Intergalactic Summit

No.

In (possibly futile) anticipation of the idea that you might demand an explanation for that stance rather than spluttering incoherently at the notion that somebody might not share your worship of Heth's regime, here it is: The concept of meritocracy existed long before the Provists came along. It may not have been properly implemented, and they maybe succeeded in inspiring the bulk Caldari populace into reclaiming the State from nepotists and corrupt playboys, I'll go that far. But did they create it? Absolutely not.

If anybody deserves being named as the State's original patron of meritocracy in the age of corruption and insider hiring, it would be the late Otro Gariushi-sensei, and he would probably deny the honour. He was certainly a staunch anti-Provist, as evidenced by his own speeches around about the time of the homeworld troubles. Do the words "We must never be united in hate" sound familiar?

YC100 was a good year for Ishukone. Out went Les Akkilen and his board of face-stuffing cronies and in came the most popular CEO the Caldari had seen since Matias Sobaseki. It took only a handful of months for the corporation to turn around and become probably the first functionally meritocratic Okusaiken in the State. THAT is meritocracy in action, and it happened a decade before anybody had ever heard of Citizen Heth the MTAC driver and bottom-rung failure, let alone "his" New Meritocracy.

But let's entertain for a moment the fantasy that Heth really did invent, mastermind and inspire the creation of meritocracy across the whole State. Well done him - a good service to his people. ONE good service. Versus an ocean of at best mere adequacy churned by deep and incompetent currents of rage, hatred, violent phobia and fascist delusions of monopoly.

Where I'm from, a single moment of inspired competency doesn't counterweigh that kind of ineptitude. Where I'm from, one good deed doesn't excuse a lifetime of crime.

Where I'm from, leaders who send their toadies into a courtroom wielding an executive cease-and-desist have lost all claim to leadership. If the people at the top do not agree to be bound by the law, then it is worse than meaningless - it becomes a weight tied to the citizenry's ankles, used to drag them down when the Oyabun who has stolen their society decides to throw them into the harbour.



Aye, a Provist has a passion for patriotism in much the same way that an alcoholic has a passion for alcohol - an excessive, all-consuming obsession with it.

I'm a patriot, and a damned proud one. But for me, it's the equivalent of a beer with dinner, or a social whisky with friends. A pleasure, a social lubricant and at worst a happy vice.

For a Provist? It's their world, their definition. They cease to be Caldari and instead become a husk, animated only by their fanaticism.

Caldari are persons. We are individuals, pulling together. Heiian dictates the sacrifice of self-interest for the greater good but in order for that to happen there must first be a self-interest to sacrifice. Caldari should be substantial, should be thinkers and artists, scholarly and soldierly. As deep as oceans, as strong as mountains and as cunning as the Winds. Heiian should compel us to enrich ourselves at every turn so that if, and when, we are called upon to put ourselves aside and do our duty, what we give to the greater good is something worthwhile and competent.

Anything that involves devolving into a two-dimensional, monomotivated mockery of a person is, in my view, a betrayal of that ethos.

Yes, well we learned how to keep and enforce treaties form the State.

So, TomHorn did actually pay for my dry cleaning and gave me some fine cigars as well! While he did unfairly blame Liberals for the spill, that can be looked over.

-Paying the bill

-Wallet information

While I still consider his political views and motives to be extreme and questionable, TomHorn is a sophisticated man who is willing to spend a small amount of time and effort to correct personal mistakes. While I still wholeheartedly disagree with his views, he did gain a small amount of my personal respect.

Last I checked, it was named CALDARI prime. That is the home of MY people, not yours. You are one to speak of morality when your own government keeps the peace by launching the occasional lynch mob or campaign of ethnic repression.

That's what we MUST do for diplomats would be able to negotiate.
This must be done in order for gallente to understand our position.

And if they can't...
Well, then simply force them out, fight all over and don't waste time on diplomacy, since it would mean that they are animals who can't understand humans anyway.

Feelings are not important.

The problem is that they can't understand our position, and while they can't understand us, peace is not possible, only temporary ceasefires.

Most of us "bit talkers" shun Kim for that very reason. It doesn't take more than sixty seconds of scrolling to figure that out, instead of blithely applying her twisted delusions to the rest of us.

The civil make time for the civilized, unless they prove to be otherwise. Are you civilized, and worth the time to speak with? Or are you just another mouthpiece who believes attention must be given?

Irony, ne?

I said I am interesting in cleaning our space from gallentean infestation, with fire and steel. Yes, it means killing.
But not "you all", only those, who threat us.

Obviously, you are a threat to the State and thus will be killed, disregarding where you would prefer to hide, even outside of the State territory. Have a nice day.

Ok, well politics aside... So are you seeing anyone?