Good day, people! This post has a two-fold purpose: The first being the posting of a link, to a website, my site. It's an incipient political movement of which I've been assigned the duty of writing the content for.
As I was considering my position on this task, I was struggling to assign an official name to the job position: Social Technician
Other names came to mind: Propaganda overseer Technical Writer Social Engineer (what do you think?) -
The movement or group is called ULA - Unified Liberty Alliance. Pronounced Yoolaa.
Any case, more importantly.. I want any friends or people in the audience to hopefully take a look.
Tell me if the content is applicable. If it applies to our planet, and the people of its age.. as we enter the incipient 21st century.
Remember, my audience are all the people of South Africa, in all their shades and flavours. And any unknown entity seen by the reader, can either be found through cursory research, or simply read in the assumed context.
PS : All the above content was produced within the mid region of the year 2020, before and entering May.
THE SECOND PURPOSE OF THIS POST:
Many a notion surrounding the timeline and history of Starcraft:
I wish to draw attention to all the political entities that feature: The United Earth Directorate, the Dominion, The Confederacy, the United Power League.. maybe more.
In the future I will use their concepts to draw upon worthy discussion.
But first.. what do people think of the methods of Arcturus Mengsk? Regarding what he envisioned.. Was Mengsk a skilled politician, or an accomplished tactician?
Were his methods unforgivable, or worthy to be recognised as the greater good?
He used the Zerg infestation, and steered them like a pervasive plague, to weaken and cause confusion midst the confederate Koprulu sector, and then used the Zerg as an excuse to unite the people, promising 'victory' afterwards under the new banner he forged, crowning himself Emperor.
And so.. we would have to see if the Terran Dominion was stronger than the Confederacy.
One true thought we could gather from Mengsk, is he apparently did unite people under his banner.. his new rule:
according to him he said:
"Already many of the dissident factions of joined us..." From the Inauguration speech
Finally.. This might seem stupidly materialistic and blithely devoid of sensible consideration.
But...
technically, the Dominion was healthy before Jim Raynor started dealing his strategic blows upon it: Viz. Wings of Liberty Starcraft 2.
Whatever the case shows to be, Arcturus Mengsk was not a libertarian. He did not hate government or promise a flattened equalized world of bountiful dreams and ideas of freedom. Arcturus Mengsk wasn't really left-wing. (If there is such a thing)
And, his methods were actually somewhat covert, and were aimed to subvert key elements of the confederacy.. rather than bulldozing forward in an aggressive fashion, screaming and shouting many a key-phrase of so-called Liberty and Freedom.
In essence, what I'm trying to say here is Arcturus Mengsk was not a liberal.
Jameswatts wrote on http://www.comsat.co.za/manifesto.php: Death Sentence is going to be re-introduced or reconsidered Lawyers who defend criminals will no longer be endured
He also wrote: The ULA believe that the fumes generated from urban lifestyle and industry, are not a source of pollution, but a sign of civilized man.
To top it all off, he wrote: Finally, concerning the overall theme of Consumer Life, the ULA will opt to submit a law regulating the ambiance of shopping malls.
That being, no music with a lyrical message can be played in public places. Only instrumental music will be permissable, be it dance, jazz, classical, drum & bass or whatever genre.
I'll not pretend I understood everything you wrote on that page. But the things I did understand, I wholeheartedly disagree with. Especially the music thing. No lyrics? Really?
@_fool That's a very important aspect of peaceably restoring ambiance in the public square..
think 'bout it.
A person (celebrity), who's given a platform to project their vocalized, individual feeling into a huge audience, is given the chance to 'sway' those people.
No one knows how healthy, or soundly strong that person is.. how come when you walk into a shopping mall or a clothes shop.. or some Burger Venue, Ed Sheeren is pumped into the minds of all the folk?
EDIT : Soundly strong, and worthy of aspiring towards.
Who elected him? Why does he have the right to influence the minds of all the people? When someone walks into a place, they should have the right to decide, whether or not they want to ingest something, within the auditory fabric of the public square.
With pure instruments, you can't go wrong easily.. and I'm sure there's some psychological validity to being able to multi-task or concentrate properly on stuff, without having something unconsciously or semi-consciously pumped into your mind! hehe
thank you for your input tho.. I'm friggin' grateful!
