UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) IP: 203.158.221.227 URI: http://wesnoth.slack.it/?PoliticsThread - - - - - Index: PoliticsThread =================================================================== RCS file: /home/wesnoth/cvsroot/wikiroot/PoliticsThread,v retrieving revision 1.30 diff -u -r1.30 PoliticsThread --- PoliticsThread 5 Dec 2006 17:22:31 -0000 1.30 +++ PoliticsThread 5 Dec 2006 17:25:00 -0000 @@ -1,45 +1 @@ - Elvish Pillager: I think American politics is even worse than Wesnothian politics. -. - Kamahawk: Yeah. -. - MadMax: So, how about we talk abour wesnothian politics :) ? - "ILLEGITIMUS NON CARBORUNDUM" -. - Elvish Pillager: - Ok: - In Wesnoth, all citizens follow a leader, so their loyalty is unquestioned, and also there is always at least one - reasonably wise leader. What's more, the wise ones tend to end up in power, eventually. Also, the only form of - resistance is rebellion, and the only form of trickery is legitimate combat trickery, rather than befuddling people - with false information to get them to vote for inadequate leaders. -. - Scott: I always thought it was odd that in movies, books, tv, and video games the leader was always the oldest - or wisest guy who actually had leadership ability, wisdom, and the support of the people. In America, the - leaders are lawyers. Especially at the local level some of these yahoos look like used car salesmen. - Occassionally there will be a former doctor or businessperson running for office. But our lawyer-leaders are - the exact opposite of the leaders we put into our fiction. - "Manual Signature" -. - Elvish Pillager: - It's the Rule of Law that causes these problems. Without laws, some old wise guy with Leadership and - canrecruit=1 (or something) can just become, very directly, the de facto leader of a group of people. With them, - some idiot who isn't really supported ascends. I prefer direct rule by the people, and by law, rather than - resorting to these power-hungry middlemen who serve no purpose except to be a leader, which monarchs - and old wise men do MUCH better. -. - Shadowfury333: EP, could you please be clearer. Are you in favor of idiots in power, or wise men in power? -. - scott: theoretically the public servants aren't in "power", they speak for the people they represent. I suppose - ideally the representatives have perfect knowledge of our wills and advocate our wishes. In practice however, - we place so much emphasis on leadership and what the person does in office because the idiots are given free reign - to act on their own. It's a hole we dig ourselves into by not communicating with those who represent us. -. - eugenelim: What's the Wesnoth version of watergate or clintongate? -. - scott: betraying the king during a war and having your son take the throne -. - Shadowfury333: "I am not a betrayer." Doesn't have quite the same ring to it. -. - -||See Also|| - -* OffTopic +nyc0kckyaijzvs6 nyc0kckyaijzvs6 nyc0kckyaijzvs6 nyc0kckyaijzvs6 nyc0kckyaijzvs6b
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