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Region: Libertatem
I mean, the President is already a non-executive WA delegate, and it's easy to get Founder power used in the event of an emergency...
I'll get the firing squad ready.
It's in because the government is essentially on hiatus until President Roads returns. The gov is taking a breather and I don't want to deal with some stupid tag raid or something. If they heard roads was gone, now would be the time to do it.
Nobody can tag raid you. The delegate is non-executive. Unless you forgot the founder's password, which would be incredibly stupid not to share if someone is going on vac.
Is Libartatem actually at risk of being invaded?
At present? No.
Normally? ...That's still a no, seeing as the Delegacy is almost never made non-executive.
Back when it was? ...Er, no, not really, considering we had a lot of endorsements and an active founder.
In conclusion... I suppose we aren't at risk of being invaded.
I'd like it to be known I've resigned from the World Assembly, mainly because I only joined it when I had no idea what to do and now it just seems incredibly stupid.
Lewayiin
So, what are your opinions on same sex marriage from a religious standpoint?
As an atheist, their are four purposes (in my view) to marriage:
1. To tie one's assets to another,
2. To grant another certain medical rights during emergencies and,
3. To raise a family, and
4. To signify love and partnership.
Since homosexual partners fulfill all the above criteria (as they can adopt and studies show them to be competent parents), it seems not only moral, but prudent, for gay couples to marry.
Miencraft, Hallo Island, Condealism Envoy Unit One
From a Christian point of view, I'm pretty sure Christ would approve.
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Basically, the only anti-gay stuff in the Bible is from Leviticus, which was a part of the 'old laws' that God gave to the Hebrews. Jesus coming down from Heaven was done to free humanity from the old laws so they could enter Heaven by acting in His image, which is why He said "it is done" when He was on the cross. So basically, because of Jesus, Christians don't have to follow any of the crap from Leviticus like circumcising all males, sacrificing animals, growing out their forelocks, or discriminating against gays.
Jesus said nothing about homosexuality. But He did say 'love thy neighbour', so I think it was OK in His book.
Miencraft, Kings Island, Lewayiin
Thanks, Pev. Now just tell that to the entire religious right.
Pevvania
The world's religions are all precursors to cultural Marxism. They preach altruism, the notion that all men are the slaves of every other man. I founded Industrial City all those decades ago on the conviction that a man's life belongs to no one else but himself. A man must acknowledge his freedom and live from his own endeavors through deals with others in the free market. Marriage is a business arrangement between a man and who ever he so chooses to love. Beware of the altruist who pretends to have the authority of superstition to tell people that their bodies do not belong to them, nor do they have the right to choose with whom they marry. I say let the individual decide for himself!
Howard Atlas, Chairman of The Industrial City Board of Directors
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Anita Sarkeesian is a terrible human being
Lewayiin
What a surprise.
OOC:
Was this in reference to something said earlier in the RMB, or is this just out of the blue?
You know that our RMB isn't really in character, correct? You don't need to be Andrew Ryan in every post.
I know that, but I don't actually believe in the ideals of Industrial City in my real life. I use Howard Atlas to characterize my nation to the rest of the region. It's more of a creative experience for me then something that represents my own personal values.
Republic Of Minerva
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Here's a tip, though: start off in-character posts with something that indicates that you're posting in-character, or change your posting style slightly to reflect the official style of your national government.
Usually, what I do, is replace any first-person pronouns with "Miencraft", "President Luirmes" (obviously varying based on the President of Miencraft, which changes every few real years), or "the Miencrafti government", and then only use stuff like "I" or "my" when I'm posting out-of-character, which is most of the time.
Industrial City
The signatures at the end of in-character posts are neat, though, and that serves the same purpose, I suppose.
Industrial City
"The Conservative Idealism Navy is expected to engage in a large-scale weapons testing drill next Wednesday."
"Hey Humph, when are you going to take down the password?"
Guess which one is in character and which one is out of character. (Hint: It's easy to guess)
Can I have another hint?
Thank you for the constructive input Miencraft.
*President Morris C Davis presses the nuke button and levels Miencraft to the ground*
"Cheater!"
"The Humpherian Air Force reconnaissance reports that the combined forces of the military can defeat the CI navy easily."
"No."
I wonder, I wonder.
