[SColbert] Why Can’t SFP Connect With the Average Citizen?

Day 3,366, 12:54 • Published in USA USA • by SColbert

Hello Nation,

This past presidential election was one of more contested we have seen in a long time. It pitted Senry, Ilene Dover, and Derphoof against each other, in what promised to be one an exciting exchange of ideas, and ideologies. Senry ran as someone who had seen the system up close and promised to make changes that would make eRep more interesting for everyone. Ilene Dover was a candidate determined to shake up the ways we have been doing things. She wanted to bring new players into the government, and make real change to what she sees as a stagnant eGov.

Finally there was Derphoof. When Gnilraps asked all the candidates who had the best chance of winning. Senry and Ilene in their public statements both made it clear that they thought Derphoof had the worst chance of winning the election. And when asked who was most connected to the average citizen both Senry and Ilene made it clear that they thought they were more in touch. Derphoof’s chances were tossed aside because both candidates were operating on an outdated, and flawed view of who the average citizen in the eUS is. Senry was unable to even capture the support of his own party, and Ilene who ran as a populist of sorts seems to not even know what it is the people want.

This is where SFP comes in. They have long proclaimed themselves to be the voices of “the people.” One of their most outspoken members, Franklin Stone, will often go out of his way to say that absurd majorities of the people agree with his exact thoughts. What is actually happening here is that SFP has gotten themselves stuck in a bubble, and missed the train on who the average citizen is. The average citizen isn’t a new player who just started out. No it’s a player that’s been around the block a few times here. It’s a player who has established ties to our community, and knows who is just talking the usual B.S. of how they are going to change things. In fact if I were to pick out someone who might be considered the representative of the average citizen here, I wouldn’t look at anyone in SFP, and probably toward a Fed like Yui, Kody, or even Paul.

SFP has become so consumed with being anti-establishment, that they haven’t realized that those they consider to be the establishment are just the same people they claim to speak for. It’s no wonder those who self-identify themselves as the opposition (SFP/BSP) only ever combined to get around the upper 30% at best in congressional elections. Meanwhile those who they rail against (Feds/USWP) consistently represent over 50% of the vote.

This is what Ilene recently had to say at about which candidate connects with the average citizen the best:

Derp is an elitest forum meta-lord (Registered trademark of the SFP). Zero relation to the average eCitizen. I used to buy packs. I don't anymore. Seen both sides of the fence fairly recently. I'll be 2 eYears old on Feb 12. That means I was recently new and struggling to understand game concepts and how the fuck you actually get started doing anything. It's why I publish educational content from time to time. People connect with me as a result. Normal people.

This is how severely SFP has deluded themselves. If SFP actually wants to start connecting with “normal people” they need to get off their high horse. The average citizen does not care about how principled of a stand you take against the defensive dictatorship. They hate that you are stuck up, and dismissive to those who use our country’s forum. They do not like how you think everything that this country has built needs to be torn down, and rebuilt so it satisfies your own view of how things should be.

People want change, but not the kind you’re selling. People want to be engaged, they do not want to be coddled, as you seem to view people. SFP scares people from becoming part of the larger community by telling them anyone who is not a part of their club (AKA their eternal boogeyman the eUS forums) is out to get them, and will attack them personally. The SFP’s change is one of isolation, and insular thinking. This thinking has caused you to shed players with promise like, Tom Cauchon, and great players like Gnilraps and Azazel.

SFP you do not represent the average citizen. You might have at one point, but that day has long gone. You have become a club of insulated elitists in your own right. Listen to the voters, and change!