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Region: The Revolutionary Communist Alliance
Wrote a thing, eh maybe it's pretentious garbage but I think there's something to it.
TL;DR Activity is the deciding factor of everything on Nationstates, as reality's counterpart of labour and the economy. You can say people's time is Nationstate's economical base, and economical progress changes the whole structure in line with Marxian economics.
I'm Red highvalley, Founder of TRCA and former WA Delegate of CA, and I'm writing this pretty short thesis of sorts as my understanding of this site, things to aim for, things to avoid.
I started about 5 years ago in a relatively medium-sized region, which I found myself well, although it was so severely undemocratic only my naive self could ignore. The hallmark of undemocratic Regions stands within their Founder, or alternatively their WA Delegate, where they be non-electable. Although officially they may stand as a beacons of liberty constitutional monarchs remain monarchs and harm their region overall. Founders will bring upon his separatism or entrenched string pulling within their own Region while WA Delegates will bring upon themselves coups as nations and spirits change. The concept of reformism as a democratic change of goverment without requiring a revolution is one I tend to reject as an absolute, but on Nationstates it does seem so. Only a democratic president can truly represent their ever varied regional representation. A mistake I found out myself with a former comrade stands in not being able to distinguish a fairly revocable and welcoming to change president to a constitutional monarch, and it can't be said all those who limit democracy do so out of power hunger but rather fear or control. The definitions can be limited and a constitutional monarch can sincerely hold their position, but nonetheless changes will overpower them by the end.
Skipping the huge region I was a part of later and the break I took, I joined the Communist Alliance later on. There I started conversation as usual and run for a government position, but it was clear that the leadership of the region was not aligned with the region. Four of us organised in the Inactive Revolution and couped the government, but subsequently gave up our new gained power and pardoned the old government for democratic votes on the new constitution, WA Delegate and government. As it was clear, if the region had a true democratic base (although I don't want to claim we were a perfect democracy) the government held no chance at keeping its position.
The base over the months had changed too significantly for a one semi-active nation with two officers turning cold to truly keep power, and the inevitable was not prolonged then (4).
Skipping to a couple months later, Raidercon invaded us, we moved region, happy times all around; as much as I hate to say it, overall it improved our systems and activity, giving us experience we couldn't have asked for.
Our new system I believe is one of the ideals you can reach in a momentary status for stability:
- · a powerful, directly elected easily impeachable, executive
· a strong legislative for invested Parliamentarians
· an easy access to the legislative or a general legislature for all citizens
· a quick acting judiciary (3)
· a moment notices invested military
While trying to not fall into Great Man Theory (1), I want to touch the issue that certain people have and simply pollute in their regions as we experiences during the invasion by one of our former allies. Some people are just going to be toxic, and not speaking of your average invader or people who can't let others have fun, some people are going to be pure energies of bad drama and hostilities. I can't say there is a rule to spot them, except not accepting change, but I'd recommend distancing or at least not joining or getting close to their regions if Founder or WA Delegate.
After the Raid, many of our issues were embodied by our failure to replace the leadership. Was the failure of TRCA in its systems not competitive for its neighbours (and actively hurt by our attempts at solidarity), its stability refusing to create chaos for new nations to thrive, the established and somewhat elevated leadership of old or just a name which didn't attract? Maybe a mix of all, and maybe its new conditions will help it in the future or seal its fate.
However I see the giants of old dying, if not officially slowly through their own decadence. I believe Marxian struggle (2) transmutes into Nationstates, although through its own version of economic progress and class, that which is activity and we impersonated, quite literally, with the Inactive Revolution. Nations change and are changed by their activity and the activity of their chosen region and more generally their alignment's activity throughout NS. The Inactive Revolution, much like every stage in our Region and all Regions I believe, were simply the inevitable conclusion in activity changes, and such will be the progression, or conclusion, of future TRCA.
Whatever awaits Nationstates, if anything at all on a large scale as now, I hope TRCA as a community will live to see it.
Comments
(1) That history is decided by a few Great Men, for better or worse.
(2) That history is decided by class struggle due to contradictions within economic systems. For example the contradiction of the growing burgher and merchant class contrasted to the noble class brought upon the end of Feudalism, and this contradiction was due to the change in economic capabilities (i.e. industrialisation).
(3) A judiciary will be abused but it is essential for a region to have one which acts quickly and fairly. By quickly I do not mean it should avoid proper procedure, but it shouldn't allow for bickering over a case and by the time any big drama should surround it, punishment should have already been delivered.
(4) None of my points are to imply everything is inevitable. The inevitable can be prolonged, sometimes prolonged so far the death of it comes first. The inevitable isn't one way either, solutions lie in the eyes of those who can imagine and act upon them. But changes within systems are impossible to avoid, and said changes will either destroy or progress its systems.
