PP a few times during my stint. This was uhhhh, i think 2011/12 and i finally got into congress after a million attempts.

Congress was NOT FUN FOR ME, at first. As my spelling was horrible, I was talked down by players such as Henry anus Pfeiffer. I had a tough few years. I had a rough mother monkey time on forums, IRC, on my articles, etc, etc. No one took me for real. No one wanted to hear what i said. As in RL i do have a speech impediment and writing/spelling problems. I took ‘special’ classes but obviously......I’m special or whatever.

So quickly; Oblige, Pfeiffer and whoever that likes to leave snobby comments on my articles “This article sucks, voted but not read, you are horrible etc etc, i hate reading your articles and I wish I could read”. Cool story bro but I am here for my own personal enjoyment. This is a game. I am not here for you. I am here for me. I write my articles for fun or for more serious moments like this article. After a few days, I look back at my old school writing and I chuckle how i write them and my bad spelling and yadda yadda. I love my stupid, funny or more serious articles too and that makes me happy. If you do not like them, that is fine with me, go ahead and leave the smug comments below, Does’nt hurt me a bit. I do me. You do you. Ight boo boo? Ight.



Anywho, I never gave up in the elife. I believe I had still had a purpose in the game and that I just needed to keep working hard and find that purpose. Everyone has a purpose, you just gotta find it. It’s what makes you and I special. It’s what makes this game fun for all. A game of strategy, smarts and activity

I soon became something in USWP like how politics worked out and the feds taught me a lot about Military (this was before the Military Module became a huge thing) and started to gain a great reputation.I also was growing up in the ranks in the USAF, after I accused them of abusing the government's money (that’s a story for another time. USAF vs. Another military group vs. EZ company, this was a fun time in Military drama.). This all took place after I announced I was helping aJay Bruno out in-game. Yup, this manly whitebread pirate was helping the most worst player of our lifes.

I also had a short stint with AMP but it just did’nt stick with me, because I bleed Politics and military was not my jive.

During my final stint with the eRepublican party, (2010/2011) Plato had the original, better format of how people got into congress( or at least I thought) and I was pressured on who i should accept the list and inform IES (this was when IES WAS functional and not like today's circklejerking) who i got. Welp, like I said, i was helping aJay Bruno out.



The rise of Josh
Yup, poor little white pasty manly Josh was helping a horrible shart out with his scheme to overthrow the eUSA as a whole. Only approving his list of folks and it worked perfectly. My scheme worked perfectly as well. I was playing double as my hopeless, soleless fellow party members who trusted me with their eLife did not know of my cruel heartless plans to take over everything. However, i was a dumb moron.

Now, after Republican party fell apart, and my stint with UIP, ADTP. I went over to the NoS Dive party. I worked and worked and we got to the #6th party. We were a strong 6th and helped the nation out a few times to prevent serbs in. Oh yes, those sly poops.

Alas, Josh Whitehead was still up to no damn good. I was working on another scheme to get some of Ajays pals on board, along with former Republican party members to manipulate whatever it was.

Hey, I was young and stupid in RL and in-game. I didn't give single damn who i hurt.

As the NoS got me into congress for the first mother loving time, I announced the eworld a deep dark secret. I was playing a double life. It was so horrible as many close players i became friends with disowned me. They had every right. The whole nation did. I announced the world that I was helping Ajay Bruno (Pizza the Hut) out right from when i first played this damn game. I played by own rules and whom, my friends trusted me with everything, no longer. I did’nt help my friends out when they called. I choose who went into congress via PTH and for my own personal agenda



My elife, ruined. Rock bottom again.

NoS party disowned me as well despite my pleas that I “ was wrong”.

But i did something good. I realized what i did was wrong, i admit to the public because i was a helpless dumb guy who was brainwashed to all sorts of crap.

Moving forward, I've had a few hiccups in my elife. I learned, i lived, i conquered. I won medals and did a popular radio show for some years here (which we might bring back, just depends if the demand is there, but don't count on Jon Malcom coming back. I lost RL contact with me about a year ago.). I have turned a new leaf. Made articles like making fun of myself, my readers, fans and whatever my four eyes laid on.

I became an all around great guy after learning who this Pizza The Hut truly was and learned the ropes how politics worked as well. However, it wasn't always easy for me. I just wouldn't give up because I knew I could do some good for eUSA, myself and redeem the life i should have lived.

Damn it Josh, damn you to hell

AS stated earlier, I tried my hands in many things and failed. I never gave up is the best part because in the world of Politics, in eRepublik. The weak will die out first. You will be crushed like grandma getting ran over by Santa’s fat sleigh . Damn it, Grandma, use your turn signals next time.

eRepublik is really based on three things;

Military, Media and Politics. Somehow, some way they all tie in together. When you first play eRepublik, I want to remind all new players that politics is no easy task. I am living proof. I am also living proof on never giving up. You can be somebody. You just gotta work hard. Keep on keepin on. It can be very annoying at times when you want something to go your way, always never happens. Again I am living freaking proof that you can BE something, good or not



You have to really understand how RL (real life) politics work and just play the game however you want. Want change? You need to speak up, get involved with a party and read up how congress, parties, CP works. All the damn ropes, son. All the damn ropes. Because if you don’t, you will struggle harder than a player who mistreats and lies to his friends, like me.

You will be face to face with drama and other players with different ideologies and how they believe politics should be played. However, i ask you one thing; Turn around, play the military aspects of eRepublik and never look back. Sometimes I wished I followed that last sentence.

However, I can’t. I tried getting hard core into military. I couldn't get my nerdy face into it. Maybe another lifetime but it just isn't my time...i think. Do not get me wrong, I love fighting on the battlefield with fellow Bear Cavalry or eUSA citizens. Fighting the good fight for the good people of us and our Allies.

Politics is so damn addicting. I tried leaving the political life more than once and dig my brain more into Military aspects of eRep. I just love being engaged with the party system and interacting with fellow players of my party, SFP or anyone other player in any party.

I bleed Congress, I bleed politics. I have been in the worst of my elife and I have also been at the top of my game. IF you really want to make a difference, get active then. Sometimes I wished I didn't. To skip the drama, the complaining and just focus on military but military was boring.



Some CO (Commanding Officer) telling me to fight here, so i did. Fight there, so I did. Day by day, same damn thing.

Politics, I could say what I want, even if it made an ass out of myself. Do what I want, even if I made an ass out of myself. Politics, Is not easy, but it can be once you learn the ropes. Just learn from me. A once evil, black hearted player that turns into a somebody. You can too. You can make a difference in your country. Just, don’t get addictive like me.

Today, you have only seen a small, and I mean VERY small part of my eLife. Today, I have yet to give up on you, my friends, my SFP, Bear Cavalry because I bleed politics. I hate the drama, but I live it. I hate how some parts of our government is being ran but i bleed it. I want stuff but i never get it, yet....i still bleed it.

War, war never changes yet I bleed it. I bleed for politics and I someday, i still hope to be POTUS in my lifetime. Just like everyone else wishes they become POTUS to finally get the power for whatever weird reason that they wish.

So, happy nerding, my fellow travelers of the Political system. Don't simply "get dictatorship" today - journey into your mind and soul to search for heretofore unidentified context and content.

However, I wish I didn't get into politics, but I'm addicted.



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