Jump to content

Leaderboard

Popular Content

Showing content with the highest reputation on 01/06/21 in all areas

  1. I’ll keep this brief. The Covenant has been around for a very long time. It was the first bloc on Orbis, and up until just a few hours ago, the oldest active treaty in Politics and War. But now, the Covenant truly is a thing of the past. 3 days ago we informed The Commonwealth that we were withdrawing from the treaty in order for us to stake a new path for UPN. The 72hour grace period has now passed and thus, so has the Covenant. Thank you Commonwealth, and thank you to all former members of the Covenant.
    17 points
  2. Basic editing... Recall that I finished school before personal computers were widespread. Idk what basic editing means. I'm assuming you use some program, but as far as I can tell they got rid of windows movie maker so I have no idea.
    4 points
  3. Yes, with the others dead in the water - and the drama in Orbis Central - i'm rekindling this bonfire. If we're going to have a debate on communism v. capitalism, or other systems, let's do it properly. Note: I am very much an anarcho-socialist, so I am clearly biased on this matter. What I am presenting here is some misconceptions people seem to have about the left in general, and why they're misguided. Communism? So you mean the Soviet Union? While yes, the Soviet Union was a leftist county, it does not portray all leftist thoughts - much like the United States, while the example of capitalism, is not what capitalism inherently is - nor is it the purest example. The Marxist-Leninist ideaology of the Soviet Union was very much its own thing. Marxist-Leninists believe in particular that a two-phase revolution is required for the success of communims; that is, underdeveloped nations must first go through a "bourgoise revolution" installing capitalism, before a communist revolution can successfully take place. The communist revolution would be lead by a vanguard party, such as the Bolsheviks - who would eventually pave the way for the eventual destruction of class and state. I am not a Marxist-Leninist, so I am not the best to go into gritty details of the theory. Marxism-Leninism is not the only leftist ideaology. Diametrically opposed to them include a myriad of anarchist beliefs, which are also leftist in that they believe in collectivism and the end of private business and property. Most famously, anarchist movements included the Catalonians in the Spanish Civil War, the Ukranian Black Army in the Russian Revolution, and the Zapatistas in Mexico to this day. But Communism always fails! The belief in the failure of communism stems largely from the collapse of the Soviet regime, as well as the end of many Latin American leftist experiments. As for the Soviets, this is in part due to the authoritarianism of the Bolsheviks and their crushing of revolts. Thus, when information finally started to flow into the country, people could see just how much better Western Europe had it. However, this is also not a fault of communism - you can look to Cuba and Vietnam for successful Marxist-Leninist states in particular. Despite a massive US embargo and the devastating warfare to the country, respectively, Cuba and Vietnam have been some of the better places to live. Cuba's literacy rate is famously high, and Vietnam has had a fair standard of living after rebuilding from the Vietnam War. For Latin America, the failures in those countries are easily attributable to the CIA coups in leftist governments across the region. These coups are very much a well-known thing, and are often the direct reason why those countries established dictators like Pinochet or fell into chaos like Venezuela - I can't tell you what those nations would be like without CIA involvement, but I can assure you that had the USA not interfered as it had, things would be much more stable in South America. Weren't the Nazis socialists? While calling themselves National Socialists, the Nazis were not socialists by any means. People often point to the collectivist policies of Nazi Germany, there is a distinct difference - fascism is a nationalist ideaology that promotes the race over others. Socialist ideaologies, on the other hand, are internationalist; that is, socialists promote the global proletariat as a class fighting against the global elite. Additionally, the Nazis very much privatized the country - not nationalize it (outside of World War 2, where almost all nations nationalized some part of industry). Don't Communist Countries Have Famines? Yes, many famines occured in the Ukraine and other leftist states. However, the same happened under capitalism - and even happens to this day. The Bengali and Irish famines are famous mass deaths under capitalist and imperialist regimes, and often were made worse by the governments in power. One can even point to the large-scale poverty in African nations as an extention of colonialism, as the nations there have been reduced to being exporters of raw resources to the West. "African diamond mines" are a common phrase, and oftentimes these unstable countries are unstable because various rulers seek to make money off the resources they are fighting for. France still makes it so its former colonies pay France a debt from "development under our rule"! Are those, then, not deaths because of capitalism? Are those starvations not because of profits? Dehydration not being capitalism's fault, when Nestle owns the local water well and charges for use? I hope we can have a fruitful debate.
