Intergalactic Summit

Yes, Msr Lafisques, in this case by 'profit' I could have been said to have meant 'benefit'. In addition you are totally correct that I was referring to the social, economic and cultural health of the state as a whole. The sad truth is that there are plenty of narrow groups and individuals who profit from eternal war - at the ruinous expense of the body politic.

Madam Gesakaarin is a good example of this.

Pilot Blake, I'd just like to thank you for providing a perfect explanation of what's wrong with desiring complete political stability.

It's only a war when people forget how to balance them correctly.

They're opposite extremes. Constant Change. No Change.

The opposite to chaos is order. Not stagnation.

Despite our many technological advancements, humans are still subject to the shadows of our evolutionary past.

We are by nature a tribal and territorial animal, given to fear the unknown or the unfamiliar.

Conflict like hate are our closest companions.

I believe one can go THROUGH a state of order and into stagnation.

Meh - you're talking about the messy breakdown of a system. I'm talking about the imposition of a rigid and unchanging order.

How about we abandon the idea of there being a hard-and-fast rule about what lies where on the spectrum that contains anarchy, hmm?

There's no algorithm for this. In all the centuries of human history, nobody's yet programmed an app that calculates to seven decimal places the precisely optimal ratio of chaos to whatever its opposite may be. We are, I hope, never going to turn to a computer and have it spit out a ream of figures saying that it will be optimal for our society if X many ships are destroyed for the loss of Y lives. I don't think such a calculable "sweet spot" exists.

The most any of us can do is act according to our best judgement.

For the past decade the industry that is the Capsuleer War Economy has been developing in the cluster. Like any new industry throughout human history, its development will create societal change and development that will require adjustments to be made. To call it ruinous however ignores the fact that in the CONCORD regulated War Economy it is the Caldari State that stands to gain not only from market transaction taxes in its territories but also from its ability to satisfy the demands of both capsuleer SCC and foreign markets for armaments supply due to the maturity and strength of its domestic military industries.

Some may balk at the loss of life incurred by an industry premised upon perpetual conflict that creates perpetual demand for armaments supply. It must be remembered however that the annual casualty rates inflicted by the War Economy remain steady at a fraction of one percent of total populations. If seen purely as a necessary commodity, then the lives of participants within the War Economy remain sustainable and renewable in the long term. Indeed, if through the loss of a single life hundreds if not thousands more find themselves purposefully and gainfully employed in the State in its military industries and associated supply and services companies then that is not a life lost in vain.

There is a new economic status quo arising where conflict must exist to ensure the long-term viability of the War Economy and its associated benefits. Stability between the Big Four will be maintained so long as economic interests in the continuation of the CEWMPA conflict remain strong enough to prevent either its cessation or its further escalation. The last man that seriously risked the new status quo between State and Federation, former Executor Heth, was promptly and effectively dealt with as necessary for his failure to recognize the New Order that the entire cluster has been shifting towards for a decade.

Now when the administration of the Homeworld by Ishukone ameliorates the need for military escalation on the part of of the State and the successes of Operation Highlander and the FDU will likely see a second (if not more) terms in Office by President Roden then the stage will have been set for the continuation of the CEWMPA conflict not on any real ideological basis but in the perpetuation of conflict in the corporate interests of both State and Federation. The true objective remaining neither victory nor defeat, but the continuation of the war into the future that is controlled, regulated, and contained as a new market and economic resource.

The anachronistic memes of socio-political idealists and ideologues will always remain impotent before the strength and power of capitalism and market forces. Those that would seek to oppose them, and thus human nature itself, such as Tibus Heth, and such as so many others have my pity as the future rulers of their own personal mountains of ash. All that is required is participation in the War Economy and not the personal reasons why. The question of why is less important than the question of how much.

How much will one gain.

How much will it cost in real terms.

The CEWMPA War Economy offers significant economic benefit and advantage to corporations of both State and Federation and its only real associated cost is the acceptable loss of life.

Those today who believe themselves to be opposed to the creation of this New Order between the companies of State and Federation have already lost.

They lost when the FNS Wandering Saint crashed into the Ishukone station in Malkalen.

They lost when the Caldari State invaded the Federation and the Homeworld.

They lost when the State Protectorate captured all the territories in the Federal CEWMPA zone in YC 111.

They lost when President Roden was elected in the Federation due to the advances of the State Protectorate in Federal territory.

They lost when the SDII was created under Mentas Blaque.

They lost when Operation Highlander was successful in YC 115.

They lost when Tibus Heth was removed from power in Haatamo.

They lost when Haatakan Oiritsuu-Tirokkutun returned.

They lost when Ishukone was granted Administrative rights over the Homeworld.

They lost when the FDU again captured all territories in the State CEWMPA zone now in this year, just months out of the upcoming Federal Presidential elections.

For the past six years of the CEWMPA war between State and the Federation the same discussions have taken place by the blind, the same ineffectual platitudes expressed, the same rhetoric used, recycled and rehashed year after year. Like those who seem only able to see the pawns moved across the board, too busy talking to see the positions of the other pieces in play, they have failed to realize the creation of the framework of the new paradigm manifesting into being:

War is Peace.