An Honest View on ''Elitism''

Day 2,623, 10:13 • Published in Netherlands Netherlands • by NoTie112
Dear friends of the eNetherlands,

I have to be honest and tell you I was pleasantly surprised by the recent (political) activity in the country. Political harmony for too long does no country good and destroy the self-refreshing purposes of a democracy (the latter which the eNetherlands are scoring bad at most of the times). I was more disappointed by the content of the recent debates and media articles, though.

What we have at hand are two main factions in the eNetherlands right now. The first one, composed by the main figures of I&W and their associates, are firmly in power and have been in power for over 5 years, be it de facto or de iure. Over the years, they have perfected their political skills and have recruited some of the most fine people on their side with valuable governing abilities. Over the years, however they have also unconsciously made sure that they're grown into the fundamentals of the eNetherlands (the same fundamentals they've helped built up over the years).

This faction is inherently connected to some of the most essential institutions in our country. They are the ones who are in control of the IRC channels and eNL forums (where most decisions are taken). They have the international contacts. They know how to run the country by experience. They know how to win elections and gain attention in the media due to their long-known name, prestige and (former dead) eCitizens in our country. Conclusively, they have a major advantage to whoever isn't part of the clique and didn't have the time or opportunity to develop the same advantages the clique has

Will you make it pass the council of elders?
Or will you be deemed politically unsatisfactory?

Selective Democracy
Is that fair? The pretension is kept up it is. And in their favour, they are very welcoming to new citizens they deem acceptable to their causes and will help them in their career as long as they stay in line. This is no democracy as it is intende😛 There shouldn't be a ruling class ''judging'' who is essentially playing puppet master and deciding who gets in or who doesn't (sometimes due to biased arguments as well). There are numerous examples of this mechanism of our corrupted system, myself being one of them.

Most of the time I have been outside of the mainstream political parties and led movements that were ''radical'' in the eyes of the mainstream establishment, mostly because they mobilized newer and lower-level citizens who haven't gotten the chance yet to participate in politics and get better by trial and error. In the vision of the establishment, why should they been given that chance while they have numerous citizens with experience already? It's a self fulfilling prophecy, essentially, because they clearly deem theirselves better able to govern the country (although they too did get better by trial and error, including loss of millions of money due to risky monetary market games, robberies and disastrous political choices).

I still remember the first time I ran as CP against Mitch Rapp from I&W I was laughed at and ridiculed, because how did I dare to challenge (and had a sense of even wanting to win) when I was a nobody and he had several CP medals?! It's all too telling. Meanwhile I did get more medals than him eventually, but it took me a lot of political games to get in favour of the establishment, including making choices I morally don't agree with.

I have no more desire to be part of that ruling class (except of maintaining the friendships I made with some people in there), as I'm essentially retired and I have nothing to lose anymore, besides seeing my party Revolution and Libertas being humiliated by the former ''friends'' of the elite. They are hypocritical to the bone, as they did work together with that party when there was a more desirable front-man (despite the party and it's visions back then were completely the same as they are now).

Don't be fooled by the establishment sketching the opposition as savages who would make this country a mess. It's just a mere strategy. Of course people who are being ridiculed and a country that gets polluted will rebel, revolt and take it to more extreme measures to get their will (if the democratic mechanisms fail). It takes Goebelesque extremes sometimes, major example being the hatred towards Van Spijck / M. de Ruyter and associates. Truth be told, they do '''guard'' our country most the times and do have the good of the country as secondary goal. But in their clinging to power they completely bypass the consequence that their current behaviour is disastrous for our country as new individuals with perhaps progressive ideas and opportunities can't thrive right now.

We will never see the errors of the establishment if there's no to challenge them honestly and our country might have been in tunnel vision for years, who knows? Perhaps the geniuses that would lead our country to glory have already been silenced and will never be able to save our country? Who knows.

Is it time for a revolution? Not yet, but I do call upon the people to use the last democratic instruments we have to challenge the rotten system of the eNetherlands. Friends of I&W & DemNL: Please take a seat in the backbench, as you (rightly) forced GPN to do so and perhaps one day you'll challenge the system again. As democracy is supposed to work.