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Free Transhumanists wrote:Well in political science I'm focusing primarily on Austrian school - currently Ludwig Lachmann's theory of divergent expectations (I belong to irrationalist wing of the school). And Rothbard + Mises combo of course :-D. But I also deal with Public Choice theory, Arrow's theorem and it's usage in political systems.

In political theory I'm focusing on critical theory - mostly "classical" neo-marxists like Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse (my favorite). But I'm also studying post-marxist critique of post-industrial capitalist legitimacy, where are interesting concepts of "compensation" of this lost legitimacy like deliberative model of Jurgen Habermas, or Agoristic democracy of Chantal Mouffe. I would like to know more about postmodern structuralism and post-structuralism (Focault etc.). Oh and neoinstitutionalism... yes, neoinstitutionalism... expecially rationalist institutionalism :-D.

Things that I'm not focusing on (but in future I could I guess :-D), but know something about it as well is - Hegel and dialectic, Multiculturalism of Will Kymlicka and Yuli Tamir, feminism and it's development, classical Marxism, Classical political economy, Cameralist economics, Keynesianism, Lausanne school of economy.

...I really HATE political marketing (marketing overall), medial studies, theories of political systems, theories of parties and party system, international relations theories (except world-system by Wallerstein) etc etc... there is a ton of stuff that I really don't care about but still need to study it :-D.

Isn't neoinstituionalism somewhat like normative theory applied to politics? I've only really studied institutionalism in reference to international cooperation or domestic social and economic development. Less theory and more hard application.

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The ambassadors reception

The Embassy

Cerveskia wrote:The polls seem somehow....biased.

? I'm curious as to what way. There's definite personal bias in the way I wrote about them, but I don't think the polls themselves are.

The first one is designed to be difficult to answer. I'd expect the majority of people to agree that "Black Lives Matter". I'd also expect the majority of people to agree that having a police force is better than not having a police force. How do you weigh up which is more important?

The second asked who you thought would win, not who you want to win. And the third was just silly.

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The ambassadors reception

The Embassy

Cerveskia wrote:The ambassadors reception
Do the polls really reflect the general values of NS, or just a vocal minority who actually reads and participates in them? I've seen more than a few of those nations which seem to always vote in any major poll that exists.

It's a few polls set up for fun in a browser game. I don't feel the need to go that deep.

Free Transhumanists wrote:Political sciences. Primary specialization - political economy and theory, secondary - policy analysis. :-)

Free Transhumanists wrote:Well in political science I'm focusing primarily on Austrian school - currently Ludwig Lachmann's theory of divergent expectations (I belong to irrationalist wing of the school). And Rothbard + Mises combo of course :-D. But I also deal with Public Choice theory, Arrow's theorem and it's usage in political systems.

In political theory I'm focusing on critical theory - mostly "classical" neo-marxists like Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse (my favorite). But I'm also studying post-marxist critique of post-industrial capitalist legitimacy, where are interesting concepts of "compensation" of this lost legitimacy like deliberative model of Jurgen Habermas, or Agoristic democracy of Chantal Mouffe. I would like to know more about postmodern structuralism and post-structuralism (Focault etc.). Oh and neoinstitutionalism... yes, neoinstitutionalism... expecially rationalist institutionalism :-D.

Things that I'm not focusing on (but in future I could I guess :-D), but know something about it as well is - Hegel and dialectic, Multiculturalism of Will Kymlicka and Yuli Tamir, feminism and it's development, classical Marxism, Classical political economy, Cameralist economics, Keynesianism, Lausanne school of economy.

...I really HATE political marketing (marketing overall), medial studies, theories of political systems, theories of parties and party system, international relations theories (except world-system by Wallerstein) etc etc... there is a ton of stuff that I really don't care about but still need to study it :-D.

Well hot dang. That's actually really cool. So, you gonna let your good friends at the FMF read your papers without the academic publishing paywall? I am still a humble undergrad, but this all sounds genuinely interesting.

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Cerveskia wrote:Is everyone just burned out, or just me?

