Purge of the Capitalist Class is a Massive Success!

[Pyer Toh]

The People's Southern Ocean Republic has found it necessary to announce a major accomplishment in the people's revolution!

The Grand Chairman has announced that the purge of the aristocrats is complete! The country celebrates this decisive victory over the bourgeois pigs with a national feast, where every household is given the opportunity to feast together! There were also mass banquets and military parades. Red banners fly tall and strong on every major public building. Music is played, free concerts are arranged for anyone wanting to come. People are encouraged to walk freely around and meet new people and make new friends! The children dance around the streets. Cheering and chanting can be heard around the city! People break out into song and speeches are given to celebrate the victory. Bakeries were giving out food for free, and for many, this was the first time they've had bread in over 3 weeks. People could now view the southern auroras and their beauty without worrying how they will survive the next day. The dignity of the people has been restored. All buildings are being renovated to accommodate the needs of the people, their safety standards upgraded, and the aesthetic improved. This is just the beginning.

As part of this purge of the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie...
All mansions have been seized and converted into housing for the common man. The size of the mansion determines the number of apartments created. Tens of thousands of people who were homeless in the old society now have a place for them and their children to call home. All assets have also been seized, sometimes violently, but nonetheless seized, and distributed equally among every person in the country. Gone are the days when people's labor was used to create wealth for someone other than themselves! All of those who were within the top 10% of income in the old society have been evaluated for how they gained their riches. Those who exploited, and did not gain their riches through cultural talent (the companies used to create the albums have been prosecuted as well) have been sentenced to a number of life sentences that was the same as the number of employees had in jail. The lowest being 100 life sentences, and the highest being close to 200 thousand life sentences. After serving 30 years, they will have the choice of changing their ways and re-joining society after apologizing to the people for their misdeeds.

Before prosecution the former aristocrats were subjected to a 10-hour long session of complaints, criticisms, stories of suffering, and speeches from the very people they've harmed and exploited. The aristocrat under criticism was bound to a chair on a stage and the people would make their speeches from the theater itself, in which the seating rises steeply so as to intimidate and make the aristocrat feel powerless. The aristocrat under criticism was not allowed to speak unless it was to apologize. The formerly oppressed was allowed to do whatever they want, except injure the aristocrat. However, the formerly oppressed, while making his speech, could slap and/or strike the former aristocrat as many times as he needed to.

Before prosecution, the former bourgeois were given the choice to become a part of the collectives and become a positive member of the new community and society. 

Those who accepted were tasked with rebuilding the lives they've ruined as punishment before they could be free. They had a period of 40 years to complete each task or they would go to back to prison. The revolutionary government has set up several programs to help them finish these tasks.

Those who did not accept were given their prison sentences accordingly.

The bourgeois who committed the biggest atrocities, were executed, if they weren't already killed during the civil war.

As of today, there are now no more aristocrats in Arkez! Thanks to our capture of the airport early in the war, almost none of the bourgeoisie were able to escape the country, effectively getting away with their crimes. Those who have escaped have warrants for their arrest and host countries are encouraged to forcibly repatriate these aristocrats back to Arkez.

The bourgeois classes are finished.

They have been wiped off the face of the country.

Now the Party must focus on the transition to a true Communist society!
For humanity! For the world!!

First, a national anthem.
Arkez's national anthem is about the struggles of the people and how they've overcome the shadow of capitalist society.
You may listen to it using the link below. Listen to it and celebrate our sacrifices and love for the people!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7jrErMs4vs

[Rozalia]

Aristocrats == Capitalists apparently though I suppose it can in essence be argued considering how little difference there seems to be these days. After all people always say the difference is in one you are born into money while you work hard and make it in the other... but how many capitalists are born into money and act like toffs? How many lords in the past worked hard to go from a peasant to lord/King/Emperor? In reality there is little difference in upward mobility between the two. 

 

Anyway... congratulations friend on destroying the conservatives in your country. May your harvests be plentiful, and your treasury full. 

[Bilal the Great]

We over condolences to your soon-be starving people.

[Eric]

Communism in history has always been a failure... perhaps this new nation will change that?

[MRBOOTY]

 

As part of this purge of the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie...

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Before prosecution, the former bourgeois were given the choice to become a part of the collectives and become a positive member of the new community and society. 

 

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The bourgeois who committed the biggest atrocities, were executed, if they weren't already killed during the civil war.

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The bourgeois classes are finished.

 

 

 

 

 

I'll start taking bets for how long it takes for you to spawn billions into the game.

[Thalmor]

Let's count the human right's violations that this ''glorious'' revolution brought!

 

Before prosecution the former aristocrats were subjected to a 10-hour long session of complaints, criticisms, stories of suffering, and speeches from the very people they've harmed and exploited. The aristocrat under criticism was bound to a chair on a stage and the people would make their speeches from the theater itself, in which the seating rises steeply so as to intimidate and make the aristocrat feel powerless. The aristocrat under criticism was not allowed to speak unless it was to apologize. The formerly oppressed was allowed to do whatever they want, except injure the aristocrat. However, the formerly oppressed, while making his speech, could slap and/or strike the former aristocrat as many times as he needed to.