    3 points
  4. Alliances top 50 + 10 honorable mentions as songs. Organized Alphabetically. Started on the 3rd of January 2021. Written by Aqua/Corpsman. Text in () are notes I wrote while in progress. ---A to C--- ---D to N--- ---O to S--- ---T--- ---U to Z--- Words from the author: After the positive reception, despite the terrible quality, of the Players as Songs, I decided that a well-developed alliance version might be appreciated. ---Drama--- I have a few words to say after the recent drama though, and considering I have your attention, I will share them with you. That is, I want everyone to realize something. As of writing this there are ~30,000 nations, and I am going to go out on a limb and say only a few hundred are active. That’s ~0.0000025% of the whole of humanity. Despite our differences, we are a minute group of likeminded people who all play the same random political browser game. I have met some of the nicest and most friendly people on here, differing opinions notwithstanding. PnW has a diverse yet beautiful community who, at the base, just like to have a fun time. The community takes the likeness of a field of flowers, each different flower complimenting the differences of the others while being pretty in its own right. On another hand, the bantering and insults are part of the drama we all know and love. Imagine if nobody could ever insult each other, imagine all the wars and conflicts that wouldn’t happen. The line is crossed once you forget that we are so similar to each other, and this isn’t even the “oh we’re all human” argument. At the bottom of my heart I respect every single player, even the ones who I mortally hate (a whole 2 people). I still look at them and marvel at how we all still play the same game and know the same people and participate in the same things. I want new(er) players that are reading this to understand that, and older players to be reminded. Even I, the great almighty perfect Aqua, forget this and can be a bit rash. For that I apologize. I hope you’ll forgive my hypocrisy. ---Tips--- On another note, I’m accepting tips for this. I want to rebuild my nation and I’ve been in VM, so I thought “hey, you’re doing cool stuff so maybe someone with a massive surplus of money might toss you some change”. And to be honest, this took a lot of effort. Absolutely not required, but if you happen to have a spare few mil (or less) send it to the Weebunism alliance bank with a note designating it as a tip. Again, if you don’t have anything to spare don’t give it to me. I kinda feel like an ass for asking, and it really isn’t a big issue. But if you can and you want to, then it would be greatly appreciated. I do love my money. Does this make me an e-girl? And for the $30 subscription you get…. ---Future--- I might make this a quarterly/yearly thing, in the same vein to the yearly awards. Not sure. Don’t quote me on that. It’d be more exclusive in that case though, only 10 players and 10 alliances would be accepted. Or maybe a yearly review in which every month has their own song. Again, not sure. Don’t quote me on that. I don’t have that kind of foresight or dedication lol. ---Conclusion--- Yay, wholesome songs and dark memes/jokes while profiteering off the masses! Please enjoy, otherwise I’ll be sad.