Being stuck in doors all the time is really doing a number on me

Cerveskia, Free Transhumanists, and Antarctican commonwealths

Antarctican commonwealths

Cerveskia wrote:Is everyone just burned out, or just me?

I have other things that require my attention more than nationstates.

Cerveskia wrote:Is everyone just burned out, or just me?

Combination of being burnt out and having this pesky thing called "the real world" to attend to.

Environmental Support wrote:Isn't neoinstituionalism somewhat like normative theory applied to politics? I've only really studied institutionalism in reference to international cooperation or domestic social and economic development. Less theory and more hard application.

In my opinion it's more of an approach towards research and perception of social reality. Theory should be more narrow and focus on more specific phenomenon. In practice of political economy the theories of institutionalism and neonistitutionalism could be theory of psychological costs, or institutional theory of corporations, in pure political science there can be found for example theory of institutionalization of political parties, various theories of mediation of interest that are using neoinstitutionalist approach, etc.

Catos wrote:Well hot dang. That's actually really cool. So, you gonna let your good friends at the FMF read your papers without the academic publishing paywall? I am still a humble undergrad, but this all sounds genuinely interesting.

Of course :-D when I'm going to publish something, official or not, I want it to be available for free. At our university's department it is a tradition to make all outputs as transparent as possible and I'm going to follow that tradition no matter if I'm going to be the continuous part of our department of political science or not. Research and philosophy is for society, for public development and therefore it should be transparent and available at least in electronic form, yes I know I'm basically preaching academic communism :-D but there is a reason for that. Here in Czech republic if there is a private social research organization, they almost always do research which main goal is not knowledge or looking into phenomena, but to advocate some ideologies - sure, normative theories are not bad and are valuable, but this is barely a normative theory, they mostly do quantitative research where they misinterpret the numbers, or set the framework and datasets so purposefully that their hypothesis would be confirmed for sure. So if we are going to speak about serious research in CZ then we need to speak about public institutions that are financed by the state and the EU, here the research is both, qualitative and quantitative and because it's "not our money" we can't just publish anything, because it could endanger the financing from certain public funds, so making efforts to make unbiased answering to the research questions are not just of a moral, but also of existential importance :-D.

Cerveskia wrote:Is everyone just burned out, or just me?

I'm sharing this experience with you as well! :-D

P.S.: Guys I'm really really sorry for my inactivity, I know I said I would be more active, but after graduation there is still so much that needs to be done :-/. Currently I'm looking for research job for working practice (being theoretician is not that much of a 'thing' right now :-D), then I started to making preparations to the postgrad study, and of course there are some personal matters that needs to be taken care of as well. :-/

Environmental Support, Catos, Cerveskia, and Libratus

Cerveskia wrote:representative from all nations stand around the table with blank stares, seemingly lost in a trance following ACs question

MAJ: Um, hello? *snaps fingers in front of some delegates* Did everyone just have an aneurysm?

*Supreme Overseer Ziran I. finally starts to speak with a tears in his eyes*

Ziran: It's a great demand that Cerveskians are asking, but the cause is even greater, maybe even greater that Cerveskians realize. Not speaking about conflict on regional level, I believe that this mission shall lead us towards much more important causalities, it is not just a mission of rescue, it is a mission of hope, the part of much larger path towards the new enlightenment that resonates through whispers of 5P1R1T. The Kalyan Coallition gave an authority to Corporate Theocracy and me to be responsible executive authority in administrating of this mission.

*looks at Grand Paladin Natsuki standing near him*

Ziran: Natsuki, my child, humble servant of the 5P1R1T, you should be the one to handle this mission, you shall be the guide of light in this task.

*Natsuki quite surprised answers*

Natsuki: But sir... there are important administrative matters that needs me...

Ziran: Haven't you expressed the dissatisfaction with your "constant" responsibilities during our meditations and conversations? Haven't you wanted a journey that will make you complete? I believe along with the 5P1R1T that this journey is a part of your own mission towards yours desired destiny. Am I wrong?