Condealism Envoy Unit One
10/10 you win
*slowly pulls up to the shores of Libertatem in a Red Fleet submarine*
*puts bottles onto his fingers, clinks them together*
REATOOOO, come out to play-ee-aaaay!
REATOOOOOOO, come to to PLAY-ee-aaaay!
REATOOOooooOOooo, come out to PLAY-EE-AAAAAYY!
Rothbard Communities
It's kind of hard to convince these guys not to pummel your toy boats into debris when you're pulling crap like this.
But, please, go ahead - make our day.
Pevvania, New Shizturdea
We make your day everyday :)
Which one of your allies will you lose next I wonder?
I am absolutely shaking in my boots. You, sir, have scared me for sure.
Pevvania
Seems like all of your allies are falling, comrades!
STOP MAKING ARCHER REFERENCES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY THREATENING US. I LOVE THAT SHOW AND YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL GUILTY.
Rothbard Communities
The Armed Republic of Saint Cyril Figgis
4 hours ago
To-Do List
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S̶l̶a̶v̶i̶j̶a̶
International Republican Union
Libertatem
Time to change the locks.
Rothbard Communities
Stop it, they are gonna cry...
That's actually a reference to a totally different thing, which itself is referenced by many things.
Yes, but based on his nation, I can only assume he is referencing Barry from Archer in the episode Space Race Part II.
Why must you endlessly parade these awful references to The Warriors? That's the second time you've used that. It didn't make sense the first time - why would you ask us to 'come out to play' just because we put on a password lock, even though we've already got a non-executive delegacy and shared founder? - and now it's just not funny since you've already used it.
Here's a better quote involving David Patrick Kelly that I'll paraphrase - You're a funny guy, Misley. That's why I'm going to raid you last.
Do you have any evidence to support that statement? Not a single ally of ours that I can think of has 'fallen', except The Federal Islands which closed down due to inactivity. This is the only ally of ours that has fallen, if it actually does get destroyed, which the statists don't have a good track record of doing. They thump their chests and roar, but can never pull off anything more impressive than a tag raid against our alliance, while we pick off their allies like flies. I will be genuinely impressed, though, if they actually succeed in Slavija. Stick to fighting fascists, boys - you're in over your heads here.
Condealism Envoy Unit One
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/pdf/10.1596/1813-9450-6568
"Incomes of the bottom 20 percent and bottom 40 percent of the income distribution generally rise equiproportionally with mean incomes as economic growth proceeds. We establish this result in a data-set spanning 118 countries and four decades, updating and expanding the results of Dollar and Kraay (2002). The result holds across decades, including in the 2000s -- hence the conclusion that growth still is good for the poor.
This evidence confirms the central importance of economic growth for poverty reduction institutions and policies that promote economic growth in general will on average raise incomes of the poor equiproportionally, thereby promoting shared prosperity there are almost no cases in which growth is significantly pro-poor or pro-rich."
Kings Island
So... Did the reds take control of another region?
*clinks bottles together ceaselessly*
Oh, no. Miencraft was right, I was referencing The Warriors. The Barry connection was just a coincidence.
Surprisingly enough, those of us on the left are also real people who also like funny shows.
Which was enough to get plenty of your members to leave the alliance. Whatever happened to ex-members Aeldorin, Yerfilag, A3...? The Hyatt Islands is doing really well these days, too.
Yep. There goes my hypothesis that they weren't a threat to neutral regions.
Yes, that was (apparently) an act of revenge, but they're kind of punishing the innocent here - had they been a few months earlier to the punch, maybe some of those who actually fought in CAPS would have gotten their "comeuppance". Instead, the Fleet is just proving how petty they are by harboring a grudge and throwing a hissy fit when even the World Assembly couldn't give them what they so desperately wanted.
Miencraft
But isn't American television for capitalist pigs? I'm sure you would be much happier watching state regulated programming.
Miencraft, Tyrinth, Kings Island, Pevvania, Condealism Envoy Unit One
The first two regions more or less retired, and the third is still going strong as a pacifist region. And you know what? They deserve to kick back - regions like theirs kept your collection of bumper boats from taking over the world while that collection was still in mint condition. What, you expected us to force regions into a lifetime of service?
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So christie announced his run for 2016 yawn
Neo conservatives can screw off.
Kings Island, Lewayiin
I don't care too much for him either
Hear, hear!
Why do you watch movies and television shows when they're made for profit? Aren't you just perpetuating capitalism and indirectly 'exploiting' the workers in the film industry?
