What Not To Be

Day 1,695, 07:55 • Published in USA USA • by Gnilraps

Department of reSanity
Day 1,695 of the New World
11 July 2012

Greetings to all eRepublikans, especially citizens of the eUSA, and even more specifically to members of the current #3 Political Party, the Republican Liberty Caucus.

As you all learned a few days ago, I have left my former party behind. In truth, their actions during the June Party President elections embarrassed me. I was vocal among Federalist leadership to prevent the actions against Dutch Marley’s candidacy and my voice was not enough to carry the argument. I believed that the fear-mongering that was being fomented against Dutch was unfounded. I even spoke out in other private boards of the eUS Government appealing on Dutch’s behalf that he could be trusted with Party leadership. My exact words, quoting here from the Federalist Leadership board, "I believe the interference there today is a wrong."

Those were the seeds of discord which, when watered by Dutch’s approaching me about leaving the Feds to help continue reforms in the RLC, grew to the point of my leaving behind the only Political Party I’ve known.



But I left that Party with a whole lot of well-packed bags. I’ve seen an awful lot during two years of Party Leadership in one capacity or another, and the lessons I’ve learned will be put to immediate employ in forging our future here in the RLC.

The first and foremost issue I want to discuss pertaining to our immediate future as a Party has to do with our public identity.

The RLC is best known around eRepublik as the “anti-” party.

» Our IRC room greets people with an “anti-Pfeiffer” message.
» Our recent campaigns, while at their best were “pro-Glove”, were most often more “anti-USWP” and identified Glove not by what he had to offer, but by who he wasn’t.
» Several of our prominent figures have distinguished themselves (for better or for worse) based on who their enemies are rather than what their agenda for success might be.

And so the RLC has become known as the party of antagonists.

This is not at all the fault of the majority of RLC members, it is a result of the circumstances which have forged the caucus.

I do not believe that the majority of RLC members are antagonistic.

We dream of a Pfeifferless world, yes. But the pathway to success for us will not be through continuing to foster a negative image of the RLC as merely the party which stands “against” something/someone.



We must become a Party which stands FOR something.

We must work to develop an identity that a new player in eRepublik (and they are as few as they are valuable!) can sign on to. Someone who has just started this game within the last few months has NO IDEA why he should hate Pfeiffer. (For that matter, there isn't even a "Pfeiffer" in this game to hate anymore, it's a Henry Arundel. Explain that to a newb...)

If I were a new Citizen and I had the choice between joining:
a “Workers” party,
a “Military” party,
a “Government” party,
a “Cypriot” party, or
an “anti-Pfeiffer” party...
I’d probably end up picking one of those first two choices.

Wouldn't you?

This is going to be my first contribution to our success - to lead us in a conversation about how to self-identify in a meaningful way that will appeal to a population who does not know about Pfeiffer or elitists or multi-farms or back-room-politics.

We must first decide what we will contribute to these eUnited States on a positive note.

Doing so, we will succeed where the Federalists have already begun to fail as they chose last month to be another “anti-…” party.

I look forward to engaging you all in this discussion as I've got a few good ideas already.

And I will ask for your vote of support for the Gnilraps/Joseph Dinero ticket on 7/15/12.





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