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The world wildlife fund

Verdant Haven wrote:I try to maintain significant (though by no means total) personal and political freedoms, with a heavily regulated (but still capitalist) economy. In particular, I enjoy trying to maintain a powerful economy without compromising my environmental credentials. Presently I maintain better than global top 0.5% in Eco-Friendliness, Environmental Beauty, and Weather, while still managing a global top 3% economy. I suppose one could say that it is my unwritten goal to continue to improve all of those.

This is probably one of the best answers I've seen yet, especially the last part, those are pretty important to me as well.

Political freedom in NationStates is a strange thing. No matter how much of it you give your citizens they'll never use it. You'll still get to make all the decisions forever. You can have a 100% tax rate, sacrifice their firstborn live on TV, and force them to travel round naked by skateboard and they still won't overthrow you. They're such a pushover.

Effazio, Einswenn, Atsvea, Ruinenlust, and 9 othersLord Dominator, Palos heights, Hoochlandia, The Teeth, Middle Barael, Nation of ecologists, Garbelia, Difinbelk, and The world wildlife fund

Difinbelk wrote:What's this one in reference to?

Rule by cichlids, I suppose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cichlid

Blue Nagia would probably count as a lacertocracy... rule by lizards. 🦎 Just don't call us a draconian state. ;P

The world wildlife fund wrote:Hey, quick question. What are yall's preferred levels of freedom? (side note: it doesn't have to be the one you have, but the one you prefer) Here, I'll start: Mine would be a high amount of personal and political freedoms, but a little on the lower side for economic freedoms.

Economic freedom isn't a freedom I strictly believe in, though my nation does have it stats-wise. At the core of it, giving everyone "the freedom to make money" with little oversight lends itself to being gamed by the people who see numbers going up as entertainment, without any thought for the effect it has on the average person.

If people want to play games with imaginary numbers on computers to feel like they got to the top of a leaderboard, let them play MMOs.

The other two freedoms are very important to me. Personal because I believe in the right to self-determination, and honestly the vast majority of personal freedoms are things the government has no business regulating, like falling in love with someone not of your assigned opposite gender. Political because, while I may not agree with every political outlook, telling people they can't hold or talk about a political position just angers people and leads to more unrest.

My goal for a nation is: let people speculate as they please on what capitalism or fascism might be like, and lead in such a way that no one actually wants to implement them, because they're happy as is.

Atsvea, Ruinenlust, Lord Dominator, Uan aa Boa, and 8 othersPalos heights, Hoochlandia, Myordas, The Teeth, Middle Barael, Nation of ecologists, Garbelia, and Difinbelk

Post by Schelswig holstien suppressed by Einswenn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
hue hue hue hue

Atsvea and Myordas

Difinbelk wrote:What's this one in reference to?

Cichlids, a kind of fish.

Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, Middle Barael, and 2 othersNation of ecologists, and Garbelia

Post by Kepler-0085 suppressed by Ruinenlust.

Kepler-0085

Middle Barael wrote:Middle Barael has reached the top 1% for healthiest citizens. I guess that’s what happens when everyone is born with a Mediterranean diet!

How bout Demoncracy?

I
LIKE
SPAGHETTI
SO.....
How about Arpestocracy?
[hr]
Also anyone would like to participate in LoTR RP?
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=503189

In regards to people freedom, I do the same thing here is Nation States that I do in real life.

I end up dismissing issues because the answer I want to give is 'let people follow their own conscience and they'll probably behave well, and if they don't we can ask them nicely to change their mind.'

This is why I shouldn't be in charge of anyone but myself.

Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, Hoochlandia, and 4 othersMiddle Barael, Nation of ecologists, Garbelia, and The world wildlife fund

Kepler-0085 wrote:I
LIKE
SPAGHETTI
SO.....
How about Arpestocracy?
[hr]
Also anyone would like to participate in LoTR RP?
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=503189

Kepler,

THIS
IS
NOT
HOW
WE
POST
ON
THE
RMB,
PLEASE.

Einswenn, Mount Seymour, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, and 10 othersUan aa Boa, Palos heights, Outer Bele Levy Epies, Terrabod, Simbolon, Lura, Middle Barael, Hamyan, Nation of ecologists, and Garbelia

The world wildlife fund wrote:Hey, quick question. What are yall's preferred levels of freedom? (side note: it doesn't have to be the one you have, but the one you prefer) Here, I'll start: Mine would be a high amount of personal and political freedoms, but a little on the lower side for economic freedoms.

High personal freedom, low economic freedom and zero political freedom.

People can do whatever they want in their personal life but politics are for politicians. I give no right to anyone to manipulate other people with shortsighted ideas and fanciful ideals.

