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Divided and Dying

Day 1,898, 16:02 • Published in United Kingdom

• by Mr. Katze

I have inconsistently played this game for close to 2 years now, but I've been present for all the major events in the I've played. We have a unique little nation, even when we've been beat down and our economy has been drug through the mud, we find a way to fight our way back up, and reclaim at least some of what we once had.

I feel that too often the people of nation forget that we are all citizens of the same flag, and not citizens of personal and party agendas. Frankly, the argument of this nation's anti-partisanship is stale and without any meaning; it is simply a tool for candidates to push their campaigns forward, by promising to unite all the parties under a fair and equal government.

"The problem is never the issue, and the issue is never the problem."

Candidates for any government position will have you believe that they will be able to cross all boundaries, and speak to all people, when typically their idea of "crossing boundaries," is criticizing their opposition for not agreeing with them, rather than compromising with them. The problem is not that our leaders fail to cross party lines, the problem is that we have party lines to begin with.

In a game where actual political power is staunchly limited, there isn't much to disagree on, and I find that most of the party quarrels are more personal than they are political, which leads me to my next point:

The line between "party," and "personal," has become all too blurred.

We as humans naturally do not enjoy everyone we meet, however our choice of relations with those we meet is a personal matter and has no place in the world of politics. Most of this nation's leaders are comparable to two children fighting over the same toy, when there is another of the same toy right next to them.

I'm the mother in the background, and the bear is the UK.

In summary, the political parties of this nation are embarrassing themselves more than they are actually accomplishing things. A hindrance in this country is that people vote for a party, and not for a person. We should not live in a nation where will is imposed, choice is imposed, and freedom to voice is imposed. I strongly urge people across the spectrum of politics too change their ways, not as party members, but as citizens of the United Kingdom.