Intergalactic Summit

Sociocrat nonsense. Gallentean corporations aren't apart of the be all, end all Caldari model. They're simply and solely in business. Gallentean corporations employ millions of Matari who would otherwise have no sustainable and reliable way of supporting themselves. There's no race warfare, no 'conspiracy theory' about turning people against each other M. Hayden. It's simply not the business our corporations are in. They're about doing their job, and providing their products and services to the community. Each and every employee, regardless of racial identification, helps them reach that goal.

Businesses are good for people.
People are good for business.

The Federation benefits, the Minmatar benefit.
Everyone is better off than they otherwise would have been.

They need each other to survive. It's not humanitarian or anything so complex, I agree. It is merely a fact of life that applies equally to all citizens under Federation law.

I speak in General Terms, Ms. Farel, not just regarding the Matari. It's just as valid a definition for any of the Peoples of the cluster whether they be Amarr, Caldari, Gallente, Matari, or even the elusive Jove.

None of our peoples has a monopoly on Men willing to fall to dark paths, preying on the vulnerable of our societies.

However, even if one can be defined a traitor, it does not suddenly change their Genetic Code. For Example, Anvent Eturrer did not suddenly stop being Gallente the moment he handed over the Keys to Tripwire.

So, in answer to your query :- No, it doesn't make you Matari. It would be like saying if Shakor for whatever reason, suddenly found the Amarrian God to a Fanatical Degree that he could turn himself into a True Amarr. Some things in life you can never change. A Person's Parentage being one of them.

Alright, I can't claim to have experienced the Matari refugee camps first hand but I lived most of my life as one of those citizens. No Citizen's life is intolerable, unless they choose to make it so. The criteria were as described - do your job, uphold the laws, stay in line. That might rule out the majority of citizens where YOU come from, but where I come from that allows the majority access to those lives of pleasant productivity.

Our citizens have decent housing, abundant food, security, universal healthcare and education and access to jobs that will provide them all this and the same for their children after them.

Toiling in abject poverty? Perhaps the unattached, but NOT the majority, and the unattached are the unattached because they're not contributing to society - why should society fuss over their needs? Lawbreaker? You're going to have a bad time. Dissident? You're going to have a bad time. Idle wastrel? You're going to have a bad time.

That's the society we built and it's the one the MAJORITY of us want to live in. The kind of dystopian welfare state YOU seem to want is available over the border, for those weak enough to desire it.

My Apologies, Ms. Farel. I made the error of failing to check your CONCORD Registry before answering so was unaware of your Lineage.

Unfortunately the Views of Minmatar vary from Person to Person so there is no hard and fast rule to say for definite. Genetically you are descended from the Nefantar so, in my eyes, you could rightly state you are of the Matari People by birth, if not by culture.

It's that second part I also have problems with. Only my Father was of the Matari and I grew up in the Federation so I was not immersed in Matari Customs. Indeed, I'm mostly a product of my Mother's people in outlook so aspects of the Matari Customs sometimes confuse me greatly.

I can say that I've not had any issues with Hostility since moving to the Republic a year or so ago, despite being an outsider of mixed Race.