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A Capsuleer Manifesto
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Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#1 - 2011-11-04 18:06:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Steve Ronuken
We are each our own nation, beholden to none but those we choose.

To be a Capsuleer is to embrace choice.We have the freedom to choose how to live. Where to live. What to do. Who to serve. Who to rule. Those that continue to serve as they did before, without at least examining their motives, disgrace what they now are.

No longer should we bow to imposed Morality. The laws of common man mean nothing to those who will outlive them. The laws to obey come from within. This is not an excuse for lawless behaviour. The profligate Capsuleer will burn out, just as common man would burn out. A Capsuleer must choose their own laws, breaking them only in extremis. The nature of these laws is something each Capsuleer must determine for themselves. To never abide a slave to be held; to treat loyal slaves well; to put disobedient slaves to death; to always ave a damsel in distress; to always leave the silly ***** to her fate.

There will be those that disagree with the laws that each Capsuleer chooses for themselves, common man and Capsuleer alike. Do not be dissuaded through hardship from holding to your own morality. It is what will sustain you in centuries to come. Do listen to others arguments, for they may give you insight into your own condition.

Each Capsuleer must walk their own path, if it coincides with that of another, or not. Listen to those you find wise. Shun those you find foolish. Dispense what you decide to those who will listen.

We are Capsuleers, and we can be eternal.

Woo! CSM XI!

Fuzzwork Enterprises

Twitter: @fuzzysteve on Twitter
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#2 - 2011-11-04 18:26:13 UTC
I am sure that you realize that what you are proposing here is Anarchy, right?

I suppose that either doesn't matter, or makes it more attractive to you.
Leopold Caine
Stillwater Corporation
#3 - 2011-11-04 18:31:02 UTC
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:

I suppose that either doesn't matter, or makes it more attractive to you.


Or makes him more attractive to the Star Fraction.
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Cynthia Gallente
GERAS INDUSTRIES
#4 - 2011-11-04 18:31:27 UTC
Not everyone is a blind Amarrian.
Some of us DO think for ourselves.

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Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#5 - 2011-11-04 18:34:25 UTC
Some of us Amarrians as well.

That doesn't make me think Anarchy and laws based on subjectivism are a good idea.
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#6 - 2011-11-04 18:36:05 UTC
I will say this for the original author, however. With all people, and especially with capsuleers, it is important that you highly internalize whatever code you follow.

We need restraints. If no one will restrain us, we must needs restrain ourselves.
Cynthia Gallente
GERAS INDUSTRIES
#7 - 2011-11-04 18:38:03 UTC
I think the only restraints you should follow are the ones that the universe places on you.
As a capsuleer, you are more powerful than a god....use that power.

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Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#8 - 2011-11-04 18:42:14 UTC
Cynthia Gallente wrote:
I think the only restraints you should follow are the ones that the universe places on you.
As a capsuleer, you are more powerful than a god....use that power.


This would lead to chaos and death on a scale the universe has never seen, so I think I will pass, thanks.
Cynthia Gallente
GERAS INDUSTRIES
#9 - 2011-11-04 18:48:32 UTC
Power that is unused it waste.
If you are a waste you belong planetside.

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Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#10 - 2011-11-04 18:53:15 UTC
You're a particularly foolish young one.

There is a saying that goes "Just because you can, it doesn't mean that you should."

I do not understand how you could have grown up in a civilized society without having learned this lesson at a very young age.

Then again, most Capsuleers tend to have the maturity level of particularly idiotic children, so I can't say I am suprised, though I do wish that standards were enforced a little better.
Cynthia Gallente
GERAS INDUSTRIES
#11 - 2011-11-04 18:56:28 UTC
Perhaps I don't feel the same as most.
I have little memory of my early life.
In fact I can't remember any of it, until just about a month ago when I woke up in a cloning bay.
Maybe I used to feel differently. . .
But now all I know is that I am all powerful, even if there are those that are even more powerful than me.
I try to remember what happened before but, it's just foggy...and broken.

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Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#12 - 2011-11-04 18:58:33 UTC
Cynthia Gallente wrote:
Perhaps I don't feel the same as most.
I have little memory of my early life.
In fact I can't remember any of it, until just about a month ago when I woke up in a cloning bay.
Maybe I used to feel differently. . .
But now all I know is that I am all powerful, even if there are those that are even more powerful than me.
I try to remember what happened before but, it's just foggy...and broken.


