Intergalactic Summit

You seem to be misconstruing the Caldari State with a governmental bureaucracy.

Megacorps can't profit from buying their own weapons, it's an overhead. Megacorp military is kept for securities sake.

You can't say the same for governmental bureaucracies where you have political leaders who own weapon manufacturers and employ the money of trillions of individuals to buy their own weapons.

We do sell outside. However you seem to think that Kaalakiota is uniquely an arms manufacturer and nothing else.

To assume that military products even come close to making even a significant portion of their portfolio or even the portfolio of the State is to pretend to comfort your own bias.

If peace was to evenlope the cluster the Kaalakiota corporation would face a temporary setback.

However if even 10% of current customers were to stop using Kaalakiota food products that would harm Kaalakiota much much more.

Don't assume when talking about arms manufacturing that the corporation that first comes to mind relies completely on that.

Now if war was to stop, Roden Shipyards would face oblivion but of course, what influence does that company have in matters of state?

Personally, I need only look to the Syndicate as to how the Federation treats the Intaki who no longer wish to be part of the Union. Marginalized. Threatened with force if they ever settle any planets there. Embargoed and then demonized as criminals for being forced to do whatever is necessary to eke a living on the frontier with their independence.

So, I assume by your tone that you see that example in a negative light ?

Kidnapping children for illegal pornography is necessary to eke a living in null sec now?

Also the Syndicate may have originally been Intaki exiled by a radical right wing U-NAT government (who the leader of which was, ironically, himself exiled there after being found guilty of war crimes) but the Syndicate today, that operates alongside the Serpentis and engages in a variety of illegal activities? There's more than just Intaki there now, and they're demonised for the actions they undertake today, not what their forbearers were zealously punished for 200 years ago.

Of course, that doesn't fit into your skewed perspective narrative, but I grow tired of this irrational need people have to justify their own bias viewpoint by criticising a rival entity with inaccurate criticism.

I'll also again point out the irony that if this was a matter concerning the State, there would be cries of "meddling in our affairs" aimed at anyone with Federal citizenship who was posting, perhaps you should spend less time stirring up the pot elsewhere with little more than bullshit, when your own house of affairs aren't entirely in order.



Unfortunately (or fortunately, as there's less to clean up) this level of inaccurate faeces flinging seems to be largely going in one direction these days, rest assured if it were unfair commentary being made against the State's private affairs, I'd remain as impartial. My only issue is with ignorance, especially when people attempt to spread it.

This seems as good a time as any to state that AWEX is currently under taking a survey exploring the awareness and dispositions that individual capsuleers have to Intaki issues of note, particularly Syndicate, Placid, Waschi City (and State immigration of the Intaki people) and Federation integration.

This survey is not intended to push or promote any particular agenda and care has been taken to ensure that it is representative of the views of the respondents, NOT a pre-determined agenda. The survey itself is, as stated, intended to collect and present data through the lens of Issues pertinent to the discussion of the Intaki people in the capsuleer sphere.

THE SURVEY

I thank all respondents in advance for their participation and hope that this will at least give us some perspective with regards to Capsuleer views on this and other Intaki related subjects, no matter how small the initial sampling of topics may seem.

I am a Caldari capsuleer who is in favour of Intaki sovereignty, as you rightly suggest! I am not in favour of them leaving, however, I'm in favour of them enjoying their own self-determination, whether that involves leaving, staying, or otherwise. Should they decide to pursue independence, it is my hope that they enjoy a friendly relationship with the Federation, and act as a bridge between our separated peoples. Their gift for diplomacy and their good graces will no doubt ensure them a bright future, whatever the path they take.

But, wouldn't the conversation on whether the Intaki should pursue independence rest solely with the Intaki, sir?

I can and will present filtered data that adheres to those specifications, Mr Ixiris. The reason for casting the net so wide is to get a general picture of Capsuleer opinions, there are considerable infographic and data presentation tools that can present data ONLY from those posters identifying under certain racial and residencies.

It is a possibility that some may lie, and it is hoped that a large enough number of submissions will be collected to help marginalise, though not completely remove, maliciously injected anomalous data.

Your concerns are well founded, reasonable and I will do my level best to provide context specific output from this data - I will not just rehash the findings as raw data without first providing contextual and topical results for the consumption of the general public.

Again, I would like to thank you for bringing such integrity questions to light. This is a survey and not intended to be a direct analysis of the political situation as it applies to the Federation specifically. It is a survey showing the opinions of independent capsuleers based on their national and racial identification and responses concerning specific issues.

If anyone tries to use any data presented from this survey as a means of arguing for policy change, I urge you to direct them to this post so that they may be corrected in their misuse of the data in a manner for which it was never intended for it to be used.

There's also no verification measure to ensure that people are actually telling the truth about their origins. People can claim to be Intaki or any other ethnicity when they're actually not, and skew the results whatever way they wish.

Then you might kindly inform your kirjuunen of the difference between those rights, because some of them seem to be confused.


If your intent is to be educated on the subject of the Intaki, then might I suggest that you might also kindly learn something from us? Because, with as much respect as I can give, the only person who seems to have learned anything in this thread is me, and all that I've learned is how every discussion about the Intaki inevitably gets turned towards the Federation's supposed failings.

People call me a "slave" of or a "shill" for the Gallente because I support Intaki membership in the Federation, yet none of you ever seem to consider the possibility that it is my heritage as an Intaki that makes me loyal to the Federation in the first place. If you want to learn something about the Intaki, about why seccessionalism exists but has never been that popular even at the worst times in Intaki history, perhaps you should ask an Intaki loyal to the Federation why he's loyal to the Federation.

I think I could suggest someone who could answer that question.