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Shiroh Yatamii
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2012.10.12 14:34:00 -
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I think the whole point is that it's up to you. As long as you can fend for yourself and make your own way, you're being Matari.
I've seen them in the Republic, working at Boundless Creations factories or as soldiers or cooks. I've seen them in Curse, disillusioned with however things were in their previous home. Or in remote nullsec deadspace colonies, just making a living mining the asteroids. Clans are virtually everywhere, and they all call themselves "Minmatar".
They make fine crewmen and comrades on the norm. I don't pretend to understand it all, but with so many from such diverse backgrounds it almost seems like it really is up to you and your own ways. |
Shiroh Yatamii
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2012.10.12 17:41:00 -
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Sounds like you've already got your answers, then. |
Shiroh Yatamii
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2012.10.14 18:53:00 -
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Kalaratiri wrote:
And you, a novice capsuleer, definitely get to say that you are a Minmatar despite repeated actions to the contrary.
She's not a novice person, though. She wasn't born just a few months ago. She's recounted many interactions with her clan, her shaman, and the like. The mere fact is, she has different political views than you and doesn't support your Republic. If that invalidates her as a person to you, then I would say you are the lost cause. Open your mind a little; things are not nearly as black-and-white as you'd like to think.
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Shiroh Yatamii
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2012.10.14 21:11:00 -
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Anabella Rella wrote:
If you work for the Angel Cartel you can't in the same breath claim to be working for the good of your clan, tribe or the Matari people. Period.
Didn't Saede Riordan's clan vote in favor of Cartel oversight of the Skarkon system, of which they are residents? How many clans reside there, anyway? I wonder how many of them also voted in favor of the Cartel? Are they all considered traitors and criminals in your eyes?
Pardon the questions. I'm just putting together a sort of "news article".
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Shiroh Yatamii
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2012.10.15 01:23:00 -
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Not everyone in the Cartel is in the slave trading industry. It's a personal business decision undertaken by individuals. Do not assume out-of-hand that anyone is participating in it just because they support the Cartel. We have, after all, seen emancipationist Amarrian Holders. It's not a far stretch to think that some Matari clans who join the Cartel do not participate in slavery.
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Shiroh Yatamii
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2012.10.15 16:25:00 -
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It sounds to me like a lot of Minmatar capsuleers define "being Minmatar" as being "anti-slavery" rather than defining their own cultural identity. Seems kind of half-baked and unrefined. A society cannot survive off of "Freedom!!!" alone. You cannot eat freedom. I'm sure some of you would simply say "better to die of starvation and be free than be enslaved". But if that really happened to each and every single Republic citizen, you really wouldn't be free, would you? No, you'd be too busy being dead to be free.
A society needs a healthy mix of freedom and practicality in order to survive. |
Shiroh Yatamii
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2012.10.17 03:48:00 -
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Kalaratiri wrote:
You're absolutely right.
But you know what a really good way to get people united towards a single goal, such as food production, is?
You give them a concept they can all relate to and believe in.
I would hope most people don't need some abstract concept simply to get things done, particularly things beneficial to their survival. I believe the average person is smarter than that. Government propaganda and ideological claptrap have gone a long way in making a lot of people blind, unfortunately.
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