Exilious Thoughts on the Gold Mine
Marmaduke IV
The following article is written by myself and is my opinion of the current situation involving the African Gold Mine and may not reflect the views of the Gold Party or any other group I may be affiliated with.
Today, our president released an article detailing results of the gold mine. Per an agreement made 2 months ago by "trusted" members of South African society, we were to split our gold mine with Brazil in a deal that would have us receiving the short end of a 60/40% stick. The way this was calculated is that any gold earned by someone registered as a South African Citizen went to SA and any citizen registered as a Brazilian citizen went towards the BR pool. This doesn't account for friends of the government (clout, misappropriation of citizenship passes) who were allowed to cross into BR, get citizenship, mine for gold and come back and get eSA citizenship right back.
Because Brazil actually ended up taking more gold than originally agreed upon, Brazil must now transfer the difference to the RBSA, which according to our president Ejdatful will be distributed as Rand to "certified citizens and honorary citizens".
Firstly, what is an Honorary Citizen?
An honorary citizen is someone who might be a former citizen of eSA who left us in favor of another country, but due to being friends (political clout for personal gain) with the current aristocracy in charge of the country, they will receive our hard earned gold (in addition to any gold they received from their own country).
Rather than tell you what a Certified citizen is, I will tell you what it takes to NOT be a certified citizen.
Argue with a member of the aristocratic monarchy. Oppose the current government, whether peacefully or with force (pto), run a campaign against the current government, be in a party that actively opposes the current administration, oppose the administration 4 years ago, refuse to use the SA forums, associate yourself in any of the above categories.
The fact of the matter is, despite the fact that they claim the issues was "discussed", it was done so in place not central to all players. The eSA forums are a horrid mess and have safety issues. Just last month an angry admin posted a list of many user IP addresses in an article. This is not a good way to increase forum activity.
The gold distribution is a matter of NOW and not 2 months ago. Whatever the administration and congress said 2 months ago is expired. The decision reached is unfair for plaers who fought their asses off, but might find themselves in the "wrong" political party. Denying a players hard fought gold because of their party is guilt by association and something this government is getting to be notorious for.
The FYROMs fought, the Lazzos fought. Did they not do damage? Why does a former citizen deserve gold but not the people that actually care about their country enough to be here, be active and fight for it?
The decision is wrong and only stands to widen the divide between South Africans and immigrants. I personally stand for equality for all South African citizens, regardless of your country of origin.
Comments
Holy mother of god.
How on earth do i agree with 100% of this WHOLE article??
Well said, well said.
Add rebel against Al/Zansi to that uncertified list of yours
Please get your facts straight and do not spread lies. Honorary eSA Citizens are former eSA Citizens that are still active in the eSA community - even "friends" can lose Honorary citizenship if not active in the community.
Any citizen (no matter eRepublik citizenship or RL citizenship) can become a Certified or Honorary citizen as long as they are active in the eSA community and are not a risk to the security and stability of our country.
The community website (incl forums) is used by most fully active citizens, has no safety issues, is easier to navigate than other forums, and the community admin has never published IP addresses of users.
I'm so glad I take screenshots
"Any citizen (no matter eRepublik citizenship or RL citizenship) can become a Certified or Honorary citizen as long as they are active in the eSA community and are not a risk to the security and stability of our country."
I call bs.
Also i still want the proof of why you banned me (And don't show me your new laws for the forums after you had that little maintenance.
Why is UrosDjeneral or Dule87 not Honorary citizens? They are both active and good for our country. That is why your system is flawed.
Also
"The" Forums > National Forums
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I find the forums an absolute pain to navigate.
53 Boards on the front page excluding the Quick-start... that almost a board per active citizen. Duplication between the Union Buildings and Civic Center. A distinct fear of archiving anything, which slows browsing down even further as you wait for pages of dead posts to load. Boards with fewer than 5 posts litter the landscape.
I do not know if i am honorary nor certified citizen nor do i care for the damage i have done for eSA, i am an eSA citizen and demand my share of the gold pot. PERIOD!!!!!!!!
If i do not receive my dues, do not expect me to play to your rules.