{"data":{"id":14293,"title":"Plain Truth: Empire Incorporated","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14293-Plain-Truth-Empire-Incorporated","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14293","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14293","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":1547,"name":"PlainTruthFI1.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/e0op6vokxdi6sr\/source\/PlainTruthFI1.jpg","alt":"","size":950082,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-04-01T19:31:34+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1547","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1547\/similar"},{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"Corruption. Lies. Power. Infecting the Empire to such an overwhelming degree that the People have given up, surrendered and started rationalizing that it\u2019s just \u201cthe way of the \u2018verse.\u201d I know the people are tired. You\u2019re tired, but a change is coming. We can extricate the dishonest and the selfish to create a government that\u2019s truly for the people, we just need to stand up and say that this corruption is not the way of our universe. The greatest weapon to chase away these distorted politicians of self-interest?\n\nThe truth.\n\nMy name\u2019s Parker Terrell. Welcome to Plain Truth.\n\nThe puppet show of Senator Rachel Lester and her Senate hearings into Imperial outsourcing policies has finally come to a close and the major newsOrgs have been happily regurgitating all the official Imperial talking points about proving the government\u2019s willingness to investigate itself and extolling the transparency of the sessions. Sure, they\u2019ve implicated a handful of politicians and business owners in the collusion to make the public feel like something\u2019s really been accomplished.\n\nBut we know what\u2019s really going on here. The politicians that they\u2019ve \u2018arrested\u2019 are just another part of the show. They\u2019re patsies. Fall guys. Probably crossed some blueblood and this was their punishment or, more likely, offered themselves up as sacrificial lambs for future considerations.\n\nNow, I could keep flailing about the ridiculousness of this process, but here\u2019s what I\u2019m wondering: is there a deeper, much more insidious plot that\u2019s happening in front of our eyes? While the masses fixate on this sad, ineffectual parody of justice, we\u2019re going to look at the real issue here.\n\nLester\u2019s hearings have been about government outsourcing policies \u2026\n\nThe government relinquishing control \u2026\n\nMy question for the day: has the UEE taken its first steps into becoming a corporatocracy?\n\nMy guest has written for Free Sign, Organize Now, the Individualist and a host of other prominent underground political publications. He is the author of seventeen books investigating various aspects of the UEE and society at large. I\u2019m very proud to present, my dear friend, Laurence Jito.\n\nLaurence Jito: Hello, Parker, and hello to all you brave thinkers out there.\n\nNow, the theory that the UEE is shifting into a corporatocracy is not a new one. You\u2019ve been predicting this for some time.\n\nLaurence Jito: That\u2019s correct. My fourth book, We Are All for Sale, examined a theoretical treatise written by a think-tank in the late 29th century that explored the advantages and disadvantages of a government body controlled by a collective of corporate entities.\n\nNow that treatise\u2019s ultimate conclusions were that such a structure would not work.\n\nLaurence Jito: Yes, at the time. But have they continued to explore the concept? Refine the approach? I think the one thing we can all agree upon is that when a government gets their mind set on something, they won\u2019t stop until they achieve it.\n\nLook at the Synthworld.\n\nLaurence Jito: A fabrication of propaganda. It doesn\u2019t even exist.\n\nCome on, Laurence. We\u2019ve been through that one. The Synthworld exists, it\u2019s just a waste \u2014\n\nLaurence Jito: You can believe that web of lies if you want.\n\nWe\u2019re getting sidetracked. With the government\u2019s current plan to relieve departmental budget strain by shifting to private contractors, the UEE is effectively handing over autonomy to corporate interests. In a really basic illustration of this point, if MegaCorp A ends up handling the Empire\u2019s waste disposal, any time the UEE creates policies regarding waste, they will need to accommodate MegaCorp A\u2019s contract at best or bend to their wishes at worst.