April Knox
Caldari
Trinity Nova
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Posted - 2006.07.31 00:43:00 -
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Edited by: April Knox on 31/07/2006 00:48:57
 Originally by: SpaceDrake Taleweaver
Now, obviously IRL democracy doesn't suck, I'd hate to live in a non-democratic society. But that's the problem - real life. Look at the Gallente government structure. Look at the kinds of issues the Federation faces, and I'm not even talking about the election debacle. Quite simply, I think the Gallente are too similar to our real lives for people to be interested in them much.
If there is a concept that defines the Gallente stereotype, I'll say it's postmodernism, and as such, of course, we find it too close to real life. The famous Jean-Frantois Lyotard : "Simplifying to the extreme, I define post-modern as incredulity towards metanarratives". I think defines perfectly what CCP intended for the Gallente, and the role-players you'll find in the federation perfectly fit in this scenario.
The Gallente will never experience a big driving force appealing to the masses, since it's by nature anti-authoritarian and individualistic, and instead you'll find what you'll see today: A collection of individuals or very small corporations with it's own very specific agenda.
The problem lies, in my humble opinion, in CCP's decision to create a post-modern (and as such, ahistorical) entity like the federation amidst other factions that behave in a very Historical way. Since postmodernism is a way of living when the conflict is inexistent (either by the vanishing of the enemy, or the encystment of conflict itself), the subtle shades that characterizes a post-modern way of life, get lost in the stark contrast of the Historical black and whites.
Now. What kind of small scale conflict should we expect to see inside the federation? A lot of small scale internecine conflicts: *** rights, ******* rights, Cultural separatism (And the intake separatism is I think, a prime example of a post-modern conflict), Drug legalization, Terrorism, Revisionism, Intellectual property rights, Psychotherapy, Ecology, etcetera, etceteraà Namely, all flavours of Activism.
But as small scale internecine conflicts, they are and will be invisible to inter-factional affairs. So, I guess, that's the fate of meaningful Gallente RP in this anachronistic scenario CCP has created.
EDIT: CCP Forum censored some words in the 4th paragraph: It should read "Ga y Rights, Lesbi an rights, etcetera...
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