    3 points
  5. UPN dropping TcW is certainly unexpected, but it leaves me with the question... why would anyone sign UPN?
    3 points
  6. Just as I was about slide into those DMs....... Smh, way to disappoint. 😒
    3 points
  7. I'll try to keep the words brief (mostly because it's getting late for me), but let's do this! Actually, you weren't really on my mind at all for this! ^^; I was honestly just thinking about it while browsing my memes folder. My actions are my own in this case. Yeah, people do think of the USSR as the communist vanguard. I'm... pretty sure I didn't deny that people think of Germany/USA/USSR - just that it's much more nuanced than that. I don't have enough information on how people believed the Bolsheviks would fail or not, but there were socialists in the West before and after the Russian Revolution. That and there are still tankies out there, so people didn't simply just become anarchists or liberals. And even if they all did, that represents growth and adjusting belief systems from data. For Cuba/Belize/Vietnam, I do have to criticise that. Cuba's GDP is 76th in the world by capita, and has the 70th highest Human Development Index - putting it around the 2nd quartile for both. Vietnam is, however, 115th and 117th respectively - which isn't as great. I must criticise the slums argument, however, as that would come into whataboutism for me (many Americans *do* live in slums or are fully homeless; my grassroots campaigning in Greene County was to repair the Section 8 housing there in Catskill). As for the banana republic argument, that was indeed the United States through and through - like that Sam O'Nella meme you linked states. The countries would be overthrown only when they starting promoting workers rights laws, minimum wages, etc; often with American support. I'd tie the two into eachother immediately and continually, as it was mostly American companies that would push for such coups. I'm skeptical of the attribution of Nazis with socialism, as they literally imprisoned socialists as part of the Holocaust. This article goes into direct quotes that Hitler discusses about workers being "unable to understand socialism" and "worker's councils getting in the way" which is... pretty anti-socialist given that the common definition of socialism is when workers own the means of production. I'd argue that colonialism is capitalism - directly. The reason that European empires went to conquer new lands was to bring material wealth of gold and riches to the motherland. Is the accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few not, in some way, capitalism? Be it the direct conquest of lands for the Crown (just the monarch), or the settlement of trade companies like the Dutch East India Company. Marx does go into discussion the transition from feudalism, to colonialism, to capitalism. "Stuff like this happens" re: Nestle and Flint. Is that not what we're trying to change, yeah? For me, that is why I am anarchist - the local people should control their destiny, including their own water supply. Anarchism was not only in the stone age, by any definition of the word. You have the Frisian freedom, Catalonia, Freetown Christiania, worker co-ops, and I can go on and on. Anarchists don't say no government, we say local government. People who would band together when threatened - against those external or internal threats like somebody charging money for goods all make. The Democrats really don't follow the far-left at all. They make promises and don't follow through. 😕 I wish they did, or that NY was socialist, though. Local governments do exist, yes, but what power do they have compared to the State, or Washington? And yes, a California CEO doesn't control a Delawarian mother - but when half of Congress are millionaires, capitalists basically do control the government. Humans are naturally helpful, in my experience. After natural disasters, people pitch in to help eachother for free. People start charities, donate to others, and so forth. Captialism forces us to compete, not because we want to, but because we have to. I see so many artists who want to give their stuff out for free, but cannot because they have to sell their work to eat. Capitalism has only been around for a few centuries. Before that, people didn't invent to drive profits - they invented to help their country, or local area. Private enterprise did exist for millenia, but that was back when the peasantry owned the farms they worked on - instead of renting it out for a small fee every month. Additionally, many of the inventions you claim as successes of capitalism are not. While created in those capitalist societies, the workers who actually designed your iPhone or built your Android got paid only some small chunk of change, with the rich or whoever getting the bulk of the share. Alternatives argument is always a defense of the status quo. We are biased to believe our current system is best - because otherwise we would not be in it, right? I know, change is scary - we've all been there. But how do you know that? When our American founding fathers created a republic, they did not know if the experiment would last - it was just as likely that they would've all been hanged by redcoats within the year. And I know it. I've lived in anarchism. Mutual aid, people helping eachother out for nothing but the promise of paying it forward - that is what got me through my 2 years and a month of homelessness. People are more anarchist in general than you may think.
    3 points
  8. PnW ASMR is gonna be big in 2021.
    2 points
  9. This is a surprisingly wholesome conversation and I'm glad that it's stayed civil thus far, and I do hope it continues to remain such. I have always avoided the P&W forums as a whole over the general toxicity and in my earlier years I would try to remain civil only to get into devolved pissing matches and dick measuring. I'm sure i'll jump in at some point but this is solid back and forth and I'm quite enjoying it.
    2 points
  10. This pretty much. Most importantly to me, there is a myriad of ethical concerns in this kind stretching of the moderation reach. There are also very important practical issues. A good place to start would be what if the hosting server (rightly I might add) refuses to allow access? Is Alex supposed then threaten to ban them too? Pretty sure that would be a violation of Discord's ToS to say nothing of US law. And even with access there are still many ways to hide stuff on Discord; And most servers are not set up to handle them reliably. So even ethics and availability concerns aside, a program like this would require Discord's platform level tools. In principle I do agree that the official areas should have a more cohesive moderation system both in rules and punishments, including some 'global' level punishments. That being said, there are certainly issues, mainly with the ability to adequately track and link accounts on various platforms. Some stuff has been taken up cross platform before, but its an exception not the rule because it requires a large time investment from staff to do that. Shifty makes a great point here as well. When ever a rule exists, there will always be a line of people trying to bend it in their favor or alter its interpretation to their favor. It's also possible to make a mistake, even acting in good faith. In fact thats guaranteed. You are unquestionably requesting PW staff moderate other servers. That it is only in one area, does not change what it is. ``````````````````````````` Now as the Lead Mod for the official server, I have severe ethical concerns with even attempting such a course as OP has requested. Especially when the needed tools for such a venture are not even obtainable much less actively available. So the answer is a flat no. Part of being a mod or having any authority for that matter, is knowing where your authority should stop, and this is very much past that line. It is ultimately the right and responsibility of Discord's team to moderate their platform. And it is to them you'll need to take up any issues outside of PW's small confines.