On January 24 2021 16:37 jameswatts wrote: technically, the Dominion was healthy before Jim Raynor started dealing his strategic blows upon it: Viz. Wings of Liberty Starcraft 2.
Whatever the case shows to be, Arcturus Mengsk was not a libertarian. He did not hate government or promise a flattened equalized world of bountiful dreams and ideas of freedom. Arcturus Mengsk wasn't really left-wing. (If there is such a thing)
speaking of libertarianism...
other than Howard Roark's court room speech ... this is the greatest speech ever.
I feel filthy now for having given your page a click, read the whole manifesto thing. I'm not going to quote that shit.
You want a glorified overpowered police state/military with less checks and balances? You want to indoctrinate children with a pro military attitude? Your plan for the judicative, oh boy. Even the accused in front of the Volksgerichtshof in Germany (my great grandfather among them) had some form of legal defense. Yeah, that's where this is going...
There's nothing to get from your propaganda. Same shit different colour.
We're living in the era of the death of satire, but that also makes difficult to tell whether the satirist is too far into it or whether the target of the satire is too benighted to understand.
What struck me most in this thread, though, is how high-minded people can be when discussing ideals and then completely discard these ideals in practice.
The movement is real and even though it sounds like a Judge Dread / Warhammer 40k adaption sometimes, reinforced by the imagery, i fail to see the satire. More so after checking it out.
On January 27 2021 02:24 r00ty wrote: The movement is real and even though it sounds like a Judge Dread / Warhammer 40k adaption sometimes, reinforced by the imagery, i fail to see the satire. More so after checking it out.
My point was that it's almost impossible to tell what is satire and not.
It's applicable to our world, our planet... This manifesto, this proposed ideology, whatever you wanna call it. and haha, it's not a cult.
Cult: [Definition] 1.Followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
2.Followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
3.A religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false
4.A system of religious beliefs and rituals
5.An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
- If any of those above aspects happen to manifest It would just accidentally be the result of, the long-delayed refusion of politics and religion, which would maybe, MAYBE, actually be the natural order of things. For back in ancient times, those two entities operated alongside each other.
But it wouldn't be defined by a doctrine, or a ritualistic movement. This ULA, or this ideology doesn't contain any ritual involving psychodrama.
It's simply a counter-current which - through its expression - simply seeks to deprive our current brand of progressive technocrat.
[EDIT] deprive and displace.. our current brand of commercial technocrat of their power.. and replace it with more competent, responsible people
The definition of that criteria of person.. is vividly obvious: these current technocrats... I'm talking about those well groomed, semi-aggressive, progress types, with their assertive, effeminate personalities.. Others look like a manifestation of Gordon Freeman, sporting thick specs and an insurmountable beard.
I just don't think these folk have the nerve or temerity to lead us into the 21st century.. let alone the 31st century.
(stay tuned, I plan to address more questions!!)
PS: While it might seem like a joke.. surely it could secretly be something like so.. but many things that were written, became a joke or were meant to be, like the Rosicrucian Manifestos.
But surely while they were funny or laughable, there is no doubt that the author took them seriously
@_fool (again) "...Death Sentence is going to be re-introduced or reconsidered... Lawyers who defend criminals will no longer be endured.."
Yes. that seems severe and one-dimensional. Yet I'm imagining - at that time - that the New Government would've successfully been transferred into the hands of a group of responsible, severely healthy and reliable group of people, immutably bound by duty, to some higher order & better purpose.
The anti-criminal sentiment it would not be some blind, syndicate plus combat-sweep through urban and rural areas, arresting or culling criminals.. indiscriminately.
What we hope to return to the public square, and daily life.. is that feeling of.. sacrificial severity. So, instead of the people looking forward to the lurid killing, sensual byplay and erotic deformity seen in their NetFlix shows, or Game of Thrones..
we would rather have them anticipate the death of the next insalubrious criminal... the criminal could also be seen as a hero dying on the battlefield of civil administration.
But once again, their crime must be commensurate with this deed. We cannot affordably have, say, some handler of illicit substance, being executed. Since that brand of rebellious insubordination - done by some idealistic crusader of risk - should be permissible in a society adventuristic, and would surely dampen the spirits of liberty and personal liberty, if it be found that government is attacking the right of the individual.
The 21st century is marked by a certain level of right to be irresponsible...
Do not interpret the ideology to be in accord with Light Yagami from DeathNote.. and don't interpret the doctrine as being as desperate to control as his Opposing Force, L (the detective).
