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Dex Nederland
Caldari Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.01.13 15:12:00 -
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Alright so it seems to me that many people consider the Caldari State to be a fascist totalitarian regime run by a few powerful men at the tops of megacorporations seeking to ring ever cent out of the cluster. I disagree that the Caldari State / CEP is such a regime. I would not however disagree that there are not megacorporations that have such systems.
My view of the larger Caldari government would be to compare it to the early United States, pre-American Civil War or even pre-Constitution. The Articles of Confederation I think would be a fair parallel to the Caldari State's CEP.
In this view each of the Megacorps has almost complete authority in internal affairs and the CEP has to ask the Megacorps for funding (it is owned by 4 of them in the background). The Megacorps are themselves states running their own small 'territorial empires'. Thus the method of governance between corporations may vary.
One corporation may issue shares to employees at a particular tenure in the company and thus give them a vote in what the corporation does. Others may sell their shares to the highest bidder. Another may hoard them amongst a single family or group. The important thing here is that each one is based on the corporate system of shares and so those unable to afford or who lack the shares do not get a say in the corporations future.
So to summarize. The State itself is a nearly powerless entity if the megacorporations that fund it do not support it. CEP (and its sub corporations like CN or CBT) provides a unified foreign policy, manages disputes between member Corporations, but largely stays out of the internal policys and governance of the member corporations. Each corporation has its own system of governance, with shares being a key component of all of them.
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Brachis
Caldari Consortium Victoria
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Posted - 2008.01.13 16:36:00 -
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Multiple megacorporations act much like a system of checks and balances, where they are too busy fighting amongst themselves to oppress the people.
I also feel that a totalitarian rule is not fundamentally a bad thing, so long as those who control the rule of the government have the best interests of the people at heart, and a megacorporation which has to worry about maintaining its position through business literally cannot afford to step on the little man.
Additionally, most megacorporations are fielded by a board of directors, if I understand things correctly, and they too must look after the best interests of their shareholders. While there are "Men on top" within the megacorps, their power is built upon the support of their employees and their investors. No sane business man would risk the loss of his entire company's value over an oppressive attempt to grab power... not when it is simply easier and safer to seize power by displaying good business practices and wise decisions.
"I do this with but one small ship and I am called a terrorist... you do it with an entire fleet and are called an Emperor." |
XeNedra Brown
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Posted - 2008.01.14 09:34:00 -
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Ah, you forget that these businesses have there own military. Whose to say they can't step a group of citizens who either aren't shareholders, or don't have enough shares to make a differance to the company as a whole. Once you have control of a private military, as long as you keep the military happy, you have free reign over your people. I still believe that to maximize productivity you want to keep people happy as a whole, but you will have atrocities when it comes to those few decinters. |
Dex Nederland
Caldari Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.01.14 12:30:00 -
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They do have military forces (much like the pre-Civil War States in the United States) that they directly control. However these forces must be constantly engaged with pirates while defending mining operations, convoys, and deep space outpost. This starts to spread the forces thin and also provides the pod pilot with contract work. So I do not support the notion that Lai Dai Protection Services or Home Guard spend most of their effort keeping the working force in line, but instead are focused on protecting the working force from the likes of the Guristas.
However you are correct that it is possible for a corp to keep its employees 'happy' by maintaining martial law.
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Brachis
Caldari Consortium Victoria
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Posted - 2008.01.14 14:43:00 -
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And still, using your military forces to oppress the people will result in two things: 1: Other companies who have their military forces will step in to seize your business, 2: Other companies will protect the people with their military forces as a good business practice, improving their own reputation as well as placing themselves in a position to profit off of your failures.
It is a very complex system of checks and balances which is what has left the Caldari State the most technologically advanced of the four empire states, discounting the Jove.
Good business is good attitude.
"I do this with but one small ship and I am called a terrorist... you do it with an entire fleet and are called an Emperor." |
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