I wasn't expecting this, actually made Coca-Cola go up my nose in surprise while I was drinking it. A state-owned Corporation while it's stretching Communist ideals is feasible as long as it adheres to the ideals of the State and serves the people.
As one of the Directors of the ICMG, I can firmly say that, as far as I know, we have no intent of involving ourselves directly with the SCRA. We have our own plans.
Besides, we were contacted about something like this about 6 months ago, and it failed to start up. We have solidified our position too thoroughly to risk something which has already failed once.
' Wrote:I wasn't expecting this, actually made Coca-Cola go up my nose in surprise while I was drinking it. A state-owned Corporation while it's stretching Communist ideals is feasible as long as it adheres to the ideals of the State and serves the people.
Aren't States just large corporations, anyway?
EDIT: I could give you plenty of examples of state-owned Corporation in Quebec. The most well-known probably is Hydro-Quebec.
Grand Admiral McIntosh's policy of War Communism had left a deep scar in the Coalition's economy. The standard of living was low, the workers were not motivated to work. Upon rising to office, Premier Alvin Katz began to guide the State Duma's attempts to create a New Economic Policy. History had a tendency to repeat itself - following the Russian Civil War of 1918 - 21 A.D. on Earth, where a ruthless policy of War Communism had been in effect, Lenin's New Economic Policy revitalised a country on the verge of collapse. Katz's NEP had much the same effect as Lenin's - small privately owned businesses were allowed to open and make private profit.
To many, this was a new and exciting idea. It presented a new challenge - all businesses until this point had been run and organised by the State and many people had merely been employees. It gave people the opportunity to start small yet ambitious ventures and try their luck in the business world. Many failed in their endeavours, but despite this they were happy - they'd had the opportunity to try. Some ventures succeeded - many of these were delivery companies.
There was a lot of profit to be made in the delivery business on JiangXi. The cities were stretched far and wide across the face of the planet and couriers for packages were becoming more and more needed as other small businesses exported their wares to other cities. The surge of new products being exported around the planet created a massive opportunity for new delivery companies to expand - expansion quickly led to competition.
Aggressive competition led to companies collapsing and being absorbed into neighbours. Soon the number of assets each company held was rapidly expanding - and the number of companies holding assets was rapidly decreasing.
The attack on JiangXi by the Phantoms left the planet in flames. Only small sections were still habitable to human life without fear of genetic mutation. The rapidly expanding delivery companies soon found their businesses in tatters as they could no longer afford to maintain their growth rates. Many imploded - the weight of their assets being too much for them to cope with (showing many how even small-scale capitalist businesses were quick to collapse when and decreasing support for the NEP). Some, however, adapted and survived.
<Insert name here> was quick to change its business aims following the attack. Rather than carry objects from people to other people, it sought to recover salvageable objects from the now abandoned cities. The work was dangerous - employees had to be armed and equipped with radiation suits. The supplies were then shipped where they were needed. The rewards from this line of work were surprising different from those the business directors had been expecting.
The company was seen as patriotic and received much support from the public. They represented the Coalition's determination to survive, and helped boost the civilian moral in the cities that remained. Recovering and reusing old items instead of making new ones meant that people were able to receive more social credit, so their standards of living improved. Premier Katz decided to use this company for a greater purpose.
Since the Temporary Autonomous Zoners and Omicron Supply Industries had begun trading in Coalition space, the idea had been brewing in the Duma for a corporation to exploit the H-fuel and Pharmaceutical supplies in the system which could be sold to others for profit. The patriotic appearance of <Insert name here> was a driving tool for the Duma to use. They could carry the image further.
In early May 819 A.S., just two weeks after the Volkhan had been defeated and the Coalition freed of his tyrannical reign, <Insert name here> announced that the State would moderate its expansion into interstellar cargo transportation to allies of the Revolution.
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Just something I thought of as I was out for a walk. I don't know if it'd work or not, but it's my attempt.
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[19:25:12] Johnny (Jam): Tomtom, I will beat you with a spoon.
[14:22:56] Prarabdh Thakur: KILL HIM WITH A SHEEP.
[17:40:48] Eagle (Junes): Tom should be slapped with a spoon.
[11:32:18] Warspite: Thank you for being so awesome Tom. <3
[18:17:36] Metano: I love you tomtom
[20:06:24] Warspite: I will seriously give you epic head.
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' Wrote:our Hfuel source, and the fact that we have both pharmaceuticals and VIPs in abundance, make the idea of a faction that can trade, viable.
Just so you are fairly warned, all of that is disappearing in 4.86 and is not being replaced with anything comparable, due to a larger overall changeup in the economy. Between the first beta release and the final release we can investigate what can fit into the overall economic scheme and make adjustments. Just don't get too cozy with the existing circumstances.
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' Wrote:If you want mollys as allies you'll have to stop attacking us for pirating BMM.
You've answered your own question. We are free to attack any pirate or military in the whole of Sirius.
Pirates are taking money from the common worker. The workers/miners of Sirius form a backbone of potential recruits into the Coalition (in an RP sense).
The SCRA doesn't stand by while pirates go on their greedy self-indulged spree.
Molly's are freedom fighters no? Fighting the BAF to secure Dublin for themselves? Those are the allies.
Now the Mollys are a hugely strange group as first of all, there is a massive lack of organisation. You yourself play an Independent Molly and from the interactions I have had with you recently, a rather poor one.
Now back to the matter at hand.
We're after "The Coalitions Company". A company which owns all the economic and military rights to everything. Completely state owned, and with it's profits being reinvested into the populations of JiangXi and Volograd.
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