Plus, it feels good to be a benevolent dictator

...and a malevolent schemer.*laughs maniacally*

Effazio, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, and 6 othersTerrabod, Middle Barael, Hamyan, Nation of ecologists, Garbelia, and The world wildlife fund

The world wildlife fund

Kepler-0085 wrote:I
LIKE
SPAGHETTI
SO.....
How about Arpestocracy?
[hr]
Also anyone would like to participate in LoTR RP?
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=503189

this just screams "I'm so quirky and random" vibes

Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, Hoochlandia, and 5 othersAlsakah, Middle Barael, Hamyan, East skirsburg, and Difinbelk

Mad citizens

Uan aa Boa wrote:Political freedom in NationStates is a strange thing. No matter how much of it you give your citizens they'll never use it. You'll still get to make all the decisions forever. You can have a 100% tax rate, sacrifice their firstborn live on TV, and force them to travel round naked by skateboard and they still won't overthrow you. They're such a pushover.

Au contraire mon frère. We have used our political and civil liberties quite extensively however since we publicly executed (yes, you can do that over here) the last five people that were willing to accept the position of "ruler" (the function seems to attract certain type of individuals) we kind of used up all the volunteers and the nation has been adrift ever since.

Ownzone, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Uan aa Boa, and 9 othersPalos heights, Hoochlandia, Terrabod, Middle Barael, Hamyan, Nation of ecologists, Garbelia, Difinbelk, and The world wildlife fund

Hellow people

Ownzone, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, and 6 othersHoochlandia, Myordas, Middle Barael, Hamyan, Nation of ecologists, and The world wildlife fund

I have possible plans to save Lake Victoria Cichlids atleast hypothetically, One is to get permit, hire cichlid catching fishermen/fisherwomen, find males and females of respective pure and NOH (naturally occurring hybrids), breed and sell if too many or release in ponds then to the lake or another plan to discourage Nile Perch farming and release and encourage the citizens in the shores of Lake Victoria cichlid farming for aquarium trade or food and introduce instead agriculture of plants and land livestock.

Atsvea, Ruinenlust, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, and 5 othersHoochlandia, Northern Wood, Middle Barael, Nation of ecologists, and The world wildlife fund

The world wildlife fund

Myordas wrote:I have possible plans to save Lake Victoria Cichlids atleast hypothetically, One is to get permit, hire cichlid catching fishermen/fisherwomen, find males and females of respective pure and NOH (naturally occurring hybrids), breed and sell if too many or release in ponds then to the lake or another plan to discourage Nile Perch farming and release and encourage the citizens in the shores of Lake Victoria cichlid farming for aquarium trade or food and introduce instead agriculture of plants and land livestock.

See what steps we're taking to help prevent the lake victorian cichilds and other animals in the area from going extinct here: wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/africa_rift_lakes, and if you would like to support our work, you can donate to us here: lp.panda.org/donate. Thank you all, and have a great day!

Frieden-und Freudenland, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, and 4 othersHoochlandia, Myordas, Middle Barael, and Nation of ecologists

Nation of ecologists

Alright, I have finished the Green Politics section of my Green Ideology Index. Feedback would be appreciated.

Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, Hoochlandia, and 6 othersTerrabod, Myordas, Simbolon, Middle Barael, Garbelia, and The world wildlife fund

The world wildlife fund

Nation of ecologists wrote:Alright, I have finished the Green Politics section of my Green Ideology Index. Feedback would be appreciated.

Very well-done description of the ideologies! If you need any help with any of them, I can help you out with them.

Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, Middle Barael, and 2 othersNation of ecologists, and Garbelia

Nation of ecologists wrote:Alright, I have finished the Green Politics section of my Green Ideology Index. Feedback would be appreciated.

Oh, I forgot, if you are including Bright-Green Environmentalism, you should probably also include Light-Green and Dark-Green environmentalism. Light Green environmentalism is focused on changes in your daily life and personal habits, while Dark Green is focused on wide-sweeping, systemic, bold change and overhaul to solve the climate crisis.

Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, Hoochlandia, and 4 othersNation of ecologists, Garbelia, Difinbelk, and The world wildlife fund

Nation of ecologists

Middle Barael wrote:Oh, I forgot, if you are including Bright-Green Environmentalism, you should probably also include Light-Green and Dark-Green environmentalism. Light Green environmentalism is focused on changes in your daily life and personal habits, while Dark Green is focused on wide-sweeping, systemic, bold change and overhaul to solve the climate crisis.

Thanks for the recommendation, however I think those descriptions would fit into other ideologies like radical environmentalism and green liberalism. Also, bright-green environmentalism combines technological progress with environmentalist tendencies.

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Draw has finished with Lugnan, Einswenn & Middle Barael meeting together in one group as three forestian teams.

