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Gieruland wrote:

I must admit that I, too, have been accepting this claim for years without so much as a second thought. Apparently it has been repeated so often that it has become some sort of truth to many so now I'm not sure if there is any truth in it. I tried to find some comparison to e.g. Dutch political parties but another version of the political compass seems to be used in the Netherlands ('conservative/progressive' instead of 'libertarian/authoritarian') so I'm not sure if they match, but using the information on the pages mentioned below, democratic presidential candidates of the USA seem to be in the top right corner, leaning to the middle (with Trump in the top right corner, leaning to to top right corner, so more authoritarian right); the UK's conservative party seems to be matching Trump, while the difference with Labour is enormous, which is in the bottom left corner. Dutch and Belgian progressive political parties tend to be in the top left corner and Dutch and Belgian conservative parties in the bottom right. But I probably need more than these two websites to check this.

https://qz.com/1748903/how-2020-us-democratic-candidates-compare-to-global-politicians/

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politiek_spectrum#Meerdimensionale_benaderingen ('links' = 'left'; 'rechts' = 'right', data from the Dutch national resp. Belgian federal elections in 2012 resp. 2010)

I'm often one to ruminate on an idea for a while, so I apologize if my timing is jarring.

I'd start by saying that I don't think the conservative/progressive axis in the Dutch example is a good proxy of authoritarian/libertarian; however, I do think that it improves upon the general weakness of the linear left/right mental model by splitting the analysis between a cultural and an economic dimension. Of course, with every such additional refinement, these models become more complex, and therefore it becomes increasingly difficult to concisely communicate a person's or group's political stance. Instead, simple models that are strongly reliant on historical and cultural context inevitably return to prominence for convenience's sake.

As for the Quartz article, it is indeed illustrative of how one can imagine the placement along left/right and authoritarian/libertarian dimensions, but I don't really agree with their classifications in the US. As they make clear in the article, the website does not disclose its exact methodology, but I would tentatively say it looks like they put more weight on what these politicians say than what they do (yeah, trust politicians to tell you the truth...). As a center libertarian (-0.38, -5.23) according to the same website, https://www.politicalcompass.org/, it may not be any surprise that I view the single most important dimension of any mentioned here to be the authoritarian/libertarian axis. This is the axis that I think to be universally important across history and cultures, yet widely disregarded in common parlance. Perhaps this should be promoted?

It is with great sorrow that I announce the demise of the RL player behind the nation Ladymorrighan, founder and Kaiserin of our ally region, the New Reich of Bunicken . Her association with our region was for a long time and we were greatly benefited by her advice on critical issues, particularly when the region was raided in the recent past. She was a towering figure in the nationstates arena and I am told, she was particularly active in our discord channel as an ambassador. No reason is known regarding her death.
We, the nations of the Commonwealth of Crowns mourn her death and hope that the New Reich of Bunicken will take her vision for the region to greater heights.
We offer our deepest condolences to the Kaiser and his subject nations on these trying times.

Greetings :)

Kwabenya wrote:

Greetings :)

Hi! Your nation name is really interesting. Is it African themed?

Helladria wrote:

I know there are a lot of players in the CoC who aren't in the US, and so may not have a horse in this race, but I was curious if anyone had an opinion on what was going on with r/wallstreetbets doing a short squeeze on GameStop, AMC, Blackberry, Nokia and others, and how a lot of brokers, most notably Robinhood have responded by halting new buy orders...

Absolutely beautiful.
It’s ironic how they froze new investments, being named “Robinhood,” but 2021’s off to a hell of a start, and I love it.
Didn’t invest, though.

Helladria wrote:

So anyway, something rather unusual appears to have played out very recently with the WA Delegate's position...

In that vein, welcome Haunted by screams and Guy 14. How fare you this day?

Thanks for keeping the region safe, Hella.
This incident takes us to the debate whether we should keep the WA position non executive. It is evident that we are on the radar of unscrupulous elements.
All WA nations, please endorse
The Imperial Union of Scandinavia as our delegate.This is urgent to dismiss the regional officer position created by raiders.

Lucky I happened to log in and saw the TG from Helladria. Removed the regional officer created by the raiders.
Due to the nature of the new emergency, I am temporarily withdrawing all executive powers from the delegate. In this, I have the concurrence of senior natives, Helladria and Borduriaa.
If the decision needs to be reversed, the regional officers may intimate me with their majority decision.

I had been wondering why I was being endorsed, but I’m happy everything’s sorted out. I honestly hadn’t thought much of it, as I hadn’t seen any Black Hawk scouts come in yet.

I think this is a good decision. Although I do login frequently, still nothing like an active founder. Good that OT logged in and made the WA delegate non executive now. It takes a load off our back for at least 60 more days.
In case of any eventuality, we shall have a delegate ( Scandinavia) and a battery of ROs to fight out the raiders. They can't grieve our region with old members like Vetega and Nor and Neru well entrenched here with a lot of influence.

Helladria wrote:

Then to open as chair of the Supreme Governing Council, I believe we are now taking appropriate action to ensure regional security. Having a non-executive WA Delegate is a key measure, particularly in a region that has only a hand full of WA members. Barring a CTE by Osberg-Thitania, this is the only measure that would be necessary. Nonetheless, CTEs are a risk, and having additional members support a designated Delegate is our next line of defense. The only other additional measure I can think of is to ensure that we have allies with whom we are in good standing.

Therefore, if there are any members of the WA in this region who do not object, please endorse The Imperial Union of Scandinavia. If you do object, please let us know why. Finally, if you are not in the WA, please consider joining for the sake of supporting regional security.

Should anyone wish to contribute to this discussion, you may consider the floor open.

Although currently I have no "intention" of CTEing (LOL !!!), if I ever feel drowned by RL, then I know whom to entrust the founder account. It's Helladria.The last time, it was Norengland, who did a tremendous job, but he is currently overloaded, I suppose. Vetega, is also bogged down lately, but he shall remain the sheet anchor with a mind boggling influence.
Rest assured, I will not go on a hiatus without handing over the founding nation , albeit temporarily. Regarding this discussion, I wish to make it clear that we don't intend to make the region an oligarchy. The power still rests in the hands of the Crowns Assembly of Nations. If the majority of the citizen nations wish a change in the status and return to a more participative democracy, I am just a TG away.
In the meantime, the Supreme Governing Council will take all decisions by 2/3 majority with a quorum of 3 nations.

For now, Please do endorse The Imperial Union of Scandinavia. Thanks Ionysia and Neru for the endos.