[Mewsings] An Internal Threat?
Day 2,665, 17:32
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by Mad Pauly
It appears our Minister of Defen
American Defensce in action
This suggestion of an MoD-led resistance to the current dictatorship is troubling to say the least. Democracy advocates may welcome the news, but the truth is that any attempt to restore democracy given the current state of affairs could turn into the opportunity that hostile elements have been looking for - the chance to launch their own coup against the legitimate government of eUK.
Now before the vultures start gathering and the mudslinging begin once more, let me categorically state that I am not in favour of the current state of affairs. The issues with which we as a nation now have to deal have been forced upon us by ill-conceived game mechanics and as such we have to make the best of it.
If that means that we have Wayne as a dictator, so be it. Some of you do not like him (and by extension the Dental Corps) or the current state of affairs for various reasons. But let us not forget that it was during his term as CP that eUK saw one of its finest hours of recent months, fighting off a coordinated attack by six enemy nations including an airstrike from Israel. Even Wayne himself at the time did not believe it could be done.
Should democracy be restored, I cannot foresee it being for very long under the current game mechanics. As I have noted elsewhere, it would be relatively simple for foreign forces to instigate their own coup and with enough will, such a PTO would be relatively simple. Let us not forget that eUK still remains a rather small player on a much larger stage, even if on occasion we punch well beyond our weight.
So consider this.
Would you rather live under the yoke of a foreign dictator, who could allow his allies into the country on a whim and change taxes and laws to suit his own ends? Or would you rather see the continuation of the de facto government, wherein a meritocracy made up from elements across the political spectrum continues to strive to find ideas on how this country might be made great?
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Tangbod wasn't making it up, of course.
Cabinet thinks it's ridiculous too.
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It's been postponed now, but why would I bother to lie as i'm trying to argue for the culling of the smaller inactive MU's. If I could've been arsed i'd have screen shot the whole lot and linked them for people to read in their own time but that involves doing some actual work
About time you did some 😉
Getting rid of the inactive MUs is a very good idea, especially given the opportunities offered should democracy be restored. Let's take a look at one unit:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/group-show/2615
10 members, 9 dead, a Russian commander. Doesn't take much imagination to think what might happen if he has lots of strong friends...
another failure of Huey,
if only at that time, Huey didn't make Alexander Atem as MoD, today would be less noisy.
Like always, some people just can't understand simple things.
Much as I respect Huey as a statesman, I did find his choice of MoD rather alarming.
well, I find him quite good as CP. only just he happened to choose inexperienced noob as MoD, which is his biggest mistake.
he should be open-minded about candidates he chose. like making an article about the candidates and their roles before the election day.
that way, he can prevent problems in the future
How is this another failure of Huey? All he did was open an MoD mass message... Alex seems to have taken it upon himself to invent the rest of the role, which he can if wants - he's not in government.
Depends on who you see as the legitimate MoD. Officially, mwcerberus is listed as such, and should therefore be given control of the MoD. Unofficially, Alex seems to continue in the role which Huey had chosen for him. It's this choice - Huey's MoD - that appears to be the controversial point.
Luke makes a very valid point. Huey did not present any candidates for his cabinet in his election manifesto. Had he done so, given those he had chosen, would he have been victorious in the polls?
Adastros's whole CP term last month was a failure
Why? Because Plato forced some ridiculous new game mechanic upon us? Personally I think the previous presidency made a good job out of a bad situation. We still have a strong economy, all of our cores (and a couple in Norway for rent) and are seen as a popular destination for our allies.
YAY my name is in the press 07
A third way - a democratically decided coup? Rather than one foisted upon us, under false pretences, with no public say or involvement whatsoever.
(Although trying to force MUs to send people to an MoD MU is NOT the way to go about it).
Just a thought.
In hindsight, Chaz's coup would have probably gained more popular support had the general population been made aware of it (and the reasoning behind it) prior to it's commencement. The problem with that would have been it would have declared our intent to potentially hostile foreign interests, and it could have been a race to see who pressed the "start coup" button first. Sometimes, working behind the scenes for a greater good has it's benefits.
I don't particularly like what has been foisted upon us by Plato. We just have to make the best of a bad situation.
We were told, pretty clearly, that the Chaz coup would be officially supported, and then control would be handed back to the democratically elected government "as soon as possible" - which is three days.
This meant removing the dictatorship. In the next CP election one of Huey's key promises was a referendum on whether to progress with a dictatorship or not. In other words, initial drama over - now we can decide what to do.
What actually happened is that Adastros took over as Commander of the coup MU and took the dictatorship over. Then Wayne did the same. Both actions go directly against what the public and MUs were told when being asked to support (i.e. fight for) the original coup.
I don't have a problem with us having a dictator to protect against a foreign coup. But there was no need to lie and trick us into supporting something we haven't got (and then brag about having done so). It simply reinforces the feeling that Wayne, Serf, Adastros, DC etc are not to be trusted.