 

That's torture, so that makes one. It said also be noted that it says on your nations factbook that ''Torture has been abolished and prisoners are treated with dignity.'' So basically, that statement is a lie.

 

This actually isn't surprising, though. Governments lie, especially communist governments.

 

Those who accepted were tasked with rebuilding the lives they've ruined as punishment before they could be free. They had a period of 40 years to complete each task or they would go to back to prison. The revolutionary government has set up several programs to help them finish these tasks.

 

Okay, that sounds like slavery. That's two human right's violations.

 

The bourgeois who committed the biggest atrocities, were executed, if they weren't already killed during the civil war.

 

That's the death penalty, so that's three violations. This is assuming he was given a fair trial, but given the history of Communism and fair trials, it's safe to assume that he wasn't.

 

That 4 human right's violations in total. Good job Arkez!

 

The bourgeois classes are finished.

 

''We just killed all the land owners and business executives, now our economy will flourish!''

[General Peterson]

Have fun starving

[Pyer Toh]

Let's count the human right's violations that this ''glorious'' revolution brought!

 

 

That's torture, so that makes one. It said also be noted that it says on your nations factbook that ''Torture has been abolished and prisoners are treated with dignity.'' So basically, that statement is a lie.

 

This actually isn't surprising, though. Governments lie, especially communist governments.

 

 

Okay, that sounds like slavery. That's two human right's violations.

 

 

That's the death penalty, so that's three violations. This is assuming he was given a fair trial, but given the history of Communism and fair trials, it's safe to assume that he wasn't.

 

That 4 human right's violations in total. Good job Arkez!

 

 

''We just killed all the land owners and business executives, now our economy will flourish!''

In terms of torture, the people were allowed to strike the the capitalists. However, once they were brought into their jail cells, they are given a reasonably sized room, good food, and a not-to-demanding schedule to live by. Order is maintained in the prisons, and the prisoners never have to fear their inmates because the way prisoners are jailed together is completely different. So no. Torture is not being committed by the government. Because those striking the capitalists are not a part of that government.

 

On slavery. You think that factory workers in bangladesh aren't slaves? Where is your shirt made? What kind of conditions are people forced to endure so that you can have a little extra "choice" in what you wear? Your life is not more important than anyone else's life. The people of Arkez were slaves for centuries before they finally rebelled! They said "enough is enough!" And the damage that has been done by the capitalists, and the mess that they've created is now also their responsibility to clean up, with help from the government. They're not being whipped, and considering that we're moving towards a society with the most basic needs of the people being completely free of charge, they will easily be able to live in a nice house, eat food etc.

 

On the death penalty. Arkez is specifically against the death penalty. Executions were only carried out this time around because some of the worst attrocities have been committed. A quick trial was given for these offenders. Considering the mountain of evidence against them, they were quickly convicted. The people of Arkez are trying their best to not become like Guantanamo, and are learning from the revolutions of the past and trying to improve upon that.

 

When we say the bourgeois class is finished, we mean that it doesn't exist anymore. It wasn't systematically murdered, merely the status of rich people is now the same as the common man. There are no rich people in Arkez. And frankly people are happy to be a little poorer because they know that they aren't hurting other people to make themselves fat.

 

 

A number of you have said that "communism doesn't work" or that "You're going to starve". Okay so first of all, practically everything you've been taught about communism has been taught to you by the same system and society that has every motive to vilify communism. The people who determine what the media is teaching you are the same people who lied to you about Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, etc. You don't know what you think you know about communism. Second of all, you have to look at how it was before. I'll give you a good historical example. Before China's revolution, disease and famine were already commonplace. People were violently repressed and exploited in some of the most horrific ways imaginable. The people in the countryside were suffering like there was no tomorrow. During Mao there had been only one famine. During this time, half of the arable land in china had been destroyed by flood or drought. They had some of the worst weather in decades. There were a couple mistakes made by the party in the way they handled it yes. But after that famine, they never had another food problem. Disease in the countryside had all but been eliminated, the life expectancy doubled and the infant mortality rate in Shanghai was lower than that of New York City. A Nobel Prize winning economist named Amartya Sen, had himself said, that every year since independence in India, and every year since Mao in China, 4 million people in India had died (4 million/year that is), who would not have died if they had the same health care system that Mao put into place. And you're going to tell me that Mao killed millions of people? That claim doesn't add up with the statistical facts! And notice they can never come up with an exact number of "people killed by mao" and they never go into detail of how he allegedly killed them? It's !@#$!

 

I'll tell you what Isn't !@#$! 1 out of every 6 people in the Los Angeles area (where I live) don't have any food security. Over 45 million people in the United States live in poverty, and almost 50 million people in the US live in food insecure households. You tell me to have fun starving. Well, people in capitalist society are already starving!

