Some thoughts about war
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by benskius
Quote:
"While my hand can hold the sword... I'll fight anyone and anywhere for any reason"
Totally crazy guy from Middle Ages (guess he found brave death in his early 30's)
I'm just curious about the global madness for upcoming war... Who, against whom, and most important question WHY it should be started...
Let us take a look to the reasons that causes wars in real life...
All wars start because of resources, any talks about religious, sexual or national differences are only "reasons to be told in public"...
First type: overpopulation of one country or region, what causes shortage of natural resources, primarily food (sandwiches, cakes and ice cream) and water (beer, whiskey and cola)... So the starving and thirsty crowd of soldiers floods the surrounding regions and pillages their supermarkets... Domestic population (humans, aliens, penguins or artificial intelligence) of invaded regions organizes the Local forces to defend... In result we have war....
Second type: natural resources are too much to use or to harvest in specific region or country... As having of everything more than enough local dudes are able to put 'em in scientific research and technologies advance... So to become stronger and more powerful than neighborhood guys... And being totally humans, they want to harvest and use (throw out) even more and more of unneeded resources, they start make friendly visits to neighbor countries. After such visits, they bring back some "healthy dudes" who can make all "muscle work" for free (ok ok..for food)... after some time "muscle workers", to be called slaves, and their homeland dislikes those visits and also organizes forces for defense... and again in result we have war...
Now i can't find any reason for war here in eRepublik New World... Natural resources are not the case, cause simply we have any more or less than others do.. The Human resources also are not yet so interesting, if we take on account unemployment rates (25 to 70 percents)...
Any comments "for or against" are welcome.
The peaceful benskius
p.s. if war will start here with no reason, or just for it self to be started, i'll visit church and will light the candle... it will be lit with a hope, that anyone of eRepublikans will gain enough power in real life... 😉
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Weapons must be sold, and everything in this game is focused towards war (strength, hospitals, gifts...). IMHO, war is the only purpuse of this game (unfortunately).
@Lint, it\'s the only purpose now... I\'m sure the game will develop in the future with more things.
I\'m quite anti-war but I\'m willing to support my country 🙂
i\'m not about supporting or not 🙂 i\'ll support also, that\'s why i\'m training...
that\'s just thoughts 😉
War wil make the game more interesting until other things are implemented.
you have to wonder however why the war module was given so much priority when one would expect more depth in other activities that would promote peace and understanding amongst citizens....
not such a utopia and completely new model after all to what the real world is like is it?
I\'m not telling that it should be always peace... 🙂
I need only know what will it bring... for example: country A attacks B... will it occupy it with successful attack? or just plunder gold and things like hospitals? Will citizens participating in fights die prominently? and what is the point to occupy other country, when it anyway will not bring profit, or I don\'t see how it would... 🙂
If a Country should occupy a region they get:
1. Tax Revenue
2. The Companies in that Region
3. e-bragging rights.
but if region occupied, all citizens will leave to non-occupied ones, so what taxes will you get? who will pay them? ok if aggressor is a big country such as Sweden and they have lot of population, so they can settle it, but small ones will get nothing 🙂 i don\'t think that domestic population will stay in same region...