- FINALLY.. yes about so called pollution: Surely no one really feels instinctively like a parasite or virus when they pump their car, or their motorbike with petrol?
Why do we have, movements, and the news, and media outlets, pumping the idea into the minds of the people that we're inherently a virus?
We are people, we are not a parasite on this planet...
Surely it be the position & right of the people, to harness the earth for resource and materials?
NOW THAT'S progress!! industrial progress.. It's the best thing ever, when at the petrol station to get a great sniff of that petrol tank!! AAAAH.. the machine, progress!!
(I'm semi-joking)
PS: JimmyJRaynor.. yes very much my brew, 100% I'm very fond of Arcturus Mengsk
On January 28 2021 15:45 jameswatts wrote: @_fool (again) "...Death Sentence is going to be re-introduced or reconsidered... Lawyers who defend criminals will no longer be endured.."
Yes. that seems severe and one-dimensional. Yet I'm imagining - at that time - that the New Government would've successfully been transferred into the hands of a group of responsible, severely healthy and reliable group of people, immutably bound by duty, to some higher order & better purpose.
The anti-criminal sentiment it would not be some blind, syndicate plus combat-sweep through urban and rural areas, arresting or culling criminals.. indiscriminately.
What we hope to return to the public square, and daily life.. is that feeling of.. sacrificial severity. So, instead of the people looking forward to the lurid killing, sensual byplay and erotic deformity seen in their NetFlix shows, or Game of Thrones..
we would rather have them anticipate the death of the next insalubrious criminal... the criminal could also be seen as a hero dying on the battlefield of civil administration.
But once again, their crime must be commensurate with this deed. We cannot affordably have, say, some handler of illicit substance, being executed. Since that brand of rebellious insubordination - done by some idealistic crusader of risk - should be permissible in a society adventuristic, and would surely dampen the spirits of liberty and personal liberty, if it be found that government is attacking the right of the individual.
The 21st century is marked by a certain level of right to be irresponsible...
Do not interpret the ideology to be in accord with Light Yagami from DeathNote.. and don't interpret the doctrine as being as desperate to control as his Opposing Force, L (the detective).
- FINALLY.. yes about so called pollution: Surely no one really feels instinctively like a parasite or virus when they pump their car, or their motorbike with petrol?
Why do we have, movements, and the news, and media outlets, pumping the idea into the minds of the people that we're inherently a virus?
We are people, we are not a parasite on this planet...
Surely it be the position & right of the people, to harness the earth for resource and materials?
NOW THAT'S progress!! industrial progress.. It's the best thing ever, when at the petrol station to get a great sniff of that petrol tank!! AAAAH.. the machine, progress!!
(I'm semi-joking)
PS: JimmyJRaynor.. yes very much my brew, 100% I'm very fond of Arcturus Mengsk
The thing is: These people don't exist. Humans are driven by their desires and the ones desiring power are the ones most likely to abuse it. Because they either revere power and are corrupt anyways, or revere change. If they revere change they will increasingly believe that the power they have legitimizes only their vision of change and will increasingly discard other opinions, ending with them thinking that not the ideal is justice, but they themselves are. We have seen many idealists and revolutionists become despicable dictators with large personal cults that would enrich themselves and suppress their people.
The only way to slow the corruption of a ruler is to force him to justify himself in front of checks that make him question whether or not he actually made the right choice. Total power corrupts totally and by giving a group total power you are only going to replace the old corrupt elite with a new one.
Mengks symbolizes this very well, his empire is corrupt, suppressive and guilty of all the things he openly fights against.
but imagine if there was like, a piece of brilliant manifesto, constructed to - once read repeatedly and absorbed - somehow imbue a group of people with a higher brand of 'humanitarian' principles.
...If our intelligentsia and cabinet, were picked from the ranks of the audience.
When I say audience, I mean like a select few from the starcraft 2 audience. Don't you feel that frustrating feeling that when you see these leaders.. these representatives on the telly, you KNOW that you could do a better job than them??
These people I'm imagining are like, semi-super human.. and imbued with a lifestyle devoid of luxury, hedonistic byplay, or modern ceremony..
and the criteria is various, they could range from technician specialists.. to soldiers. Prolific writers.. to Elvish warlords
the only way I can express it, is through this song: (Do try remark the voice of Blitherus, the complaining one, midst the elvish bunch, you'll know him when you hear him, haha)
..The rulers of the earthly kingdom, who retreat into the depth of the forest, and zone out to music strummed on their acoustic instruments..