    2 points
  11. Player of the Year: Baam Most Influential Player: Bakasloth Most Likely to Succeed in 2021: Crawdy Best Alliance Leader: Empiur Worst Alliance Leader: Kappachino Latte Best Government Member (not a leader): Asian Kid Best General Member: Olimpia Most Missed Player: Corpsman Best IC Poster: Ananeosis Poster You Most Love to Hate: Best Villain: Axht Largest E-Peen: Madokami Best Fighter: Echisya Best Raider: Crawdy Most Controversial Player: Hieong Player You’re Pretty Sure will be Playing in 2050: Asian Kid Player that is Worst at Responding to DMs: Madokami Best Player Avatar: Echisya Best Player Signature: Vendrick Best Nation Theme: Echishya Best Nation Page Design: Bakasloth
    2 points
  12. Player of the Year: Baam Most Influential Player: Madokami😘😔 Most Likely to Succeed in 2021: Axht Best Alliance Leader: Empiur Worst Alliance Leader: Kappachino Latte Best Government Member (not a leader): Baam Best General Member: Hieong Most Missed Player: Corpsman Best IC Poster: Ananeosis Poster You Most Love to Hate: Best Villain: Axht Largest E-Peen: Madokami Best Fighter: Asian Kid Best Raider: Crawdy Most Controversial Player: Hieong Player You’re Pretty Sure will be Playing in 2050: Axht Player that is Worst at Responding to DMs: Axht Best Player Avatar: Echisya Best Player Signature: Vendrick Best Nation Theme: Bhenagar Noa Best Nation Page Design: Bakasloth
    2 points
  13. Wait, are you recording through discord somehow? How'd you get the picture over the top? I legitimately have 0 clue how to do any of that but still upload Thalmor Radio videos weekly with 0 imagery haha. Also, I have no idea what the point of this video was? based
    2 points
  14. Oh god... im laughing and crying at the same time. The FUTURE is HERE! XD
    2 points
  15. She just copies the spoilers on the TKR forum and they work. She forced me to make a TKR forum account so that I could do it too.
    2 points
  16. Micro of the Year: Oblivion Most likely to Succeed: Goon Squad Most likely to disband: Avalanche most obnoxious: Oblivion Most Hated: Oblivion Best Micro Leader: Ockey5 Worst Micro Leader: Ockey5 Most Obnoxious: Ockey5 Most hated: Ockey5 Most incompetent: Ockey5 best Flag: Vokker
    2 points
  17. Of course! I used to be hard-right as well, being a very strong supporter of Trump. The thing that did it in for me was when he fired Comey, as that conflicted with my strong sense of 'justice' that my libertarian dad struck in me. I was then a liberal, until I suffered a back injury at work and was barely compensated for it. What I realised was that the state (and Walmart for that matter) were doing only the bare minimum to help somebody out who had nothing - and even more, I realised I was not the only one. That was my watershed moment for becoming an anarchist; that feeling of the state leaving behind its most vulnerable instead of guiding them through. I hope that some of the links I gave, if a bit heavy on reading, can give some insight onto why i'm an anarcho-communist instead of anything else. The sections on anarcho-capitalists would probably serve well in that regard.
    2 points
  18. Thanks fam. I'm always been right wing. Had a spout as a Libertarian before swinging hard right. Still kinda am there but recently I've started listening to a writer named Michael Malice who's an anarchist and his presentation and arguments for anarchism have been beautiful, simple, and compelling for me (he does a lot of podcasts and guest speaking on other shows and such). Thanks for making the thread. This community is very much capable of decent conversations contrary to what you've seen thus far on other boards.
