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Just out of the pod and I am starting a political party already. I may be a founder but I don't care to be leader.
I looked thru all ( or as many as are left) political manifestos and political policies I could find. Most all tag green issues on at the end game (some green creditionals that). Where is the commitment to the planet in pursuing policies that leads to the mass slaughter of native plant life and undertaking policies that raise sea levels multifold and then spending fortunes on technology and research to put down put down rebellious native lifeforms. Are we aiming for happy oceanworld. The game may end in peace but what sort of planet will you pass on to your children and grandchildren
I would suggest that we need a political party that gives due respect to native lifeforms from the outset and pursues policies to preserve as much native flora and fauna as is out there.
I popped into the Rec. Commons when I arrived and I find a menu almost totally, maybe totally made up of Mind worms and Sealurks dishes. I have no problem with people eating dead worm bodies ( I enjoy my Wormburgers as well as the next man/woman) if they died naturally or were killed in battle but to capture these innocent species and breed them for the dinner plate reminds me of those earth practices ( long ago) that led to the near demise of the whales and buffalo. Let us not repeat the same mistakes in heaven as we did on Earth. The Settler and the Mind Worm can be friends.
I realise in the early turns we need to be cautious- there are still a few bad worm eggs out there, I know that, and also that we may need convert the odd fungus patch or two. But I think if we plan carefully we can win the native folk to our side from early on. (I love the sound of locusts in the morning).
Don't rush in to vaporise the native life or destroy fungus if there are reasonable environmentally friendly alternatives but which may take a little longer in the short term..There are some within the faction who see our native lifeforms as just a cheap form of energy. Don't develop Boreholes, willy nilly, in their reservations if a bunch of solar collectors or odd echelon mirror can do the trick just as well
Certainly Deirdre would make a fine pact partner (know what I mean) and could teach us a thing or two although we may have to differ from time to time.
In the end, for our party, the most important thing is not just following a 'peace at any costs' agenda but having the vision and conviction to achieve the goal of harmonious co-existence with every life form on the planet.
So our political position would be to push the green agenda much more from the outset and preferably within a peaceful and democratic polity.
So there you have it, the initial thoughts. There is much work to be done, many policies and horns of dilemmas to sort (Would you let an Isle of the Deep bear your children?).
This is a young party, an evolutionary party, come an join us, help choose our motto eg 'A giant STEP for Wormkind', help decide policy, you could go far, even Leader.
I hope you will interested and if so:
Respond to this Thread BOX or meet me for an Isle of the Deep single malt in the Rec. Commons.
I looked thru all ( or as many as are left) political manifestos and political policies I could find. Most all tag green issues on at the end game (some green creditionals that). Where is the commitment to the planet in pursuing policies that leads to the mass slaughter of native plant life and undertaking policies that raise sea levels multifold and then spending fortunes on technology and research to put down put down rebellious native lifeforms. Are we aiming for happy oceanworld. The game may end in peace but what sort of planet will you pass on to your children and grandchildren
I would suggest that we need a political party that gives due respect to native lifeforms from the outset and pursues policies to preserve as much native flora and fauna as is out there.
I popped into the Rec. Commons when I arrived and I find a menu almost totally, maybe totally made up of Mind worms and Sealurks dishes. I have no problem with people eating dead worm bodies ( I enjoy my Wormburgers as well as the next man/woman) if they died naturally or were killed in battle but to capture these innocent species and breed them for the dinner plate reminds me of those earth practices ( long ago) that led to the near demise of the whales and buffalo. Let us not repeat the same mistakes in heaven as we did on Earth. The Settler and the Mind Worm can be friends.
I realise in the early turns we need to be cautious- there are still a few bad worm eggs out there, I know that, and also that we may need convert the odd fungus patch or two. But I think if we plan carefully we can win the native folk to our side from early on. (I love the sound of locusts in the morning).
Don't rush in to vaporise the native life or destroy fungus if there are reasonable environmentally friendly alternatives but which may take a little longer in the short term..There are some within the faction who see our native lifeforms as just a cheap form of energy. Don't develop Boreholes, willy nilly, in their reservations if a bunch of solar collectors or odd echelon mirror can do the trick just as well
Certainly Deirdre would make a fine pact partner (know what I mean) and could teach us a thing or two although we may have to differ from time to time.
In the end, for our party, the most important thing is not just following a 'peace at any costs' agenda but having the vision and conviction to achieve the goal of harmonious co-existence with every life form on the planet.
So our political position would be to push the green agenda much more from the outset and preferably within a peaceful and democratic polity.
So there you have it, the initial thoughts. There is much work to be done, many policies and horns of dilemmas to sort (Would you let an Isle of the Deep bear your children?).
This is a young party, an evolutionary party, come an join us, help choose our motto eg 'A giant STEP for Wormkind', help decide policy, you could go far, even Leader.
I hope you will interested and if so:
Respond to this Thread BOX or meet me for an Isle of the Deep single malt in the Rec. Commons.
- Do you really believe that? Free Market, both in real life and in SMAC damages the environment. You just have to look at the large negative Planet rating it brings to see its effect. If we go to FM, we will be slaughtered everytime we get a fungus pop, which is obviously more likely with a bad Planet rating. FM may bring great technological and monetary advatages, but the expense it just too great. We can't go to war with FM, we can't produce anything like as much (otherwise we get fungus growth). There may be some instances where FM is better ion the game, but even then the negative effects would hinder us greatly.
rant over 
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