 

Edit: I forgot to respond to the allegation of communism being a failure. In a real communist society, conflict doesn't rest in between classes, but rather within the party itself. There are always going to be some people within the highest ranks of the party who want to go back to capitalism. Deng Xiaoping was one of these people. If, somehow, one of these folks gains power, then you can say goodbye to your revolution, and hello to market reforms and capitalistic policies. It's not that the system itself failed, it's that the party was taken over by someone who was in favor of going back to capitalism, which is why you see china going in the direction it's going.

 

Also, in response to Thalmor's sarcastic quote "we just killed all the land owners, now our economy will flourish!" First of all, we did not kill the land owners. We imprisoned some of them, only 8 or so of them had large multi-national corporations that violated human rights in other countries, they're the ones who were quickly convicted and executed, while most of them decided to change their ways. And quite frankly, after what people in Arkez have been through, they have every right to do this to the former bourgeois. Nat turner is a good example. They may have killed their slave masters, but what were the slave masters doing to them? They wanted freedom for christ's sake! You don't condemn the killing of british soldiers after your bourgeois american revolution right?  Second of all, you're in a capitalist mode of thinking. You always think the economy is the most important thing. Money is your god. We never said our economy will flourish. The economy is not our top priority, people's quality of life is. People don't need the wealth they created to be taken away by some capitalist for society to meet its material needs. The people can still produce things, regardless of whether a fat pig is there to reap the fruits of their labor or not.

 

Edit 2: That's another important topic that Thalmor brought up. Honesty. Arkez's government has to be honest, or the revolution will fail. You cannot lie to people, because objective reality will eventually confront them, and then you're screwed. You have to tell the truth, and open communication is vital to the survival of the country and the revolutionary cause itself. This is part of why the Communist Party of the Southern Ocean encourages dissent and wants people to complain, so that we can fix whatever it is we're doing wrong. We in fact, pay people to voice their complaints, all people who participate are completely anonymous as well, just in case someone in the party has the wrong kind of thinking and wants to retaliate for complaints against his own errors.

Edited July 6, 2015 by Pyer Toh

[Eru Iluvatar]

People were violently repressed and exploited in some of the most horrific ways imaginable. The people in the countryside were suffering like there was no tomorrow. During Mao there had been only one famine. During this time, half of the arable land in china had been destroyed by flood or drought. They had some of the worst weather in decades. There were a couple mistakes made by the party in the way they handled it yes. But after that famine, they never had another food problem. Disease in the countryside had all but been eliminated, the life expectancy doubled and the infant mortality rate in Shanghai was lower than that of New York City. A Nobel Prize winning economist named Amartya Sen, had himself said, that every year since independence in India, and every year since Mao in China, 4 million people in India had died (4 million/year that is), who would not have died if they had the same health care system that Mao put into place. And you're going to tell me that Mao killed millions of people? That claim doesn't add up with the statistical facts! And notice they can never come up with an exact number of "people killed by mao" and they never go into detail of how he allegedly killed them? It's !@#$!

 

I'm not even going to debate, but you disgust me. Try going up to the people who suffered during Mao's reign and tell them that, people who lost family members during his purges or people who starved during his famine.

 

You're disgusting.

[Rozalia]

I'm not even going to debate, but you disgust me. Try going up to the people who suffered during Mao's reign and tell them that, people who lost family members during his purges or people who starved during his famine.

 

You're disgusting.

 

Couple of things. First the purges are not unique to communism and less unique are they to China where such a thing as familial exterminations of 9 relations (and even 10) existed. Wasn't just a tyrannical emperor thing either, as it was considered praiseworthy for a even a commoner to kill his father's killer's entire family due to it being a great show of "filial piety".

Secondly while Mao is to blame for his policies that resulted in people starving to death, communism itself isn't to blame. 

[Eru Iluvatar]

Couple of things. First the purges are not unique to communism and less unique are they to China where such a thing as familial exterminations of 9 relations (and even 10) existed. Wasn't just a tyrannical emperor thing either, as it was considered praiseworthy for a even a commoner to kill his father's killer's entire family due to it being a great show of "filial piety".

Secondly while Mao is to blame for his policies that resulted in people starving to death, communism itself isn't to blame. 

Never said Communism was in itself, I do believe there have been a few anarchist groups out there that have pulled it off on a smaller scale?

[General Peterson]

Guys, he's allowed to make a communist nation. Chill out.

[Eru Iluvatar]

Guys, he's allowed to make a communist nation. Chill out.

And deny/apologize genocide and mas murder...?

 

I didn't comment before, as he was just role-playing as a Communist, then he started apologizing for Mao and I find that utterly repugnant.

Edited July 6, 2015 by Eru Iluvatar

[General Peterson]

Fair enough

[Isolatar]

rip t$

[Kaiser Baldarius]

ATLAS mourns the losses of any aristocrats tortured and executed in this horrifying revolution. 

 

This people republic may have suceeded today. We will, however, see how far they come down the road when it comes to another "Great Leap Forward".