Intergalactic Summit

Oh yeah. I don't know anything about the topic. Despite, you know, being one of the major forces defending huola for the Minmatar. Not like that counts or anything right?

By the way, where were you during all that?

Oh. Right.

A couple of pirate ships in a huge minmatar blob considers themselves "major defending force"?
Really?

Democracy works for the Federation for one reason and one reason alone, we are the most heterogeneous society in the cluster. Yes, the Republic has various tribes, the State has their corporate blocs, and the Amarr have a myriad of groups under their domain. However, the culture, beliefs, and practices between various people in these nations are extremely similar. The Matari all herald for the same planet, and suffered Amarr rule. The State all believe in wayism and meritocracy, just have different views on how it should be applied, and the Amarr all share one common faith.

But in the Federation, there are hundreds of different groups and cultures, and thousands of subgroups within these groups and cultures. Hell, there are a significant number of people living in the Federation that haven't heard a word of Gallentean in their entire lives. There is so much diversity, especially in our core systems. On our major stations and planets, there are very few people who are "pure blooded" and only have ancestry dating back to one race. Even the aristocratic Gauron families aren't 100% Gallentean anymore. I myself have a Caldari mother.

This is why the Federation needs democracy. There are so many differing backgrounds, so many opposing views. Without it, then it would be impossible to represent the people as equally as possible. This is why the most troublesome periods in Federal history have been when one political party dominated the entire government. It's one point of view out of trillions.

Without Democracy, the only other way to have such a massive nation of multiple races is to go the way of the Amarr. Convert everyone to your ideology instead of accommodating theirs. Have only one perspective rather than many. I'm not condemning the Amarrian system here. I'm just explaining why democracy is so vital to the Federation.

If our government were to declare tomorrow that democracy was being thrown away, the Federation would completely collapse in a month.

EDIT: Just for clarity, I'm not trying to explain why democracy is better. Just why democracy is what works best for us.

Where am I? See, another shining example of Anslo's ignorance.
"hngnng I only see minmatar and meself wat other peeople no other peopls they all fled our might hngngngh dis is truth nuu fughts in Huola the amarrs fled victory for the federation (not the republic, becus tdey didn't do anything the federaaation did everything to securee HUola hnnnhg.)" This is what you sound like by the way. Before you get all riled up know that I am a commoner, thus not as restricted as noble Amarr holders when writing or speaking.

I almost laughed when you state that you're "one of the major forces defending Huola". But then I am too disgusted by your ignorance to laugh. Maybe you should learn from Fred, at least he is funny and less annoying.

Frankly, they really should. Show me a Caldari who has rejected the ways of our ancestors and I'll show you someone who isn't really Caldari.

Caldari really is more than a convenient catch-all term that you can use to refer to Civire, Deteis and Achura.

Being for the Caldari doesn't mean having to be against everyone else.

Frankly, I don't care if people want to abandon the ways of our ancestors and embrace Jaiiji concepts and beliefs - the marketplace of ideas will adjudicate their fitness, after all - but if you don't follow the Way, if you don't embrace the concept of meritocracy, can you really call yourself Caldari?

There are plenty of sons and daughters of the Deteis and Civire who do not. They are not Caldari. This is not the Federation. We are not inclusive.

Wayism is hardly a prerequisite. Many of the principles within are available to any and all out there, not so much different from meritocracy. We may not be inclusive, but nor are we homogenous.

I don't think any but Kimmy who would claim I am not Caldari.

Well, that's not quite the same thing, Jinari. Pretty much every Caldari I've met holds to some form of Wayism, but it's a brave person who claims to understand precisely what is and isn't Wayist. Personally I let the priests worry about that - I have my beliefs and they do me right. I'm not going to tell you that your version of Wayism is wrong.

But you know what they say about those who, for example, embrace the Amarrian faith whilst still claiming to be Amarrian. The people tend to have the last word on matters such as this and whilst they do so, often, without words their silence is deafening.

You certainly feel Caldari to me. Not that I'm holding myself up as an expert on the subject.

I am sorry, then I just misunderstood you, when it was written that "bounties have been placed".
From professional point of view, I imagined it, that you have placed bounty and was advertising it for bounty hunters to claim them.

This is rather... unusual situation, that you are advertising that bounties were placed for you actually by someone. That reverse order advertising doesn't really make sense to me. What is a professional reason to tell it? Moreover, to tell it to everyone without request, while usually such information professionals keep holding for themselves.

My mother was never a wayist and believed in teaching about Creator. If you wish to tell me she wasn't Caldari, then at least face me and say it looking into my eyes.


Caldari would never say THIS about greatest Caldari hero. Unless, of course, he was brainwashed by gallenteans, who always try to make Caldari WEAK.

Weaklings, who allow themselves to be brainwashed by gallentean lies about our greatest hero, don't deserve to be called Caldari anymore.