Alexander the 5th

In my usage of the word, intellectual middle class would refer to someone in terms of intellectual development who is above the common suburbanite, but below the power elite. While the Intellectual middle class often belongs to the economic group of the Upper middle class , or lower part of the wealthy class, that is not always the case, and they can come from almost any economic background.

It seems some people are getting there wires crossed. I meant people who are intellectually in the middle, I do not mean purely in the economic sense(though there is some correlation, no doubt)

Today I will be doing a real life politics post. Anyone who lives in the western world knows, youngsters like political debate. A lot of people who live in the western world acknowledge that the common man is not very well informed. And A lot of people know that the People who belong to the class of politicians and business are usually quite well educated. And some of us my ask "why is the country so messed up?" Some will say we are held back be "Religious bigots" Some will say "Leftist Socialists" And some will say "[insert insane Libertarian conspiracy theory here]" And finally, Some will say "[insert long political talk here]" Yet, it seems a lot of what wrong with America has to do with the fact that we have a shrinking intellectual middle class. How often do you encounter a man on the street who is actually informed, and is not under 30? Not quite often. It seems the reason for a lot of our problems come from the three major groups not taking proper action. The common man is uninformed, and does not know much about the ideological spectrum or the geo political situation other than "U.S Good, Commies bad" The "youngsters" college students and so called "intellectuals" Are overly idealistic, and Usually social democrats, and by the time they reach the age of 30-40, they change a lot, often losing the idea of "changing the world" And the so called "Elite" are either not in a position to deal with the problems of the common man, or benefit from the corruption and dysfunction of the country, so they keep silent. None of these groups are well suited to take on the problems of western society. Members of the intellectual middle class however would be able to take on these problems, They would be intelligent and well read, but not to the point that they cannot communicate very well with the common man, they would be affluent, but not so affluent the lose touch with common society, or to the point that they benefit from the corruption, and finally, regardless of age, they would still have some will "to change the world" besides that idea that almost everyone gets when they are in their 20s. However, how often do you see members of the intellectual middle class? Not often. And I think the government and corporations are intentionally trying to destroy the intellectual middle class since it is ussually them, and the elite that cause revolution or major shifts in society. Thoughts? I would love to hear your comments, even very negative ones.

Hehe, no one ever agrees with me...

The Russian space program is only a shadow of the USSR one.... And Also, I do not think China does this for the general benefit of Humanity, but still, some good will come out of it for the rest of mankind even if the Government does it for entirely different reasons.

One thing I have noticed after playing cybernations for a little over 6 months, is the massive Influence the top alliances hold. These alliances where once quite small, and Inexperienced, but now, they are the most powerful in all of the game. They made it from small to large. Of course this took a long time, but they did it nonetheless. Yet if you look around, this effect is harder to replicate in the "modern" era of cybernations. Why? Quite simply because the big alliances have a hold on the CN universe, which makes it hard to succeed. The large alliances, have I guess you can say become "too powerful" and sucked out some of the Potential fun, out of the game play. HOW DARE YOU, I LOVE MY ALLIANCE!!!! I am not saying these alliances are out to create some sort of Cybernations "new world order" (Though who knows....) I am merely saying, whether consciously or not, these alliances became very powerful. This reminds quite a bit of what happened to America in Real Life, years ago in the era of small business, employers actually knew the employees, and actually cared for their well being, now a days the employee is just a number who produces another number in a large Multinational corporation, he is unimportant, and uncared for as a human being, all that manners is money. This in my opinion sums up at least partially what happened in cybernations,if your a new player, you cant "experiment" or play around, Unless you join an alliance, you are most likely going to get raided and laughed at (as well as hated) for being a rouge. You have to conform, and conformity means joining an alliance, there is little Independence for the new player, and even the semi experienced player, it seems only a true professional will have any Independence after gaining much influence, and many months of experience. However almost no Independence exists for the New, and semi professional player... --------------------------------------------- To be continued in another entry/edit I would love to hear your comments(even the negative ones)

Its nice to see that finally a country that is not the US is taking serious interest in space. I think it is shameful what the US is doing to its space program, We cant afford things that will benefit all of mankind, but we can afford bombs to bomb third world nations with oil. I think if the US keeps this up, we will lose superpower status.

If you are reading this, Hello I must say. For if you are reading this, you have stumbled upon one of the best blogs ever(not really), you have stumbled upon my blog. What will be the purpose of this blog you may ask(or you may be asking, enough of this useless talk, GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!), the purpose is to simply post my thoughts here on various subjects, many of them Cybernations related. , I have not much to say for this first post, but I will be posting quite soon some reflections on small alliances (stay tuned)

[quote name='King Hendrix' date='02 March 2010 - 08:36 PM' timestamp='1267583981' post='2212131'] The problem with these radical updates is the code it requires. I don't understand code or anything, but that's what I keep hearing about. In order to put out more updates, you need more people working on the game. The thing is, everything costs money. Without more players to generate more revenue, the admin can't hire said people, but they also can't attract a new crowd without the updates. Although what is said above assumes that updates are keeping new players away, but I think its just loosing old members. In order to CN to thrive the Admin needs to take a risk. Advertise and possibly put more money into the game. This is easier said than done. Its not my money and not my choice. The internet is a free market. If the Admin thinks he should keep CN the same, then he will. The game will either continue to decline or not. He could decide to vamp it up and he could make money. However, I can't support this in any way as I'm just typing as I think. I'm only 16-- I know nothing [/quote] Well I have studied a little bit of code, and from what I can tell if you want to make changes(at least small ones) it wont take an entire team to do so. Just one person needs to be willing to invest time.

I have wondered and would like for any experienced player to respond. How did people learn about the game mechanics and efficient nation growing in the early days before all of the big alliances were long established?

Well If you are in an alliance they have growth guides. I would say buy as much infrastructure as you can for the first days.

My alliance THE Empire of the Guardian Angels is recruiting we are a small alliance but you do not need any documentation to join. We are committed to protecting freedom and justice. We pretty much let you do what you want. Though we do offer aid options to smaller nations. Right now we have only 4 people and have only the office of the president. It may sound wrong to join a small alliance but we believe small things grow into big things if people just have a little faith. Contact The republic of cape for more details.