Would that not be an enlightened few far superior to these leering journalists and aggressive bureaucrats of today's generation?
how to visualize a competent form of our modern men, I have know choice but to retreat to fiction and lore: like a handful of elite Terran ghost agents, working alongside that blue G-man, enigma from half-life, the guy who wears that blue bureaucratic suit.
In that fictional embodiement, I can picture the type of person who's able to make great changes, cause great displacements, but through their higher knowledge, they know that THAT displacement, is for some greater good that'll eventuate into a better outcome, on the planet.
... I feel strongly that amongst our ruling modern class of today, hedonism has become a Numinosum.
that might seem vividly absurdly obvious.. but think about it carefully, especially when you compare the entertainment and the media they produce for their audience to consume.
It's wrapped in a disguise of aggressive-humanitarianism. and I think, I THINK, it goes by the name liberalism.. ... But the hope and future of our planet, it's right here, they're right here now, the people.. in this very room, this cyber-room or online platform.
Here.. online we find our new members and leaders of the 21st century.. those who have a propensity for advanced sports.. or eSports..
those armed with an adequate command of technology, language and other things..
@Wombat Judge Dredd.. How so? What does that actually mean? I thought 1984 was a Dystopia..
and aye you must've seen where I sourced one of the images from. ...
While I don't like to dismantle the back-end of the propaganda, lest it ruffles the artfulness of the delivery.. The Judge System was more ruthless in the parallel dimension, where Judge Death came from.
I think the law enforcement Judge System in mega city, where Judge Dredd comes from, was a bit more reasonable. I think..
- May I ask some folk here present, to possibly explain what a Dystopia is.. or what Dystopic denotes..
On January 29 2021 05:44 jameswatts wrote: @Wombat Judge Dredd.. How so? What does that actually mean? I thought 1984 was a Dystopia..
and aye you must've seen where I sourced one of the images from. ...
While I don't like to dismantle the back-end of the propaganda, lest it ruffles the artfulness of the delivery.. The Judge System was more ruthless in the parallel dimension, where Judge Death came from.
I think the law enforcement Judge System in mega city, where Judge Dredd comes from, was a bit more reasonable. I think..
- May I ask some folk here present, to possibly explain what a Dystopia is.. or what Dystopic denotes..
Well the whole central premise of Judge/Jury/Executioner embodied in one role, no lawyers for those criminal scum in sight. Which is not exactly far removed from your musings.
Also a future where consumerism is king.
While Dredd is dystopian and satirical in nature, at its core is a general in-universe law that the Judges actually are incorruptible arbiters of the law.
I thought a Dystopia is like a world, or a setting that makes you feel dysphoric. And a Utopia is meant to be Euphoric.
I'll never forget my first encounter with the word Utopia, going through the catacombs of Diablo 1, hehe.. and encountering those books apparently written by Lazarus.
"..beyond the Utopian Kingdoms of the high heavens, and the chaotic pits of the burning hells.."
...
Ok but I'll use this post to refresh the overall, clumsy delivery here present.
Yes, there's plenty here that's shaky and damning, and might collapse under the slightest close examination.. Yet.. two things I think the audience can semi-agree upon, is that, there are always TWO things produced by the people on this planet.
Waste, and Violence.
That seems vividly stupid and obvious.. and like I'm trying to hammer the audience with a philosophical smack.
I actually wrote about several months ago, concerning 'Violence'.
I was worried that if a state of Peace was brought about on the planet, games like Starcraft might lose their place in the community, and the people.
And I am worried that if the problem of violence was cured, that it would be sublimated, or trapped in a circuitous bubble of unhealthy, sickening sublimation.
Unfortunately that's the extent of my worry and how far my thought reaches. And I can't quite develop it further than that, except that I don't want the statement to become a dead-end cul de sac of resignation.
The other thing is Waste.. and haha all I can explain about that is, the ending of the game KKND, remember with those two teams, the Survivors and the Evolved..
When you finish the game with the Survivor, the world is restored back to a City.. Metropolis Not the whole surface of the planet, but surely it suggests : "Cities are back"
It's probably normal for people to harvest the resources of the planet, and it would be much worse to try suppress that practise..
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