You're flattering yourself. Aeldorin and Yerfilag were inactive regions that closed down, and A3 is run by people who think they can actually achieve anarchy in a game structured around states, and were going to pull out of REATO anyway. But really, we're comparing bruises to kills here. We too can claim to have knocked many com-fash regions out of the raiding game, such as Das Kommune, which never recovered from our bombing run and is even considering closing down, and The Communist Region, which we actually had full control of at one point. We can still claim, however, to have multiple confirmed kills that are worth more than empty refounds. International Socialists, CAPS, TCU, the numerous North Korean satellite states that are now dead, The Republics of Cuba and the Caribbean, and obviously anti-cap regions like GRENADA and ANGOLA fell either to us or as a result of our actions. You guys have had absolutely nothing to show in response to the wave of losses you've endured at our hands.
But please, keep spouting your empty rhetoric, since it's quite amusing and clearly makes you very angry.
Remember, kids - it's just a game :)
Miencraft, Kings Island, Ronald Reagan And Rick Grimes, Hallo Island, Condealism Envoy Unit One
Well said, Pev. Those leftists have to learn that shooting at clay pigeons is nothing like killing the real thing. ;)
Kings Island, Condealism Envoy Unit One
Hhhn. I stopped the Libertatem war machine for that very reason - they suffered numerous losses and all they had to show for their efforts were a few tag raids, and I had hoped that their defeat would teach them the value of every region's right to self-determination, and that my show of mercy would convince them to find a different, less violent way to promote their precious "leftist unity". I gave them a sporting chance because they didn't even have a prayer of taking their conquest of ideological purity past our stalwart defenses. I called a timeout and didn't flinch when they tried to tag a few more regions anyway.
This is a game, after all; to humiliate them with overkill wouldn't be sporting.
But it appears they do still have the will to impose their beliefs on others, and until we deprive them of it, this little timeout is over.
Hallo Island
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Whoa, whoa, dial it back. We're just trying to prevent the Red Fleet from remaining a threat to the free regions of NationStates - their regions will be wiped out if they continue to antagonize us (and I'm certain they will), but removing them from "humanity" is taking it a bit too far.
(And the word you're looking for is "zealotry", and yes, it has.)
Yeah, maybe that was too much.
I'm just... so passionate. :,)
Pevvania, Condealism Envoy Unit One
Well, that's enough trash talk and politics for one day. Who wants ice cream?
Kings Island
We should recognise that a person doesn't have to be strictly 'libertarian' to do good things for liberty. For example, Martin Luther King was a democratic socialist, but his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement helped liberate African-Americans from (most) oppression. Stan Lee is a Democrat, but he helped bring down the Comic Comics Authority, an anti-free speech censorship group.
Miencraft, Condealism Envoy Unit One
Good news for us - we don't have to invest all of our time into politics as long as other principled people promote freedom in their own ways. After all, government isn't our religion.
God bless Stan Lee
Pevvania, Padovia
He has brought much joy to my life
Padovia
you shouldn't have dropped those doughnuts in Slavja. Did you want ants? Because, that's how you get ants.
Hunch hunch! What whaaaat? Buh bo!
PAM!
SORRY!
Ugh I hate you guys for taking over our friends, but I love you guys for the Archer references.
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What are you on about? Das Kommune didn't die because of your crappy tag raid, Das Kommune died because it was full of filthy turncoats. They weren't even Libertarian turncoats, just spineless centrists.
Hey, good on you for being the only person in Libertatem to admit that [region=Slavija] were your friends. Too often y'all trip over yourselves to claim that you didn't have any ties or care what happens to regions we hit. And then you wonder why you can't get people to join REATO. :)
Are they secretly mad about all the regions we've hit, Other Barry? They sure are, Barry. They sure are.
So one of you are telling us that we shouldn't ditch our friends, and the other is trash-talking your former ally Das Kommune? Okay then
Miencraft
I swear to god I had something for this.
These commies need to go home
The difference between you and Custadia is that I guaran-goddamn-tee that Custadia would be in DK endorsing a leftist defender delegate if DK ever came under attack, while you, the "Military Manager" of Libertatem, sit here behind a password with a non-executive delegate and active Founder (that you have access to) and make excuses for not helping out people you dragged into this fight.
I'll be officially re-taking the helm tomorrow. I see we've got some work to do.