People suffering from obvious mental impairment should seek treatment; They should not be given battleships.
Cynthia Gallente
GERAS INDUSTRIES
#13 - 2011-11-04 19:00:07 UTC
and yet...
i gallumph in my ship.

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Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#14 - 2011-11-04 19:04:04 UTC
Cynthia Gallente wrote:
and yet...
i gallumph in my ship.


And there, in a stroke, you have hit upon my issue.

Go seek treatment. Don't turn your illness into suffering and pain for others because you don't want to learn a little self control.
Cynthia Gallente
GERAS INDUSTRIES
#15 - 2011-11-04 19:09:12 UTC
the matter of self control is not the concern here.
I am a pacifist by nature.

but the matter of mental stability....
the life of a capsuleer can be frought with dangers not readily present to the main public.
-inferior quality clones
-wet graves

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Edaine Numenor
Numenor Benevolent Holdings
#16 - 2011-11-04 19:12:13 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:


We are Capsuleers, and we can be eternal.


Oh brother, not another!

Liberating slaves wherever, whenever, and however I can.
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#17 - 2011-11-04 19:13:41 UTC
Cynthia Gallente wrote:
the matter of self control is not the concern here.
I am a pacifist by nature.

but the matter of mental stability....
the life of a capsuleer can be frought with dangers not readily present to the main public.
-inferior quality clones
-wet graves


If you are a pacifist by nature then you adhere to a code, and therefore have some sort of self-restraint. Are you saying you are envious of psychopaths then?

I'm just going to let this matter of mental instability drop, because clearly you seem too enamoured of the idea to convince you to drop it.
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#18 - 2011-11-04 19:15:04 UTC
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
I am sure that you realize that what you are proposing here is Anarchy, right?

I suppose that either doesn't matter, or makes it more attractive to you.


Anarchy is what we have. And all laws, both common and those that a Capsuleer chooses, come from a subjective source. The only difference is that the laws of a society have the force of Tradition behind them. Take Slavery. For some societies, it is an abomination that must be stamped out. For others, it is merely the normal state of affairs. Right and wrong exist only in the mind of the observer.

Of course, this is coming from a non-religious aspect. In the end, however, all morality or law from an external source states is, 'Do this, or I'll hit you with my big stick'. There is always a stick, even if it's dressed up as absence of a carrot.

What I hope, if not expect, to achieve is for Capsuleers to take a step back, and look at what they're doing. And why. 'Because I can', is as much a failure as 'Because he said so'.

Woo! CSM XI!

Fuzzwork Enterprises

Twitter: @fuzzysteve on Twitter
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#19 - 2011-11-04 19:19:03 UTC
Edaine Numenor wrote:
Steve Ronuken wrote:


We are Capsuleers, and we can be eternal.


Oh brother, not another!



Just a statement of fact. There is nothing to stop us, but the scope of our ambition. Ennui is the greatest threat. We can have forever. So scope your goals accordingly.

Woo! CSM XI!

Fuzzwork Enterprises

Twitter: @fuzzysteve on Twitter
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#20 - 2011-11-04 19:27:24 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
I am sure that you realize that what you are proposing here is Anarchy, right?

I suppose that either doesn't matter, or makes it more attractive to you.


Anarchy is what we have. And all laws, both common and those that a Capsuleer chooses, come from a subjective source. The only difference is that the laws of a society have the force of Tradition behind them. Take Slavery. For some societies, it is an abomination that must be stamped out. For others, it is merely the normal state of affairs. Right and wrong exist only in the mind of the observer.

Of course, this is coming from a non-religious aspect. In the end, however, all morality or law from an external source states is, 'Do this, or I'll hit you with my big stick'. There is always a stick, even if it's dressed up as absence of a carrot.

What I hope, if not expect, to achieve is for Capsuleers to take a step back, and look at what they're doing. And why. 'Because I can', is as much a failure as 'Because he said so'.


Of course it is. All power is defined by who is carrying the stick.

It has been theorized by political philosophers for centuries that one of the main functions of a state is to maintain a monopoly on violence. This is not oppression, or injustice, this is the essence of what a social contract is.

You turn your violence over to the state because to do otherwise, to maintain absolutely control of your own violence, is to create a situation of All being at war with All.

This is what your anarchy brings, Captain. Yes, it is the base level of human interaction. No, it is not a desireable, or pleasant thing.

I am increasingly of the opinion that it should be avoided at all costs.
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