Einswenn, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, and 5 othersTerrabod, Middle Barael, Nation of ecologists, Garbelia, and Lugnan

Blue Nagia wrote:Rule by cichlids, I suppose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cichlid
<snip>

Myordas wrote:Cichlids, a kind of fish.

Thanks for the new knowledge about fish, but I'm asking more if it was parodying a form of government (considering the previous puns were.)

Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, Middle Barael, and 2 othersNation of ecologists, and Garbelia

East skirsburg

Arklanda wrote:page=dispatch/id=1538923

Draw has finished with Lugnan, Einswenn & Middle Barael meeting together in one group as three forestian teams.

That is pretty great to have a women's greencup team especially when they get paid less than men hopefully it will change in the future

Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, Terrabod, and 5 othersMiddle Barael, Nation of ecologists, Garbelia, Arklanda, and The world wildlife fund

East skirsburg wrote:That is pretty great to have a women's greencup team especially when they get paid less than men hopefully it will change in the future

I know you're not really talking about sports in general, but I think the reason female athletes get paid less is just because women's sports don't make nearly as much money as men's leagues. They typically get fewer spectators and as such get less money from sponsorships. It doesn't excuse them getting paid less, though, because typically men's and women's leagues are run by the same organisation so they'd have all that money from both leagues shared between them. Having women's matches air at poor timeslots in the middle of the day also suggests that most organisations don't really care that it doesn't make money and that it's more of a "look, gender equality!" move only really meant for good PR.

Mount Seymour, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, and 6 othersTerrabod, The Teeth, Nation of ecologists, East skirsburg, Garbelia, and Arklanda

Lura wrote:I know you're not really talking about sports in general, but I think the reason female athletes get paid less is just because women's sports don't make nearly as much money as men's leagues. They typically get fewer spectators and as such get less money from sponsorships. It doesn't excuse them getting paid less, though, because typically men's and women's leagues are run by the same organisation so they'd have all that money from both leagues shared between them. Having women's matches air at poor timeslots in the middle of the day also suggests that most organisations don't really care that it doesn't make money and that it's more of a "look, gender equality!" move only really meant for good PR.

Specifically for soccer it is a often repeated talking point that isn’t quite that cut and dry. From games alone, the US women's team has made more money recently and historically they have been about the same.

Sponsorships are not separated out from male/female thus its irrelevant what the driving factor is there. But from viewership alone its hard to believe someone could make the case for men being paid more.

Then there is also the issue of that both teams operate under different collective bargaining agreements.

For other sports, its really about how culture influences viewership. Women’s basketball is boring. Not because women play it or because its not basketball, but because the sport is more about exciting plays than it is about the fundamentals of basketball. Power and Strength are just more suited to it. If you had different rules for Women’s basketball, I think you could ignite a fan base.

Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, Lura, and 2 othersNation of ecologists, and Garbelia

Ardelark's both teams (women and men) are equally good since they lost Quarter-Finals against the same team. But the women's team is a bit stronger than the first team, this is why it gains more support and sponsorship in Ardelark currently.

Ardelark (Women's) 2-3 Haivon (Women's)
Ardelark (Men's) 0-2 Haivon (Men's)
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And I'm waiting this Women's GreenCup to see how my team will do. Good luck for my team, and others!

Einswenn, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Palos heights, and 4 othersTerrabod, The Teeth, Nation of ecologists, and Garbelia

The Cypher Nine wrote:Specifically for soccer it is a often repeated talking point that isn’t quite that cut and dry.

I'm not really sure what point you're making, but the average Premier League salary per week is in the region of double or triple the Women's Super League annual salary. Some of the top-earning female football players have to work second jobs to bolster their earnings (88% of Women's Super League players earn less than £18,000 a year). I think Lura hit the nail on the head, really - women's football is "less important" so they receive much less funding than men's leagues and the chronic under-funding means that they receive lower viewership which results in them receiving less funding and so on and so forth. The cards have been stacked against female football players from day one, and you'd have to be sticking your head in the sand to deny that. The "if women's sports were better then they would get more funding" line is faulty because they can't get better without funding. You're criticising them for not breaking through barriers defined by a bunch of all-powerful super-rich old men.

Of course, things are changing (sloooooowly)... but that doesn't excuse any of the above.

Oh, and a great thing about women's football, and most likely other women's sports, is that women piss about less on the pitch. Statistically speaking, there's less play-acting, fewer faked injuries and less timewasting - three things I really hate about football - because there's no incentive to play up for the cameras.

Effazio, Mount Seymour, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, and 9 othersUan aa Boa, Palos heights, Simbolon, The Teeth, Lura, Middle Barael, Nation of ecologists, Garbelia, and Arklanda

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