It was a shame that Slavija got taken by the reds, but Libertatem will persevere as we have always done.
Now for an extremely rare statement from me:
Thank you [nation=Misley] for showing me some sincere humanity during a hard time. We will continue to be enemies on NS, but your kindness was very appreciated.
Pevvania
Annnnddd I hit send too quickly, everyone who had telegram me with good wishes and the like.. thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your all wonderful people.
The tag raid on DK accomplished a couple things:
1.) It prompted the more committed & militant members to go join more committed & militant regions.
2.) It dragged the traitors we had amongst us out in the light.
So it weakened DK as a region, but it stregthened the NS Left as a whole. Thank you for that Lib, you did us a service. A harsh one, but a service nonetheless.
And even so, we'd still come to DK's aid if it ever required it again. More than can be said about you lot. All the allies you lose, you lose because we put on display how little you actually care for them.
See we also provide a harsh service. Showing regions that you call ally what you'll actually do when they require help from their "ally", nothing. Everytime, you'll do nothing.
Because we know the truth is you don't give a wit about your allies when they're in trouble, only when they are of use to you.
Enjoy the continued process of your isolation. We will.
Absolutely. I'd hope that that sentiment is shared by us all. This is a game after all, and sometimes the back-and-forth is taken a bit too seriously. We're all real people behind all the rhetoric.
Back to the rhetoric! NSLeft rules, REATO drools!
Kings Island, Pevvania, Hallo Island, Condealism Envoy Unit One
I've spent nearly all of my time on NS in Das Kommune. I've been part of it's government for most of that time. I wasn't saying bad stuff about the region in order to insult it, I was saying that it was full of traitors which, frankly, considering that both Albul and Bloodia betrayed us, is perfectly reasonable. I didn't intend to insult it.
Great,
Let this be an end to the tyranny of Hump! The region will grow again.
Agreed
Well i am off to go see boston yayah!!!!!!
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I agree, except for that last part - you have "NSLeft" and "REATO" switched :P
Kings Island
Welcome back, President Muh. We're all glad to have you.
I'm sick of the endless military banter. Question: is the EU a neoliberal or a social democratic institution?
Good to meet you, muh president.
Endless? It's ended.
The founder returned - their operation failed.
Social democratic, I believe.
The communists need to find better targets. So far they've both been shut down by founders before I had a chance to react!
Neither Zentari or Slavija are "allies of ours." Slavija were mercenaries and Zentari was a friends own personal region.
Final rating: 3/10 not amused
Miencraft, Kings Island, Condealism Envoy Unit One
Former mercenaries. On the bright side, we warmed up to them a little bit (still, obviously not enough to prevent the closure of embassies), but on the other hand, they haven't done any mercenary work in months.
Ugh.
If I was really being tyrannical, I would have invoked DOOR to ban these rabble rousers. We didn't have any new telegrams and the government is on partial hiatus. Standard security procedures dictate that the region is locked down.
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I kinda like the lockdown. It's cozy.
Thank you.
Good to meet you aswell!
Every citizen on right now needs to telegram me or Minerva. It is urgent.
Anybody online?
Harry Reid: paying income tax in the US is voluntary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg
Who ever knew Harry Reid was such a great voluntaryist?
Seems like not only your allies are falling apart, but also your puppets cease to exist...hmmmm, is it possible 90 percent of this great region are only puppets?
The meta-analysis shows clearly that there is a positive and statistically significant association between economic freedom and economic growth. Importantly, this association is very robust. That is, regardless of the sample of countries, the measure of economic freedom and the level of aggregation, there is a solid finding of a direct positive association between economic freedom and economic growth. This association is both statistically significant and of economic importance. In addition, economic freedom has an indirect positive effect on economic growth through its positive impact on physical capital formation. It was shown also that economic freedom has a significantly greater effect on economic growth than does political freedom. (Doucouliagos 2006)
https://campus.fsu.edu/bbcswebdav/orgs/econ_office_org/Institutions_Reading_List/06._Economic_Freedom,_Growth_and_Development/Doucouliagos,_C._and_M._Ulubasoglu-_Economic_Freedom_and_Economic_Growth%3B_Does_Specification_Make_a_Difference
boooooooring.
Why do you support socialism, an ideology based on a particular interpretation of economics, if you don't even care about economics?
Lewayiin
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