{eRep} New CP Day 4: Is it Or well in eIreland?
Rusty D
Hey eIreland,
Before I go into my daily article, I want to touch on an author, solider, journalist and critic, George Orwell. George Orwell fought in many different wars against Fascism and was heavily critical of dictatorships.
😎; also in The Collected Essays, Journalism, & Letters, George Orwell; Vol. IV: In front of your nose, 1945-1950 (2000), p. 447
Even with the threat of censorship from our Dictator, I will still continue to publish articles for the benefit of eIreland and it's citizens. Because as they say “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” So to continue with todays article.
1984: Nineteen Eighty-Four was a book written by George Orwell in 1949. It is basically a story about a province of the superstate Oceania in a world of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, and public manipulation. This includes censorship, printing of lies and even changing the language to wipe out any words that could be used to question the leadership.
Animal Farm: Animal Farm was another acclaimed book written by George Orwell in 1945. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. The short and curly of it, is basically the pigs on the farm encourage the animals to rise up "Four legs good, two legs bad!" against the humans on the farm. However once they seize power, the pigs keep control and rule as a higher 'class' then the fellow animals.
Now onto the current happenings in eIreland. As many of you would of realised, the previous dictator Trito passed a couple of embargo laws before handing over power to Releasethe Krakken. These laws were passed while Krakken was officially the CP of eIreland and while he was still in close contact with Trito. I touched on the effects of these embargo laws in my last article here, about how they can not be repealed, they effect WaM for citizens of eIreland who have Holding Companies in Occupied regions. But one thing I only touched on, was about how it is pretty much the same as a NE, but truth be told it is worse:
As you can see, apart from not being able to WaM in Irish holding companies, our own citizens can not sell their produce on the Irish markets. This is a result of the embargo laws in place. This will leave the citizens of Ireland relying on overseas producers in supplying our nation, essentially putting our hard working cc (if you can actually work), into the pockets of anyone smart enough to abuse this situation and sell products here. But dont worry, our government would never support that... oh wait, they will be issuing grants for market licenses to non-Irish citizens.
Real Life Facts: In real life, there are many cases where dictator's line their friends pockets with a countries income. They award contracts to their friends businesses to provide services to their nation/government. They ensure money is passed onto their friends to help empty their countries treasury. It has become the norm for many RL dictators, to ensure they are themselves enriched.
Back to eRep: As many might be now seeing with the effects of our nation being wiped, the loss of the ability to work in any Irish holding companies, as well as the loss of the ability to sell their products on the Irish market, this will greatly effect our citizens ability to survive, to fight and in general to be able to contribute to the Irish society.
Real Life Facts During the Great Famine in Ireland, Sir Charles Trevelyan believed the Irish were lazy and didn't deserve help. Charles Trevelyan thought the Famine was a 'mechanism for removing surplus population'. During the Famine, 1 million people died and the population fell by 20–25% due to mortality and emigration.
Back again to eRep: While our citizens are unable to work, sell or even fight (still waiting DO's and fighting needs weapons), our dictator is still emptying out the treasury as well as releasing articles declaring the need for him to take control of all Org's as well as know there login details, even if they are being used by others. The question remains, as a populace, how long until a nation rises up against the injustices of being held down by the elite, how long until the masses realise that the few only worry about themselves. How long until the nation wonders why there has not even been any orders or official attempts to liberate an occupied region, or wonders if people a concluding with the enemy to ensure no region are available for a liberation battle.
While this article is slightly different in it's layout then my past articles, I hope it helps kick the readers minds into thinking more about actions being taken, think about other possibilities, rather than 'the line' that is being preached to them. Start to ask why, start to question, start to connect the dotes. Ireland your future is in your hands, the power to change it is in your voices, your keystrokes and your votes.
New Government Motto?
Thanking you all,
Rusty D
An expat abroad.
For other general musings, please take a look at my Orgs Newspaper: Here
Comments
If it is a bit confusing.... Blame my RL mate Fredric for making me go to a liquid lunch to celebrate his birthday.
As always have a read, think about what is written, ask questions of me, of the government or of anyone.. But most of all Question, don't take anything for granted.
Hey Orwell is my shtick!!!!
Sorry, I have always been a big fan of Orwell since reading Animal Farm when I was 10.
I love Herbert.
That doesn't mean I warn everyone in eRep about the danger of sandworms.
ah we agree on something... love Dune myself
for real?
it un-apologetically depicts a future where democracy and law have been entirely swept aside by autocratic dynasties and religious sects.
didnt think itd be ur cup o tea
I love the dystopian genre
then ur playing the right game
Orwell, so, good.
Enjoyed so much day 4.
Cheers, it didnt end up like the original plan I had, but I am happy it is still well received.
Homage to Catalonia, DOIPL>1984
Whaaa.... your back from your walk-a-about???
Hope things in Aust are getting better 🙁
I William say, Krakken had nothing to do with embargo, and did rip into Trito for making such a mistake. It effects all of us, including Krakken.
Krakken has had Trito's ear for a long time, he even praised him in Trito's farewell article. Unsure how you can praise someone who cut the only remaining source of income that your citizens could use. And now for 30 days or until a region is free, everyone will suffer :'( all because Trito pushed the Embargo button, with out proper knowledge of it's effects.
@David on another note, I have some ideas on ways to bypass the effects of the embargo if you want. While Ireland will not be 100% where it should be, it should help ease the pressures on the citizens as well as the taxes being missed.
If you want to discuss, just shoot me a PM or if you want I can do an article, so others can input any idea's/suggestions
everyone that knows me or read my articles knows i hate trade embargoes. you have some points there but it was not really points we had not thought about. yes we will need a region to liberate that is a bit of a conundrum else we will wait for the game to release us when it sees we have no treasury to support the upkeep. dum di di dum dum dum breaking up is hard to do...
there was no drought or anything or starvation. they died due to the then class system that made them over reliant on potatoes. if you read a bit further you would discover that for most other crops it was a record season and that ships ladden with produce was send back to england.
I didnt even say anything about a drought. And yes people died from hunger (which is one meaning Famine is). Do yourself a favour, click the link I embedded and read it. Also learn how to read the article, comprehend what is written, before typing. You will make yourself look a tad smarter next time.
there is a game mechanic gucio told me this morning of that you and nogin are not aware of . i will soon have all of our orgs up and running.
Dont need any game mechanics, I have a list of the orgs already 😉 it is easy to get if you know how... oh wait you said I was an inexperienced newb
whats this got to do with me?? and as for game mechanics i think i know all the rules that matter.
Your Dictator submit a ticket with the org names/ID's and the new email address/password for each one you want to reset and they will send you a reset link/email, simple been done hundreds of times with no fuss/drama needed.
pm me nogin
Shall we come save Eire?
you do that, what would I write about. He has already begged me to be his MoD in Discord
YES!
\o/ yuhu
well that book is based on Russian Revolution of 1917...