    2 points
  19. Obviously you don't know what a workers' union is if you cant tell the difference between the two. But again. Can't expect much in terms of actual jokes and jabs when someone is so basic they put milk to shame. Why are you bringing TKR and CC into this? I hope they're paying rent to live in your head.
    2 points
  20. I am looking forward to 100+ posts from Phoenyx as he conducts an investigation.
    2 points
  21. It's crazy right? Treating people with kindness and respect, despite the fact that you will never meet them, and will have zero repercussions for acting like a dick. What's weird is its not really that hard to do, it takes a slight modicum of self control, and a little bit of maturity. If you are older than say 16, there is no reason you shouldn't be able to do this.
    2 points
  22. All the best to you Commonwealth in the future, you've got some good people
    1 point
  23. "Murdered protestors with their cars" was not Proud Boys or III%ers. That was a screwed up Nazi who was a terrorist. Kyle RIttenhouse can only be charged with illegal possession of a firearm, as he acted in self defense. This isn't even a debatable point. Not only that, he was not part of the Proud Boys or III%ers. The leader of the Proud Boys is black. Just saying. I've heard plenty of democrats call for Trump to be shot. Your point? The Michigan storming of the government building was not Proud Boys or III%ers, it was an unorganized riot. Which, to clarify so you don't call me a hypocrite, they should have been arrested. The III%ers denounced Jerry Varnell. In fact, you should read the manifesto that the III%ers have. I read it. Cuz I'm an associate member of them. 😛 They weren't III%ers. The cop had previous connections to the III%ers which were never confirmed. Your whataboutism not withstanding, because the groups themselves have never done anything wrong. Sure some crazy mofo goes nuts and does something stupid. Oh, he was part of the III%ers 20 years ago? Apparently now it's their fault. Get your facts straight, and come back when you're ready.
    1 point
  24. The onus is not on us to listen to your fricking dissertation on how you'd like US to reach out to YOU to settle matters that you're responsible for.
    1 point
  25. The moment of realization was gold XD
    1 point
  26. Just finished watching. Beautiful. Only thing is that Nokia knows how to overlay the image, he was just too lazy heh.
    1 point
  27. @BrythonLexi Not a huge text, but it is discussed briefly in the introduction to the English edition of Engel's Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Mainly on the role of religion in the rise of capitalism in England, with some mentioning of France which itself took a few revolutions to become permanently capitalist. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Introduction - History) (marxists.org). Can't recall if it is discussed more elsewhere in the text and I can't recall anything more substantial at the moment
    1 point
  28. We don't have to have these states, we have examples of working class power through out history without having to cede ground to brutal regimes. Throughout history we have glimpses, the Paris Commune, the Russian revolution, the revolutionary upheavals of the 60-70s, the revolutions that tore the Eastern bloc apart and more recently the Arab revolutions, many have reignited today and the many struggles since 2018, most not consciously communist and none had lasting success, but it is there that we find worker power in an embryonic form . Not to mention countless examples throughout the struggle of the working class, through union militancy. We have yet to see a lasting example of it, but that isn't an issue, capitalism is still relatively young, and capitalism itself failed many times before it became the dominant form of society
    1 point
  29. Thanks for the info. Busy rn so I can't meditate on this and form a good response but I want to come back to this later. Is anarchism not viable in your view? Government is what interferes with my life and goals more than anything. I think I could live a much more fulfilled and productive life without faceless bureaucrats telling me what I can and can't do while talking a sizable chunk of my income.
    1 point
  30. @Adrienne Young blood making a mockery of this old man.
    1 point
  31. For exactly those things, yeah. California and New York are also infamously expensive to live in, with rents being much higher than average. If the connection you're making is that California and New York are more "socialist", that would also be inaccurate. Socialism is not when the government does more stuff (Again, look at anarchist groups like the Zapatistas). The Democrats are often derided as socialists, when they have similar business motivations to the Republican party. The Democratic platform does not advocate the abolition of capitalism, but merely a higher minimum wage and more protections. While this sounds like a transition to communist wants, it is not - Democrats also advocate laws such as New York's Taylor Law, which bans strikes in favour of mandated collective bargaining. Democrats promote social equality not because it is the "morally right" thing to do, but because inequality "hurts business". They use identity politics as an argument for it hurting the economy, not people's lives. Look how hard mainline Democrats fought against Bernie Sanders in the primary - a self-described social democrat who also disavowed socialism!
