about the (A)utarks

[eristikophiles]

of course it would be nice if everyone could live in peace and harmony and we could just fly transports. unfortunately, that would be both highly unlikely as well as really boring for the game. why do we need military ships? well, the idea is that amongst the anarcho-autarkists there are anarcho-militarists (those who see the need for a military defense) who want to protect the new society of the autarks. these are our characters (for the most part; the H.Tubman ship is a converted prison liner used to convey people to Utopia). within our community there isn't any need for weapons. but there are those outside it who would attack us, and therefore we need them.

also, the 'pure' form of communism where everyone shares everything, which has never existed, is not what the SCRA is about. they are obviously advocates of the form of communism as practiced through history, which involves later additions such as the 'dictatorship of the proletariat' etc. the autarks are not advocates of that sort of Leninism or etc. and yes, while the SCRA wants to destroy the houses for being part of the Alliance, the autarks believe that sooner or later all governments must fall (this is a historical inevitability) and so we must only build our own society up and wait for this to happen, at which point we can help others to build a new and better society. it's a long-term planning idea.

and finally, the idea of perfect neutrality is nice but doesn't make sense. we're not trying to change how all zoners interact with others, but we do think that we will come into conflict with some factions at least. for the time being, this is still a fluid thing. no major factions have come out against us- maybe Rheinland has and has decided not to tell us, i'm not sure- and so we will have to wait and see who is directly opposed to us. the reason we're saying we're neutral is simple- we're not starting any fights with anyone. it's not that we expect to be fully neutral to everyone but rather that our enemies haven't attacked us yet. this is something more RP will end up resolving, as sooner or later players in some faction or another will decide they don't want "hippy zoners" (someone said that in game last night) to exist.

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"would i be amused / would you be impressed / that i had the power to put a hole into your chest / when the kids are cryin' and the welfare check's been spent / would i rob a liquor store to get some money for the rent"