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Dr george wrote:

As he was the father of modern sociology, he would likely be more read in sociological classes/circles than those of philosophy.
A course on him could be (and probably is) as a senior seminar undergrad or going a bit deeper into him.
I think a 500-level course on him, perhaps just entitled Philosophy of Sociology. Perhaps it could be team-taught by a philosopher, a sociologist, and a political scientist.
Is there a Philosophy of Durkheim for Dummies out there? Anybody?

School of Life did a short video on him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9W0GQvONKc

The platocracy wrote:

May I suggest founding a defense force? No attacking or anything, but we need to have some sort of protection.

We have an active founder. Most raiders will avoid such a region.

The platocracy wrote:

May I suggest founding a defense force? No attacking or anything, but we need to have some sort of protection.

We are completely safe as we are. With an active Founder and a non-Executive WAD, the worst they could do is seize Central K's seat briefly, then I or one of the other officers would banject the usurper and his cronies. They would have to send 10+ WA nations to surpass (and naturally keep), so maybe to increase our regional census by 10+ WA nations, we would allow them to keep the delegacy.

Euharmonia wrote:

What is your philosophy in how you run your nation? Do you have a particular goal for which you're aiming? Would you like to live in your nation if it was a real place? Are three or more questions in a row too many? ;)

I use several different philosophies within my 60+ nations. Most of them are high freedom (like NONNY), maxxing out all three major categories (Civil Rights, Economy, and Political Freedom) at 100%. Most of these nations (with the stinky exception of Haunted roller coaster) also strive to have a green environment, so that takes several economic options of the table, so their Economies won't grow as fast. In NONNY's case, he is #1 in the world for Highest crime rates, so he intends to hold onto that trophy. He is also in the top 10 for Most Armed, Most Cultured, and Publishing. Most of these nations float back and forth between Civil Rights Lovefest and Anarchy.

Several of my nations strive for different governmental types. Others try to emulate the positions of a certain government or party or individual. Others are governed by the Dark Side, including Buer the demon and The emperor for life. Most of the Benders were my attempt to create a template that would emulate NONNY. Spender bender only differs from Son of benderbot

(AGAIN! ARRRGH!) and stays pretty consistently at Iron-Fist Consumerist. A couple of my nations are low freedom across-the-board, aiming for (0,0,0), which is surprizingly hard to get to.

Back in Ye Olden Dayes, Dr george was a utopian experiment to see if I could get my freedoms and economy up to at least World Benchmark, have a NHS, have a minimum wage, have no crime, free college, have a good environment, etc. I achieved that and stopped answering issues for several years. The along came refactoring and suddenly I had a tax rate and crime again. I tried for a long time to recreate the Dr George of old, but I haven't been able to do it thus far; I suspect it cannot be done any more.

Nw hell rehab center and I both created programs to emulate hippies. My intention was that he would eventually become and stay a Left-Wing Utopia, but, surprisingly, he's spent much of his life as an Inoffensive Centrist Democracy! It turned out he was choosing left-wing freedoms, but banning right-wing freedoms.

So, there are many, many ways to decide the right answer for a given dilemma, although be warned, some issues do NOT yield results that would be implied in the writeup. Part of the challenge of NS is learning how the different choices affect you

Euharmonia wrote:

What is your philosophy in how you run your nation? Do you have a particular goal for which you're aiming? Would you like to live in your nation if it was a real place? Are three or more questions in a row too many? ;)

I have 3 nations. One is trying to be as free as can be, one is a socialist utopia, and one is a satire of Australian Politics. I would have to say The Platocracy is my favorite.

Dr george wrote:

There are no objectively right or wrong answers on NS, just a matter of choice.
You can be high freedoms or low freedoms.
You can be industrialized or green (or industrialized AND green!)
You can be conservative or liberal.
You can be Utopian or Dystopian.
You can be hellish or heavenly.
You can be geenerous or stingy.
You can be educated or stupid.
You can be scientifically advanced or Primitive.
You can be a raider or a defender.
It's all up to you!

In the case of this nation, you can be vicious AND compassionate! And the citizens don't care - they're all sedated.

We often played The Pines of Rome in symphonic bands. The trombone part is ludicrously boring!

Euharmonia wrote:

What is your philosophy in how you run your nation? Do you have a particular goal for which you're aiming? Would you like to live in your nation if it was a real place? Are three or more questions in a row too many? ;)

My goal is simply to follow my own personal beliefs (as I continue to inform them) and to see where that takes me.

Dr george wrote:

There are no objectively right or wrong answers on NS, just a matter of choice.
You can be high freedoms or low freedoms.
You can be industrialized or green (or industrialized AND green!)
You can be conservative or liberal.
You can be Utopian or Dystopian.
You can be hellish or heavenly.
You can be geenerous or stingy.
You can be educated or stupid.
You can be scientifically advanced or Primitive.
You can be a raider or a defender.
It's all up to you!

- high freedoms
- industrialized AND green
- liberal
- Utopian
- heavenly (if that's even a thing)
- generous
- educated
- scientifically advanced
- defender (although I dent generally get involved in this aspect, raiders are just plain and simple bullies)

I am. I haven't played in many years now.

I'm an active player and have a concert tomorrow. But I've had so much testing, I've played most of the songs less than 4 times. Wish me luck.

so im new could someone tell me what do do