\n\nLaurence Jito: It\u2019s a recipe for destruction. That\u2019s why I say let it burn.\n\nI\u2019m sorry?\n\nLaurence Jito: You\u2019ve become a sentimentalist, my boy. History has no time for sentimentalists. It\u2019s time to accept that this whole government is a lost cause and move on.\n\nLaurence, it\u2019s the People\u2019s duty to stand up and take control of the government that exists to protect and serve them, not sit back and let it disappear. We\u2019ve come too far for that.\n\nLaurence Jito: The Corporate Cabal that\u2019s been manipulating the system has finally begun to reveal itself. I firmly believe that the only responsible stance an activist can take is to stand aside and let the whole corrupt system collapse. Wipe away the scum that has polluted Human history for centuries. As I mentioned in my book, Fighting Decay \u2014\n\nOkay, Laurence.\n\nLaurence Jito: I wasn\u2019t finished.\n\nYeah, you are. We\u2019re going to some messages from our independent advertisers.\n\nLaurence Jito: Ah, I see. More like Corporate Truth.\n\nArlo, get him out of here. When we come back, I\u2019ll open up the comms, hear what\u2019s on your mind.\n\nThis is Plain Truth. Stay vigilant.\n\nTRANSCRIPT BREAK","de_DE":"Korruption. L\u00fcgen. Macht. Das Imperium in einem so \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigenden Ausma\u00df zu infizieren, dass das Volk aufgegeben, aufgegeben und angefangen hat, zu rationalisieren, dass es nur \"der Weg des Verses\" ist. Ich wei\u00df, dass die Leute m\u00fcde sind. Du bist m\u00fcde, aber es kommt eine Ver\u00e4nderung. Wir k\u00f6nnen das Unehrliche und Egoistische herausfordern, um eine Regierung zu schaffen, die wirklich f\u00fcr das Volk ist, wir m\u00fcssen nur aufstehen und sagen, dass diese Korruption nicht der Weg unseres Universums ist. Die gr\u00f6\u00dfte Waffe, um diese verzerrten Politiker von Eigeninteresse zu vertreiben?\n\nDie Wahrheit.\n\nMein Name ist Parker Terrell. Willkommen bei PLAIN TRUTH.\n\nDas Marionettentheater von Senatorin Rachel Lester und ihren Senatsverhandlungen \u00fcber kaiserliche Outsourcing-Politiken ist endlich zu Ende gegangen, und die gro\u00dfen newsOrgs haben gl\u00fccklich alle offiziellen kaiserlichen Gespr\u00e4chspunkte \u00fcber den Beweis der Bereitschaft der Regierung, sich selbst zu untersuchen und die Transparenz der Sitzungen zu verherrlichen, wiederhergestellt. Sicher, sie haben eine Handvoll Politiker und Gesch\u00e4ftsleute in die Absprache miteinbezogen, um der \u00d6ffentlichkeit das Gef\u00fchl zu geben, dass etwas wirklich erreicht wurde.\n\nAber wir wissen, was hier wirklich vor sich geht. Die Politiker, die sie \"verhaftet\" haben, sind nur ein weiterer Teil der Show. Das sind S\u00fcndenb\u00f6cke. Fall Kerle. Wahrscheinlich haben sie ein paar Blau\u00e4pfel gekreuzt und das war ihre Strafe oder, wahrscheinlicher, sie haben sich als Opferl\u00e4mmer f\u00fcr zuk\u00fcnftige \u00dcberlegungen angeboten.\n\nNun, ich k\u00f6nnte weiter \u00fcber die L\u00e4cherlichkeit dieses Prozesses schimpfen, aber hier ist, was ich mich frage: Gibt es eine tiefere, viel heimt\u00fcckischere Handlung, die vor unseren Augen passiert? W\u00e4hrend sich die Massen auf diese traurige, ineffektive Parodie der Gerechtigkeit festlegen, werden wir uns hier mit dem eigentlichen Problem befassen.\n\nIn Lesters Anh\u00f6rungen ging es um das Outsourcing von Regierungspolitiken....\n\nDie Regierung gibt die Kontrolle auf....\n\nMeine Frage f\u00fcr den Tag: Hat die UEE ihre ersten Schritte in Richtung einer Korporatokratie gemacht?\n\nMein Gast hat f\u00fcr Free Sign, Organize Now, den Individualisten und eine Vielzahl anderer prominenter unterirdischer politischer Publikationen geschrieben. Er ist Autor von siebzehn B\u00fcchern, die sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten der UEE und der Gesellschaft im Allgemeinen befassen. Ich bin sehr stolz darauf, meine liebe Freundin Laurence Jito vorzustellen.\n\nLaurence Jito: Hallo, Parker, und hallo an alle mutigen Denker da drau\u00dfen.\n\nNun, die Theorie, dass sich die UEE in eine Corporatocracy verwandelt, ist nicht neu. Du hast das schon seit einiger Zeit vorhergesagt.