that is a fair description of us, yes. after all we all know that we are really under a dictatorship led by our tyrannical former first minister Radicalania
Shamian, Eriadni, Pajonia, Arsa, and 4 othersThe greater tulsa area, The passerine islands, Unified communist councils, and Albatraoz
Yes, totally all Martyn's fault. Blame all of our issues on him, not me.
Martyn is Big Brother. I once overheard him telling RadioFreeTCB that 2+2=5
Greatunion of soviet socialist republics, Shamian, Sodoran Alesia, Eriadni, and 7 othersTchitan, Arsa, The greater tulsa area, The passerine islands, Unified communist councils, Albatraoz, and Markelia
Comrades, the Daily News! Polls for the executive election are open until Sunday. Voting is open to all citizens. Also, just a few more days to get your spooky Halloween flag submitted for a chance to win some Legendary cards
Kies dwyndtopia, Andrewnmark, Banana ussr monke land69, Mavinapia, Pogging Through The Pain, Scarryin, Sovietlandi, Vlenkenov, Sun dragon, Potato eeeee, United croatian empire, Oskiland, Totally democratic country wink wink, New birportium, Thyintellect, Scotish-british union, A country that is cool, Atavkavaner, Willainia, Colacky, Rystoplia, Orntie, Imperial ororkloyleistan, Bethrael, Panjami, Donnoyet, Peoples democratic republic of chinook, and Puggybug!
Latest Announcements
Minister of Information:
The Executive Election is open now and will remain open until 15:00 UTC Sunday, 24 October.
Spoopy Month is upon us, so y'all better make halloween themed flags or you wont be entered into the competition to win 3 Legendary Cards! Simply Telegram me (Radicalania) once your halloween themed flag is on your nation before the 26th of October (GMT), and on the 26th I'll open a vote on our forum which will be ongoing until Halloween- with the winner taking all 3 cards.
Election Updates
The Executive election is officially open, and you may vote here. The poll will be available for 48 hours from posting, or until 15:00 UTC Sunday, 24 October.
The candidates are as follows with links to their campaigns when available. Additionally, Sylphy has posted a campaign in the last day, so check that out!
Should a candidate ask for it, the Minister of Information will be responsible for sharing one campaign telegram per candidate via Telegram on the NationStates website.
Regional News
International News
Executive elections are open and will close on 24 October. Vote here!
World
NationStates now allows SVG images for flags which means that you can have a pretty flag show up everywhere across the site without loss in quality when the image is re-scaled. Additionally, they have added a feature so you can see if someone has outbid you in the Trading Card mini game when you check your bids and auctions.
Current Events Keep an eye out for announcements about upcoming events here and on Discord!
Regional:
Executive Election (until 24 October)
Spooky nation flag card contest (until 26 October)
General Bulletins
Politics:
If you’re not endorsing our delegate Kethania, you should do that straight away! Every endorsement on our delegate protects our regional security as well as amplifies our voice on WA resolutions. You should also endorse our vice delegates, Marxmeans, Shamian, The Workers Union of Habsburg-Lorraine and Ubertas!
Become a citizen! This allows you to participate in regional politics, pick your representatives, and join the Regional Discord server. More information can be found here.
Check out the Law Archive. It is an easy way to navigate and keep track of all our laws. This document is updated as new laws get passed.
If you are interested in getting involved, consider volunteering with one of the Ministries. You can sign up here. We greatly appreciate the work all our volunteers do!
NationStates:
Want some endorsements? Run the Revolutionary Endorsement Program! It's simple and doesn't take very much time. Endorse comrades, get endorsed back. If you run into any trouble, send a telegram to The Passerine Islands on NationStates or post in Discord, and we can help troubleshoot. Alternatively, post the following to the RMB:
[nation]ink_cloud[/nation], rep
The TCB Card Factory is open and churning out cards! This program includes regional giveaways, a regional art museum, card requests, and of course, shiny 1% International Artwork badges. TCBs Card Factory is asking for a team of volunteers to help operate card farms to ensure a steady supply of cards are being printed. Think you can help? Sign up today.
We created a glossary of NationStates terms! We hope this helps anyone who is unsure of what different acronyms and slang mean.
We have published the Master Dispatch. This should be the first place you go if you are looking for information on TCB or NationStates. It contains links to every major resource, and it is pinned under the WFE.
Other:
Our forums are online, but unfortunately, we have lost a whole year of data. If you applied for citizenship between February 2020 and December 2020, make sure to reapply. You may also have to recreate your account. Apologies for this inconvenience. The government will be working as quickly as possible to re-accept citizenship applications. (Disclaimer: this only applies if you were registered as a citizen in-between February 2020 and December 2020. If you have joined TCB after this time period you do not need to re-apply for citizenship) Please also make an account at https://theredand.black/ so the transition to the NSLeft forum goes as smoothly as possible.
We have created a list of leftist resources! This is an ongoing project, and if you think there is something missing from this list, please telegram or DM me. I am The Passerine Islands here and Sam on Discord.