Natsuki: No Supreme Overseer! Of course not! I shall prepare the desired fleet on this mission right away! Blessed be the existence, Praised be the 5P1R1T

*Ziran smiles*

Ziran: As it is...

____Few hours later____

*An encrypted message is delivered to the Rear Admiral Craig Markus*

Praised be the 5P1R1T Rear Admiral,

I've finished the proposal of our fleet. We contacted the corsairs and smugglers and managed to create joint fleet that would fit this mission.
These are the details:

K.C.S. Daybreak - 1x large smuggler ship - the ship is internally remodeled to carry spare parts, repair drones and 1 fighter
K.C.S. Fraser 1x large cargo ship - the ship is internally remodeled to carry 2 fighters and 1 tactical bomber
K.C.S. Mayday 1x large "diplomatic" ship - corsair ambush ship that is masked as an "official" Khalyan diplomatic envoy. It carries 3 tactical boarding vessels

I will be personally present at K.C.S. Mayday to leash the "dogs", you can consider it to be our flag ship. If there is any other matter that needs to be discussed then please let us know on this frequency

- G. P. Natsuki

Cerveskia

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Antarctican commonwealths

Cerveskia wrote:representative from all nations stand around the table with blank stares, seemingly lost in a trance following ACs question

MAJ: Um, hello? *snaps fingers in front of some delegates* Did everyone just have an aneurysm?

"Rear Admiral Volcon Smirnoff, pleasure to meet you. I apologise for the lack of response, I was just finalising details on the ships being used. In order to maintain cover, we will be travelling under the guise of a trade convoy carrying metals rare to the Laonian region of the galaxy. As per standard operating procedure for many nations in the Antarctican Region of the galaxy, the trade convoy will be travelling with two escorts that at least have the specifications for a military combat frigate and one cargo ship that has the specifications for a military light cruiser along with at least a platoon for anti-boarding purposes. As such, we will be travelling with a Hycian class light cruiser, a defense class destroyer and a pointer class frigate, along with 6 Petrograde interceptors and two platoons of Antarctican Marines in uniforms and combat armour marked with Blightstar Private Military Cooperation emblems. Ship personal will be equipped All ship personal will be equipped with a R302 RailAuto Assualt Rifle and a RB54 MagBal Pistol, while all marine personal will be equipped with a R492 RailAuto Carbine or a R292 RailAuto Assault Rifle"

OOC: Just a little expose on some lore, Blighstar is a Private Military Cooperation that only serves international customers and companies in the Antarctican Commonwealths/ Sentarii Federation.

Cerveskia

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Cerveskia wrote:So, how’s everyone doing? I’m currently questioning my decisions about college and the future.

I'm working 30 hours a week and attending online classes so I'm exhausted all the time.

Catos, Vinceretius, Cerveskia, Free terand, and 2 othersFree Transhumanists, and Antarctican commonwealths

Cerveskia wrote:So, how’s everyone doing? I’m currently questioning my decisions about college and the future.

Same. Not that there's anything new there.

Cerveskia

Cerveskia wrote:So, how’s everyone doing? I’m currently questioning my decisions about college and the future.

Oh, and about what specifically? If it's not too personal.

I'll try to react on the latest RP post today, sorry for being busy again but... here's another news! I've got a job! I'll be working for the czech Ministry of Industry and Trade! + doing a doctorate... :-D Things are looking busier than before unfortunately :-/.

Environmental Support, Catos, Cerveskia, Tamiy, and 1 otherAntarctican commonwealths

Cerveskia wrote:So, how’s everyone doing? I’m currently questioning my decisions about college and the future.

Just slogging through it, as always.

Cerveskia and Tamiy

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Cerveskia wrote:So, how’s everyone doing? I’m currently questioning my decisions about college and the future.

I miss NS constantly, I wish to return to Toulouse. I personally have never been to France. Yet it seems so familiar. Either there is a deep meaning in that or Im having wild delusions.

Environmental Support, Catos, Cerveskia, and Antarctican commonwealths

Memories of the past life

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