Intergalactic Summit

THIS is nothing more than a power grab by a tyrannical megalomaniac who has bullied and berated his way up the echelons of power in the State since he first appeared. As CEO of Kaalakiota he is already as powerful as any man has a right to be.

And now he calls to unify the State? Presumably to dissolve the CEP? I have no doubts as to whom he envisions enthroned at the top of the pile when his reshuffle is done. He's not doing this for the glory of the state, he's doing it for the glory of his own hubris and it shall not stand, not on my watch.

Notice he singled out the agents of reason and construction among the megacorps in his speech? Notice how he singled out the ones who dared to defy him? Notice how his anger is directed at the people who have the hubris to disagree with him?

Competition is growth. We live in an economy of persons, and ideas. Everything the "Beloved Executor" is proposing here is anathema to the meritocracy he himself was so inspired to build five years ago.

Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The State is divided precisely to limit the harm that one individual can do by abusing their power, and in seeking to dissolve the corporate meritocracy, Tibus Heth is showing himself to be an enemy of Caldari ideals, not their upholder.

Effective immediately, Hakatain Dynasty is implementing a boycott of all Kaalakiota-branded goods and products, and I call upon like-minded capsuleers to follow suit. Heth means to destroy the State, and as a loyal Caldari my Heiian compels me to do everything in my power to stop him.

This is not a Federal affair nor any affair of mine, so I will not get involved beyond my coming two statements:

First of all, I have complete confidence that the people of the State will decide for themselves what they want and need, it will not be up to a single man, no matter who, to decide this.

Second, I do find it very humorous that I apparently know more of Caldari history than Tibus Heth does. The term "Caldari" was only used when the Gallente and Caldari made first contact. The term "Gallente" was used by the captain of the ship making first-contact to be a unified term for all the peoples of the world that would become known as Gallente Prime. In return the locals of the world that would be named Caldari Prime named themselves "Caldari" as a similar unifying designation.

No Raata citizen would ever recognize the term "Caldari" because it first came into use centuries after that Empire fractured and broke, and the Caldari were quite divided along different nation-states upon first contact.

In closing though, I will simply repeat: I have complete confidence that the people of the State will decide for themselves what they want and need, it will not be up to a single man, no matter who, to decide this.

Good luck managing your internal affairs.

Unifying the State now is the best course of action.

The Power is in Unity!

We should not allow traitors to separate our nation into small parts, and sell these parts to Gallenteans one by one!

This is an abomination, a post-facto justification of his desire for absolute power.

Do you know what an empire has? An emperor. That is what Heth wants to be -- not first among equals, not even the restorer of a meritocracy that was admittedly crumbling, but an emperor.

We must oppose this man's madness -- with words and deeds both.

I've not often remarked on the past few weeks of Crisis in the State. I believed I had nothing to add to the situation, and so I left it to better informed Caldari.

However, in hearing this statement by Mr. Heth, I feel I can say with some confidence:

This man has just signed his own Death Warrant.

You know, in terms of "unifying the Caldari," something tells me that if he keeps trying hard enough, Heth will eventually get his wish.

But not in the way he imagines it.

NEGATIVE.
Give him the whole pot of tea.


To be fair, MOST of the State has been moving together with recently, specifically in regards to Caldari Prime. 6 of the Megacorps have fully backed the current policy, and even Lai Dai who disagrees is willing to go with the flow. The ONLY dissenter is Heth and Kalaakiota.
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Where does this man learn his history from?

Our corporate factionalism has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Gallente. Beyond that, we ARE united, we may be loyal to a specific subset of the State, but we are all ultimately loyal to the State as a whole (well most of us anyways).



On a side note, I have a feeling Heth is on the way out soon for his hubris and willingness to harm the State to gain his own power. I wonder what that will mean for Kaalakiota. Generally, corporations working against their people and the State and taking part in bad dealings are dissolved and absorbed. Generally this is just a subsidiary disappearing into their parent corp, but top level corporations are not immune, during the Caldari-Gallente War, the CEOs of the corporations opposed to the war were made to take part in the Tea Maker's Ceremony(the Morning of Reasoning) and the corps' assets were divided amongst the corporations that did support the war: the eight megas we have now.

I am not suggesting it should happen, but I fear it is a distinct possibility that Heth may actually take KK down with him.

Looks like Heth is ready to strike~

And so, the first step towards civil war is taken.

Someone needs to make Heth open a history book. He can try pinning a lot of things on the Gallente but, corporate culture isn't one of them.

I doubt it will be long before Heth steps down for "health reasons" or, has an untimely accident. A fatal one, of course.