[TTH] I signed up to play eRepublik...
Franklin Stone
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Right now our government believes there are two schools of thought on how to play this game: Mechanical or Role Playing.
Those who believe in Mechanics believe that the only way to play any game is to take full advantage of the mechanical rules of the game. Those who believe in Role Playing believe that only those mechanics that further their narrative should be used. For me, it is neither and it is both. This game is a Role Playing game that is built around the Mechanics of the rules, however, it is not like a paper and pencil RPG where one of your Homies is the GM. The basic Mechanics of the game can not be changed, that sadly is the purvue of Plato and his Minions.
Yet, even that statement isn't completely true because the eUSA Forums and its meta-government found a way to change them, the 'Dictator Law'. Using a Legislative Branch and a Official Constitution and Code whose only important line is, 'Congress shall organize itself as it sees fit.' They discussed, proposed, voted on and implemented the 'Dictator Law.' In one plurality vote (where some votes are counted a less than a whole vote) the meta-government of the eUSA Forums took away all Congressional Mechanics. Role Playing at it's best and remember, 'Don't talk about Fight Club.'
There are many mechanical rules an American Government should use and one such use of mechanics I agree with is the 2% Tax Rate. A low rate allows the common citizen to retain more of the work salary they earn for their one or two work clicks per day. Another mechanic I agree with using is the Import Tax to keep Foreign product off our Markets. I believe we should implement a 99% Import Tax. Another mechanic I agree with is the Value Added Tax (VAT) which I believe should be set at 25%. Both of those taxes are taxes imposed on company owners and not the common citizen and will tax the wealthiest citizens among us.
One I do not agree with is the Dictator Mechanic, which removes the mechanics of Congress and yes it is what they will call Role Playing. Essentially it is claimed by the meta-government that the Dictator Mechanic is being used as a shield to protect themselves during our night time hours, even though it has twice been shown by Thailand that the Dictator Mechanic doesn't protect us. Actually, it simply gives those in power in the meta-government time to react. It also means we have no friends who are willing to have our backs during their prime time and our night time. Shortly if it hasn't already that shield will begin costing millions to maintain, an expense which is not listed in the Budget yet I am pretty sure when the money is needed will receive 'emergency' approval through the SCI.
Currently, America has no National Military Unit, the United States Armed Forces having been defunded and is now a privately held MU. Because of that fact maybe the eUSA Forum meta-government is correct and maybe they are not, however, it has always been my belief that America would be able to withstand an attack. My belief is that units like Easy Company, War Inc. and VMA-214 The Black Sheep, even small units like the Bear Cavalry and S.H.I.E.L.D. would defend their Homeland. Maybe it would be a difficult War but when was the last time America fought a war with any meaning, killing Redcoats in Training Wars is fun but I mean come on who really cares?
As I have said many times I am for using the mechanics that benefit the greatest number of American Citizens, the three Tax Laws which I have mentioned, not a select group of citizens who seldom if ever come here and play eRepublik. I am against mechanics which remove in-game powers such as those given to Congressional Members and give Dictatorial Power to an out of game Forums filled with citizens who no longer play eRepublik. With the Dictator Law in place citizens who no longer play eRepublik, one of whom publicly quit by washing his hands of the USAF, can continue to have Congressional access and power within the eUSA Forums meta-government. IMHO, if you quit playing eRepublik then you should be stripped of ALL access to the part of the eUSA Forums which deal with eRepublik or better yet move the Congressional Sub-Forums elsewhere.
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[TTH] I signed up to play eRepublik...
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2609848/1/20
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http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,40468.msg794548.html#msg794548
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Those blacklisters have now been redlisted. So there.
http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,40468.msg794548.html#msg794548
It's good to see you writing again Frank. 🙂
USAF is not privately held. It is held by the government. It is a national MU, just without public funding.
http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,40448.msg793984.html#msg793984
I'm not even going to check the facts. That's how much I hate that forum.
It was made pretty plain that Rainy Sunday owes the USAF and may do what she wishes with it....
No FS. I own USAF. I can do whatever I wish it with it. And the future CP after me.
Here:
http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,40448.msg794668.html#msg794668
and here:
http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,40448.msg794969.html#msg794969
It is made pretty plain the USAF belongs to Rainy Sunday and NOT the Executive NOR Congress. The USAF is now a PRIVATE Military Unit and its name should reflect that fact.
Voted.
Daily reminder that Phoenix Quinn is a plagiarizer, NOT a writer.
TennisShoe's avatar is a daily reminder that he is a drunk. I guess though if I had my face in someone's a** all day every day I would drink too....
I don't see what that has to do with this. But if you want to call him out, you should do it an his article.
I prefer to think of it as creative re-use. But it's true, I am pretty much terminally lazy and I like to bend the boundaries between the real and the e-mirror. So. Meh. Whatever. Tennis-shoe doesn't like my mad scribblings in eRepublik. Wah.
http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,40468.msg794548.html#msg794548
Swag keep up the good work homie
Join the fun....
http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,40470.0.html
Quit trying to make me go to the eusaforums all the time, Franklin. Jeez.
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Our forum-lords are hypocritical. They are pursuing the RL endless war, online and accuse us of furthering our narrative.
Excellent Article BTW!
TLDR; We are screwed!
Feel da bern
I see you have a problem which is only found in America that I have seen. In the eUK people respect that erepublik is simply a game and sure, we have some banter roleplaying (such as creating a king, however, he has been king for a very long time now). Anyway, in my view having a dictator is a good thing, in the past, before we had a dictator, militaries would come from all over to try their luck at defeating us, a couple succeeded and so this posed an immediate problem for us. We asked our humble king, after we defeated the last military, to be dictator as we knew he would not abuse his power and would pass any bills that congress put through. You just need someone you trust for this kind of thing to work, otherwise you will find yourself in a mess, trying to clear up a million dollar theft. One of our first dictators left us with this kind of mess after he nicked the entire treasury.
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Roleplaying is bad when it gets OTT.
Dictators are good if you can trust them.
Amen.
Although the eUSA Forum Dictator has never stolen the American Treasury there does seem to be 10s of millions of dollars in a Reserve that no one outside of a certain clique has ever seen.
Yeah, that sort of shady thing happened to us a year ago too, but thankfully all of the money was returned. I understand your position and we are very lucky to have someone we can whole heartedly trust as dictator, he also doesn't really have an incentive to steal since he only really stays on the game to pass the bills and see old friends.
you are wrong about VAT tax that is a regressive tax ,
VAT is payed by the people not by the companies
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Yes the VAT is paid by a citizen, the citizen who owns the companies to which the VAT is being applied. So a citizen who runs a large commune would be taxed the Work Tax and the VAT rate for everything s/he produces.
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2011/01/04/why-vat-is-regressive/
Actually, it is a Consumption Tax, if I do not consume a product I do not pay a tax, therefore only those who can afford the weapons purchase them; taxing only those who can afford it. Since I am supplied by the Bear Cavalry I do not need to purchase weapons or food and I do not pay a tax.