McDonalds is the Key to Dictatorship
Gnilraps
All Stripped Down (Mandatory listening)
Day 3096 of the New World
May 12, 2016
I would like to issue an official “thank you” to The Dark Knight.
Yeah, I know, eff me for quoting the Bible.
And actually this really has zero to do with The Dark Knight.
It’s just that he is illustrating a point that I ree-hee-hee-heeeeely want eUSA to understand.
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We need Dictatorship.
Here’s what’s transpired during the night prior to my publishing this article.
A coup was launched.
In this particular case, it was launched by the CP.
Why? Because eUSA Congress has passed into law that we should be ruled by a mechanical Dictator instead of a mechancial President.
Now please understand the following point:
Leaders across eUSA knew the precise date and time of the launching of this coup. We didn’t have any control over the time of the launch… that was determined for us by the ending time of the successful Revolution - launched 10 days prior by The Dark Knight’s Ubermenchen - rougly 17:30 eRep time. Actually a rather convenient time for eUSA considering it is at the heart of Prime Time.
But under a non-Dictatorship we wouldn't have control over that anyway, and far worse launch times abound...
So let’s keep our facts straight:
1 - A Coup was launched at a known time that was actually favorable to USA
2 - Said Coup had the full endorsement of the eUS Government and key leaders.
3 - Said Coup was (appropriately) supported by all of the key Military Units in eUSA.
Great.
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And we lost.
Now I am not saying that we couldn’t have tried harder to win. Perhaps we could have won, I don’t know.
My point is that we had most of the key factors for success in our favor. And we lost.
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Are you with me so far?
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Good. Now let’s talk.
If we did not have a “Defensive Dictatorship”, we would live under the constant, 24/7/365 threat of a hostile coup being launched by any of the MANY international groups that think eUSA is a sinking pile of McDonaldland waste.
There are many such groups.
Aside: Did you know that if every RL American would reduce his/her salt intake by a half-teaspon daily, we would see a reduction of 90,000 deaths per year? Hello McDonalds.
A half teaspoon. See why people hate us? Admit it, you have zero intention of reducing your intake of shitty food.
And that right there is why we need a Defensive Dictatorship.
Think about it this way.
TDK beat our asses in our own coup. We held all the cards in our hand. We had 10 days to get organized. We have tons of cash. We are eUSA Rah Rah Rah Rah Rah McDonalds.
And we got our asses handed to us by ONE SINGLE EFFING MILITARY UNIT.
Now imagine for just a moment if we were to implement a plan to NOT have a Defensive Dictator in place…
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Ugh…
You realize that anyone with a pile of cash - not hard to come by in this game - could launch a coup at, let’s say, the LEAST optimal time for eUSA… something like 1AM in California when the entire Eastern Seabord is asleep because EFF YOU we don’t play eRep at 3AM OK? And basically we are shut down for the night until, you know, maybe 0700 eRep time at best??? But probably not even then because we are too busy waiting in the drive-through for our 2 Sausage Egg McMuffins with Cheeze and "Hash Browns" with a 44 oz. Coffee and 7 fatty creams of lard!!!
We would be TOTALLY F****cked.
And may I remind you what being TOTALLY F*****cked would look like at this PARTICULAR time?
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Comments
eUSA, McDonalds, and Dictatorship
A match made in heaven
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2597144
can i get fries with that?
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Maybe people does not agree with Congress' decision and don't fight but in case someone tried to MTO us then they would?
IDK, just wondering what could be happening...
That's correct.
My play style is the perfect anecdote for what you just described.
o/
respectfully disagree, but pretend status never really did much for me. If I am at bottom of the pile and being purposefully suffocated, what difference does it make who is on top of me?
True words. Good article. o7
Half a teaspoon? Maaaaaan!
That's a wrong use for the Boromir meme
The forum passed a law, btw. They lost the election and the war, but they are still trying to call the shots.
It's ridiculous.
I am not a big fan of the forum, but in this case they are right.
Also, not true we would be under constant threat. You have to wait 10 days after this attempt fails.
No, just 3 days
Well, that's sucks. You are the barer of bad news, today.
More bad news.. it's only 1 day not 3
Such pleasure reading this 😃
It is true that someone with cash in his pocket can do a lot of things in this game (rl 2) and change the balance but if the society activated then can easily kick him 🙂
I really like your way that u write and enjoy reading your articles \o
Carry on 🙂
#truth
🙂. You're starting to sound like me when i go off the reservation.
This is just the result of your policy of not giving a sheet about other countries who can help you in different prime time. Your whole gameplay was like: we have a lot of regions,is hard to be wiped out for a long period and it doesnt pay off to stick with 2-3 countries (at least the same level as you,it doesnt count that you have a bunch of satellites).
Instead of the word dictatorship let's call it a pink hat government, is that better.... The bottom line is that regardless of the scary sounding name, it is strategically our best option for us as a nation of players and for each of us individually.
We have gone over this again and again.... this is a game and the game has certain constructs that need to be managed as part of our unified strategy.
Getting on board with a "dictatorship" does not mean we have sold out our freedom, or gotten on-board with the idea that we are a godless bunch of heathens. It means we are playing the game well, and when we have dictatorship, we are WINNING.
TDK may have won some medals blah, blah, blah... and he still is a eUSA cit, but he lost his way....
Gnil, when the dictator module first came out, you explained that you were prepared to do all you could to install one if congress didn't vote to operate with a dictator.
You subsequently ran for CP/D explaining that it wasn't necessary and given the 30 day term without, you could demonstrate that it wasn't.
Now you're stating this: "Now imagine for just a moment if we were to implement a plan to NOT have a Defensive Dictator in place…" This is precisely what you championed in your last CP campaign.
Jekyll and Hyde much?
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For the record, I don't like it but I actually support the defensive dictatorship despite my party being against it. I also don't eat at McDonalds.
McDonalds just sucks
I've always been in favor of the Defensive Dictatorship. My December CP run was a campaign platform largely put together by my Party who ran me with no intentions of winning. I won by accident and rather than screw my party over (which is very much anti-Dictatorship), I ran with it.
That is a lie you knew exactly what you were doing you used that platform to win.
Also your party just does what is best for them before you were T5 you wanted lower taxes you get to T5 and all of a sudden you are for higher taxes. Seems SFP should be the 2 face party.
not really with a dictator installed you can still be wiped. you did see the entire europe is a gangbang waiting to happen and there is like 2 resources between all of the nations you say is above you or many of them anyway. worry about other stuff.
I certainly didn't see a lot of effort put into reinstalling the dictator on the part of our government. If those who are making policy are not committed to it, they can hardly expect the masses to be. I also so people who are supposed to be our allies fighting against it. At best, this appears to be a big failure of communication, at worst, a total lack of caring about what happens.
LOL who cares ..... black list all those that did not fight and get over it
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I love waffles.
Our Country President stealing $3 million and then bragging about it to the world was just the latest in a long line of this 'meta government' screwing over anyone and everyone they can....
They see us rollin', they hatin'.
Breakfast all day, baby!
think it was information issue on the ground level, not many people from outside of government cabinets had idea about the intentions of the COUP, when people saw the battle, they simply joined on the winning side that is why there was a lose. Believe more information would be very welcome