Irony
Day 1,449, 18:15
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Published in South Africa 
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by Stryke Blayde
Irony : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning —called also Socratic irony
I draw your attention to this article, where I was planning on PTO'ing a party that was more or less useless. Due to RL issues and the game becoming crap, I was forced to abandon that plan and focus on more important matters.
Enough of the irrelevant information, look at the comments. If you'll notice, the only people who had any problems with my intentions were the Party President at the time, and the Minister of Security(who had previously left the joke of a party after realizing it). I even got support from other people outside the party who more than likely felt the same way that I did – that the party was useless and needed a change.
Fast-forward over one hundred days, and we see the same thing on a much more vital scale. The Independent Alternative, which I may or may not have written an article or two about discussing my view on them, is a party of nothing but two clickers. However, they still manage to top the charts in both party numbers and political seats. However, as Oprah Winfrey has stated, she is attempting to revive the IA under her own ideology.
Notice the immediate resistance, how the party that has ingrained itself into the very fiber of eSouth Africa(which isn't a good thing, mind you) is being threatened, and how people are immediately opposing the idea. If a smaller party was being threatened, there was little or no resistance, but having the juggernaut IA in any danger immediately prompts a strong defense.
For two years now the Independent Alternative has existed. For a country the size of ours, one could argue that a party with such a life-span promotes stability. I instead argue that it allows a single party to entrench itself into a country's political system to the point where it becomes superior to the rest. While other parties continuously evolve with their ideals, the IA has remained constant and looming. Their numbers mean that newer members come into the party, choking out the smaller parties. Their political majority always allows them to pass policies that favor the ideals of the IA(instead of those that necessarily benefit the country as well).
Long story short, I support the IA's dismantling, as it's vital for the forward progression of the country. Should Oprah require it, I'll gladly vote for the dismantling come PP elections.
-Stryke Blayde
I draw your attention to this article, where I was planning on PTO'ing a party that was more or less useless. Due to RL issues and the game becoming crap, I was forced to abandon that plan and focus on more important matters.
Enough of the irrelevant information, look at the comments. If you'll notice, the only people who had any problems with my intentions were the Party President at the time, and the Minister of Security(who had previously left the joke of a party after realizing it). I even got support from other people outside the party who more than likely felt the same way that I did – that the party was useless and needed a change.
Fast-forward over one hundred days, and we see the same thing on a much more vital scale. The Independent Alternative, which I may or may not have written an article or two about discussing my view on them, is a party of nothing but two clickers. However, they still manage to top the charts in both party numbers and political seats. However, as Oprah Winfrey has stated, she is attempting to revive the IA under her own ideology.
Notice the immediate resistance, how the party that has ingrained itself into the very fiber of eSouth Africa(which isn't a good thing, mind you) is being threatened, and how people are immediately opposing the idea. If a smaller party was being threatened, there was little or no resistance, but having the juggernaut IA in any danger immediately prompts a strong defense.
For two years now the Independent Alternative has existed. For a country the size of ours, one could argue that a party with such a life-span promotes stability. I instead argue that it allows a single party to entrench itself into a country's political system to the point where it becomes superior to the rest. While other parties continuously evolve with their ideals, the IA has remained constant and looming. Their numbers mean that newer members come into the party, choking out the smaller parties. Their political majority always allows them to pass policies that favor the ideals of the IA(instead of those that necessarily benefit the country as well).
Long story short, I support the IA's dismantling, as it's vital for the forward progression of the country. Should Oprah require it, I'll gladly vote for the dismantling come PP elections.
-Stryke Blayde
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Seisan is a whore.
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Voted!
Seisan is a whore. x3
Voted, though no one should move to IA. While I encourage agreement/disagreement in articles, I don't want anyone moving to vote for me.
Please let me make that explicit: no one should move to IA for this. It has to be accepted by the Party, not imposed by others.
Well I'm currently unaffiliated with any political party, what if I were to find my way into the party shortly before elections?
Seisan is a whore x4
Wait....
TwiSpark rode Seisan.
Only in her wildest dreams.
Seisan is a whore x5
And I support this article