    1 point
  32. Never said we were OP maybe watch the video Furthermore i never said lets have water under the bride that is in fact the complete opposite of what I asked for I deliberately said lets talk about any issues and work on matters if you dont watch the video and want to continue to make uninformed comments that are infact unrelated to the topics in the video than see yourself out of the conversation
    1 point
  33. We're hitting levels of corncob that shouldn't even be possible
    1 point
  34. Not all of it. That's a lot of music, and some of these are real slappers. I'm using many of them as background tracks while I tell you your jokes are unoriginal and dated.
    1 point
  35. lmao. Your "Everything left of me is communist" is so basic it hurts. Make no mistake, I'm not offended, just disappointed in your lack of creativity in the idea that "Haha commie, so soviet." It's so... sad that you can't come up with a better joke. It makes me sad for you. Plus, we're Union Themed, not communist themed. Once again, different things.
    1 point
  36. And, in case you didn't know, you can block people so they can't DM you. Kek.
    1 point
  37. Against my better judgement I've listened through 11 minutes and here's what I remember: TCM has trouble with FA, nobody wants treaties Nokia knows ppl may not like him and he just wants to talk things thru people were dick to him so he was dick back and he wants to change that about himself TCM was kinda OP at one point in time in 2019 he spent big effort into running TCM he is busy man with jobs and gaming community and uni student tldr this is a pov video of you being his therapist
    1 point
  38. There's an idea, being nice! It's almost like we're not even on the internet anymore. I guess the point that is getting me personally twisted up is the idea of alliances having their own personal power in their own private spaces forcefully ceded to a group of outsiders who do not understand the culture, and definitely would not fit in. It would destroy the game by opening a new vector of attack.. over moderation. I am personally not a big fan of cancel culture, and this proposition looks like to me like it is asking for a mandate to enforce it within the game.
    1 point
  39. Best Alliance Theme: Taith Best Alliance Page: Taith Best Alliance Discord: Taith Most Engaged Alliance: Taith Best Business (news outlets, banks, graphic design companies, etc): Taith
    1 point
  40. I don’t know if I should be honored or worried that I’m on this list and at this point I’m too scared to ask.
    1 point
  41. Alliance Categories Micro of the Year: Chocolate Castle Best Micro: Chocolate Castle Worst Micro: Hizu Best Micro Flag: The Reef Worst Micro Flag: NukaWorld best theme: NukaWorld Worst Theme: The Black Death Most likely to Succeed: Chocolate Castle Most likely to disband: NorthWestSouthRegionOfTheFarEast Best reroll: Empire of the Moonlit Sakura most obnoxious: Global Alliance Treaty Organization Most Hated: Black Skies Most likely to hit top 50: Chocolate Castle Player Categories Best Micro Leader: Lossi Worst Micro Leader: Teaboi Best Government Member: Hime-Sama Best Member: Illen Most Obnoxious: Vacaid Most hated: Havgle Most incompetent: Firwof Most likely to succeed: Avatar Korra Most likely to get rolled: Firwof best Flag: Havgle (My flag was too large of a file to fit in forums, here's the link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=158176)
    1 point
  42. Biggest Alliance Decline: Schrute Farms :c
    1 point
  43. You're right. As a proud member of (Insert pixelhugging alliance here), I really hate how much my score has dropped. I'm a trading nation only, and I'm very very distraught over how people have declared on me when I do not want to be associated with my alliance. I further do agree that the aggressors (one of which is my pixelhugging alliance) should peace. Score means a lot to me as does peacetime. As such, with as much power I wield, I wish to be declared peaceful and neutral on Orbis. Please don't hurt my nation. Thanks.
    1 point
  44. This tax bracket is the default 0/0 tax bracket I have in the alliance. Despite it, I am getting taxed 10/10 No, this isnt a glitch and in reality I am getting taxed. The tax bracket ID is also the same as the default. Pls fix. Oh and I am unable to change my forum name idk why. Everytime I try, it says success but I see no change to the name. Bug in my end or not, idk.
    1 point
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and the Guidelines of the game and community.