While run by the Ministry of Information, the Daily News does not necessarily reflect the stance of the current administration. Please contact the Minister of Information The Passerine Islands on NationStates or Sam in the Regional Discord for any corrections, suggestions, questions, comments, or concerns.
The discussion on theory earlier avoided clearly elucidating on the fundamental reason why such education should be encouraged - to guide practice. Theory for the sake of itself can be actively detrimental as Mao touched on in Oppose Book Worship. It's the interplay between practice and theory that forms what Marxists often call praxis, the two locked in a spiral expanding and advancing the other. Disregarding theory is sure to lead to tactical and strategic issues that have already been addressed as well as recreating aspects of theory that frankly have likely been explained better already. In this light those who are deeply critical about previous socialist projects should be the first to emphasize reading more.
Leftist texts can be dry and the language distant to contemporary readers, but at the same time concepts in them can be quite intuitive. Take for example the industrial reserve army (rendered elsewhere as the reserve army of labour) Marx mentions in Capital Vol. I, Ch. 25 - sounds scary right? All that is is the mass of unemployed people in capitalist regimes, where the simple existence of a surplus of workers is used as a way to curb workers' power. Every worker who has dealt with scabs, heard their boss say that someone is replaceable, or something similar understands on a visceral level this power the bourgeoisie so cruelly wields. Reading Marx's work here helps one understand how the RAoL functions and puts into perspective the history behind it, how unique it is to capitalism. Learning more about previous socialist projects like the USSR and how they abolished the RAoL is worthwhile too. When I finished this chapter of Capital I understood why full employment was something the Soviets strove for. This knowledge is empowering, not only giving us a more accurate and detailed picture of capitalism and its issues, and not merely for strategy - it can impact your personal life. Knowledge of the RAoL should make any worker in fields where there are labor shortages more liable to not hold back against the class enemy.
---
While anger is understandable in response to slander against other socialist projects, the dismissive tone towards democratic socialism and other tendencies in previous posts should be avoided. Allende isn't the only demsoc to ever hold state power - demsocs do have a successful project to point to in Venezuela. Their communal councils serve as organs of direct and participatory democracy; these institutions offer a glimpse of a different future and are worth studying regardless of tendency. If we can look at libertarian socialism more broadly than just anarchism we can likewise find projects that have borne fruit in the Zapatista territories.
Greatunion of soviet socialist republics, Sodoran Alesia, Eriadni, Arsa, and 3 othersThe greater tulsa area, The passerine islands, and Unified communist councils
Alasday
Ink Cloud , rep Also is it only rep or anything else?
Highest Census difference between New Astri and Liminallia: ☂️ top 3% vs top 89% Largest Welfare Programs 📡 top 8% vs top 85% Largest Information Technology Sector 🌐 top .9% vs top 77% Most Influential 🎌 top 94% vs top 18% Most Patriotic 🧢 top 5% vs top 73% Most Rebellious Youth 🛖 top 89% vs top 21% Most Primitive 📈 top 17% vs top 84% Most Efficient Economies
Highest Census similarity between New Astri and Liminallia: 🛋️ top 99% vs top 99% Largest Furniture Restoration Industry ⚖️ top 19% vs top 20% Most Advanced Law Enforcement 🍷 top 17% vs top 18% Most Cultured 👙 top 19% vs top 17% Nudest 🚜 top 86% vs top 84% Largest Agricultural Sector 🚚 top 69% vs top 71% Largest Black Market ❤️ top 5% vs top 8% Most Compassionate Citizens
okay yeah so i asked micha about it on the discord & there are 3 commands - @ink cloud, rep (used to bring up the revolutionary endorsement program, which will tell you who to unendorse and who to endorse to maximize our regional security and influence) - @ink cloud, compare polices @nation (used to compare policies between yr nation and the nation you specify) - @ink cloud, compare cenusus @ nation (used to compare censuses between yr nation and the nation you specify)
sorry for the slight spam while i was figuring that out lmao
(edit: found out that you can't currently compare policies between two nations that aren't yours--it will automatically compare your nation to the nation you specify)
Highest Census difference between Arsa and Arsa: ✌️ top 64% vs top 64% Most Extensive Civil Rights 📈 top 7% vs top 7% Most Efficient Economies 🗣️ top 90% vs top 90% Most Politically Free 🧑 top 50% vs top 50% Largest Populations 💎 top 96% vs top 96% Greatest Rich-Poor Divides ☠️ top 99% vs top 99% Highest Unexpected Death Rate ❤️ top 89% vs top 89% Most Compassionate Citizens
Highest Census similarity between Arsa and Arsa: ✌️ top 64% vs top 64% Most Extensive Civil Rights 📈 top 7% vs top 7% Most Efficient Economies 🗣️ top 90% vs top 90% Most Politically Free 🧑 top 50% vs top 50% Largest Populations 💎 top 96% vs top 96% Greatest Rich-Poor Divides ☠️ top 99% vs top 99% Highest Unexpected Death Rate ❤️ top 89% vs top 89% Most Compassionate Citizens