about the (A)utarks

[eristikophiles]

Lenin did not want a dictatorship to last long at all. He merely wanted it to accelerate the eventual coming about of Communism. Unfortunately he died before any of this could happen though some of his actions could have actually meant the eventual coming about of Communism was impossible so might have been just as well he died.

What I'm curious is how you managed to get everyone on Utopia to completely give up greed and envy? They are some basic feelings that humans have from even infantile age. Also what happens when people disagree about things?
Don't mean to poke holes in the faction, it would be a nice one, but it seems to far fetched in present days, let alone in Freelancer times where every government oppresses it's people in one way or another.

you're right in that Lenin himself didn't want it to be permanent, but what later was labelled 'Leninism' has more to do with later thinkers in the Soviet Union and their interpretations. so when i say Leninism i mean communism as practiced, not what Lenin wanted.

also, people in Utopia haven't become saints. what is in place is an anarchist system of government-alternative. i'm planning on writing some nice background stuff on this when i have the time, but basically the autarks are all signatory members of 'the Compact' which is like a constitution-document. it's the methods of dispute arbitration and basic laws that enable people to live together well despite normal human problems such as envy. as for greed, most people who come to Utopia are either from backgrounds where they never had enough and now have it better, or are simply the type of people you'd expect in a utopian movement- people who reject such things as greed intellectually and then attempt to get rid of it in themselves. this is always an ongoing, personal, evolution.

also part of the expanded backstory will include more details on how society in Utopia works. things like the creche childcare system help to ensure that the next generation will have less psychological problems than the current. there are also other fun sci fi utopian ideas i have for this backstory. right now all i can say is that i've got the ideas but haven't had time to write it down.

oh, and just as we in the real world have the technology to do a lot more than we do to improve our society, in the Sirius Sector there is even more technology that can be used in such ways- and part of what helps is that people can colonize a new planet where they can do things themselves, something we can't do in the real world.

Well, I was about to ask if you've contacted Virus before dropping that bomb on our laps. Zeltak already did and from the answer I expect to hear from Virus and/or RM's High Command on how I (player) should interpret this.

i've been talking to Virus since someone suggested it.. and we've resolved the problems of using the Rheinland cruiser.. check the revised 'about the (A)utarks' blurb. we're only using Wraths now, and Virus said he was ok with this.

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