I am not trying to score points here by exploiting a serious political incident.

I am not trying to score points here by exploiting a serious political incident.

How could you bring those groups into interstellar union on equal terms without democracy?

Stop now, before your foot becomes caught in your mouth again.

Why would we allow the weak and illoyal into the state?

The ongoing civil strife within the State is a prototypical example of the greatest flaw with dictatorship; it can only be removed by force. It is my personal opinion that a corrupt democracy is superior to an efficient dictatorship because of that exact reason. A corrupt democracy can be corrected peaceably.

Democracy gives everyone a voice, no matter how 'foot-in-mouth' it may be, no?



Democracy does not discriminate based on who is strong and weak.

Democracy gives everyone a voice, no matter how 'foot-in-mouth' it may be, no?

The law protects only against those who agree to be bound by it. Authority only has power over those who accept it.

Foiritain did. Heth didn't. Their examples speak to nothing about our relative political systems, only their personalities.

Democracy gives everyone a voice, no matter how 'foot-in-mouth' it may be, no?

There are some IGS commentators that truly make me cringe, Inhonoures. Because when I see them capering around with their underwear on their head, I know deep down that there are casual observers that will forever mistake your brand of performance art for common Federal or even Gallente opinion.

Certainly, though that does not preclude me from using my voice to say I think you should stop it.

There are some IGS commentators that truly make me cringe, Inhonoures. Because when I see them capering around with their underwear on their head, I know deep down that there are casual observers that will forever mistake your brand of performance art for common Federal or even Gallente opinion.

Well you keep your democracy, and we'll keep our meritocracy. That said, you do make some good, if obvious, point... but I'll point out that Tibus Heth's five year Executorship was not something that should be considered 'normal' for the Caldari State. Keep in mind the hundreds of years we spent without anything like him.

Recent events are already setting off the journals in fits of chin-wagging, jaw-stroking, and temple-scratching regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the Caldari system, with radical articles published to gain as maximum a readership as possible, and then counter-radical articles published to similarly gain attention. As always, the truth of the matter is somewhere in between these polarizing opinion pieces. When the crisis subsides, we'll likely see moderate, introspective, and reflective articles that encapsulate that.

The ongoing civil strife within the State is a prototypical example of the greatest flaw with dictatorship; it can only be removed by force. It is my personal opinion that a corrupt democracy is superior to an efficient dictatorship because of that exact reason. A corrupt democracy can be corrected peaceably. The last political crisis in the Federation was President Souro Foiritan's attempted nationalization of the arms industry. This did not end with bloodshed, but instead procedures to a vote of no confidence and ultimately an executive resignation. Something like Haatamo is far less likely to occur in the Federation than it is in the State.

I am not trying to score points here by exploiting a serious political incident. Just the Federation's merits are seldom considered by capsuleers. In essence, "democracy is not all bad". Consider the four great civilizations of the Federation, and the lesser known races. How could you bring those groups into interstellar union on equal terms without democracy? I feel that is an exercise in futility.

While Gallentean democracy will not have the efficiency of Caldari meritocracy or the stability of Amarrian autocracy, it will have the pluralism that neither of those systems could enshrine. We all have our strengths, and we all have our weaknesses.

This vitriol really is a little excessive, ma'am.

I'm sorry you feel that way. He upsets me.

I have a diametrically opposite point of view: even the best and successful form of democracy is inferior to even corrupt dictatorship.

And I really doubt you can correct all kind of democracies peaceably. For example, take recent events happened in Luminaire solar system. Federal government were ready to sacrifice the whole planet, just to destroy one ship. Or even worse, they were trying to destroy the whole planet by staging attack on the said ship and the planet at the same time, luring ship to fire upon it. And what now? They are all still acting, safe and sound.

They are definitely not planning to correct themselves. They only way I see how to fix it, is to spill their blood.

Indeed, these five years the State was shining with brilliance as never before, and our descendants will forever remember glorious rule of Executor Tibus Heth, revering him among such patriots as Admiral Tovil-Toba.