Okay, by the way, I chose "liberal" because it was the easiest and most distinct opposite to draw to a faction to Eve - the Caldari. I didn't mean anything against anyone or any political stance in any way. People have been getting a little pissy about this. Yeah, it's politics. It was just the easiest and quickest thing to draw - "oh hey super right-wing industriofascists..." - though I thought that would be obvious. And it wasn't meant to line up to any super investigation of reasoning. Quick and dirty for a point.

Oh well. I guess what I mean to say is that if you're going to continue not getting the fact that this whole thread was made ironically (TM), just play nice, sheesh.

why do liberals try to pretend that socialists are different than national socialists?

why are the richest capitalists liberals?

cognitive disconnect.

Huh? The Gallente allow civilians to own assault weapons. Classical Liberals or Libertarians maybe, but not what liberals represent today, in EVE all those people are likely long dead.

To me, it just seems really really odd that somebody would choose to play a character from a society that's basically diametrically opposed to their own political beliefs.

I apologize sincerely for this post.

Are you thinking of someone in particular? .. I haven't noriced an abundance of liberal thinking coming from caldari.

Because people obviously always play themselves in role playing games.

Okay, by the way, I chose "liberal" because it was the easiest and most distinct opposite to draw to a faction to Eve - the Caldari. I didn't mean anything against anyone or any political stance in any way. People have been getting a little pissy about this. Yeah, it's politics. It was just the easiest and quickest thing to draw - "oh hey super right-wing industriofascists..." - though I thought that would be obvious. And it wasn't meant to line up to any super investigation of reasoning. Quick and dirty for a point.

Oh well. I guess what I mean to say is that if you're going to continue not getting the fact that this whole thread was made ironically (TM), just play nice, sheesh.

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Yeah, the Gallente/Caldari are kind of like two evolutions of America or a lot of modern countries, as I see it.
Gallente are more classical liberal or libertarian like you said, based on reducing government from its current (today's) state...

I thoguht Liberals were all about increasing goveernment :)

Amarr is the only conservative choice.

U.S. Politics in a nut shell :)

To me, it just seems really really odd that somebody would choose to play a character from a society that's basically diametrically opposed to their own political beliefs.

I apologize sincerely for this post.

Protip: MMO players select a race based on aesthetics with a heavy bias towards characters that look like "normal" humans. Lore is a secondary factor if its even considered at all.

Caldari are very normal.

To me, it just seems really really odd that somebody would choose to play a character from a society that's basically diametrically opposed to their own political beliefs.

I apologize sincerely for this post.

We call our republicans conservative and our socialist liberal :)

U.S. Politics:

a waitor at a resturant doesn't want to work at all and is rude to guests And thus doesnt get tipped. A good waiter goes out of his way, nice to guests and is paid well in tips as a result.


Republican:

The good waitor waitor worked hard, deserved his good wages. The bad waitor didn't want to work, that was his decision to make.

liberal:

The good waitor has more money than the bad waitor, therefore the good waitor needs to give tbe bad waitor 50% of his wages so they are both equal


U.S. Politics in a nut shell :)

I love the way americans use words without understanding them, especially 'liberal' as an insult intended to be aimed at the Democrat party. They don't seem to realise that a liberal believes in liberty, which is freedom. By the way, doing what a major corporation tells you to do is not 'freedom' or 'liberty', despite what your corporate funded politicians say. I'm also intrigued by their use of the word socialism, which they don't understand either and seem to equate to communism. Come to think of it, they don't seem to understand the concept of helping anyone other than themselves. This is apparent from both an individual and a national perspective.