\n\nLaurence Jito: Das ist richtig. Mein viertes Buch, We Are All for Sale, untersuchte eine theoretische Abhandlung, die von einer Denkfabrik im sp\u00e4ten 29. Jahrhundert verfasst wurde und die die Vor- und Nachteile einer Regierungsbeh\u00f6rde untersuchte, die von einem Kollektiv von K\u00f6rperschaften kontrolliert wurde.\n\nNun, da die endg\u00fcltige Schlussfolgerung der Abhandlung war, dass eine solche Struktur nicht funktionieren w\u00fcrde.\n\nLaurence Jito: Ja, zu diesem Zeitpunkt. Aber haben sie das Konzept weiter erforscht? Den Ansatz verfeinern? Ich denke, die eine Sache, \u00fcber die wir uns alle einig sind, ist, dass, wenn eine Regierung ihre Meinung zu etwas \u00e4u\u00dfert, sie nicht aufh\u00f6ren wird, bis sie es erreicht hat.\n\nSchau dir die Synth-Welt an.\n\nLaurence Jito: Eine Erfindung der Propaganda. Es existiert nicht einmal.\n\nKomm schon, Laurence. Das hatten wir schon mal. Die Synth-Welt existiert, es ist nur eine Verschwendung -\n\nLaurence Jito: Du kannst diesem Netz von L\u00fcgen glauben, wenn du willst.\n\nWir werden abgelenkt. Mit dem aktuellen Plan der Regierung, die Budgetbelastung der Ministerien durch die Verlagerung auf private Auftragnehmer zu verringern, \u00fcbergibt die UEE effektiv die Autonomie an die Interessen der Unternehmen. In einer wirklich einfachen Darstellung dieses Punktes, wenn MegaCorp A am Ende die Abfallentsorgung des Imperiums \u00fcbernimmt, m\u00fcssen sie jedes Mal, wenn die UEE eine Abfallrichtlinie erstellt, den Vertrag von MegaCorp A bestm\u00f6glich erf\u00fcllen oder sich ihren W\u00fcnschen anpassen.\n\nLaurence Jito: Es ist ein Rezept f\u00fcr die Zerst\u00f6rung. Deshalb sage ich, lass es brennen.\n\nEs tut mir leid?\n\nLaurence Jito: Du bist ein Sentimentalist geworden, mein Junge. Die Geschichte hat keine Zeit f\u00fcr Sentimentalisten. Es ist an der Zeit zu akzeptieren, dass diese ganze Regierung ein verlorener Fall ist, und weiterzumachen.\n\nLaurence, es ist die Pflicht des Volkes, aufzustehen und die Kontrolle \u00fcber die Regierung zu \u00fcbernehmen, die existiert, um sie zu sch\u00fctzen und zu dienen, und sich nicht zur\u00fcckzulehnen und sie verschwinden zu lassen. Daf\u00fcr sind wir zu weit gekommen.\n\nLaurence Jito: Die Unternehmenskabine, die das System manipuliert hat, hat endlich begonnen, sich zu zeigen. Ich bin fest davon \u00fcberzeugt, dass die einzige verantwortungsvolle Haltung, die ein Aktivist einnehmen kann, darin besteht, sich zur\u00fcckzuziehen und das gesamte korrupte System zusammenbrechen zu lassen. Wisch den Abschaum weg, der die Menschheitsgeschichte seit Jahrhunderten verschmutzt hat. Wie ich in meinem Buch Fighting Decay erw\u00e4hnt habe -\n\nOkay, Laurence.\n\nLaurence Jito: Ich war noch nicht fertig.\n\nJa, das bist du. Wir gehen auf einige Nachrichten von unseren unabh\u00e4ngigen Werbetreibenden ein.\n\nLaurence Jito: Ah, ich verstehe. Eher wie Corporate Truth.\n\nArlo, bring ihn hier raus. Wenn wir zur\u00fcckkommen, \u00f6ffne ich die Kommunikation und h\u00f6re, was du denkst.\n\nDas ist die reine Wahrheit. Bleib wachsam.\n\nTRANSKRIPTUMBRUCH","zh_CN":"Corruption. Lies. Power. Infecting the Empire to such an overwhelming degree that the People have given up, surrendered and started rationalizing that it\u2019s just \u201cthe way of the \u2018verse.\u201d I know the people are tired. You\u2019re tired, but a change is coming. We can extricate the dishonest and the selfish to create a government that\u2019s truly for the people, we just need to stand up and say that this corruption is not the way of our universe. The greatest weapon to chase away these distorted politicians of self-interest?\n\nThe truth.\n\nMy name\u2019s Parker Terrell. Welcome to Plain Truth.\n\nThe puppet show of Senator Rachel Lester and her Senate hearings into Imperial outsourcing policies has finally come to a close and the major newsOrgs have been happily regurgitating all the official Imperial talking points about proving the government\u2019s willingness to investigate itself and extolling the transparency of the sessions. Sure, they\u2019ve implicated a handful of politicians and business owners in the collusion to make the public feel like something\u2019s really been accomplished.\n\nBut we know what\u2019s really going on here. The politicians that they\u2019ve \u2018arrested\u2019 are just another part of the show. They\u2019re patsies. Fall guys. Probably crossed some blueblood and this was their punishment or, more likely, offered themselves up as sacrificial lambs for future considerations.\n\nNow, I could keep flailing about the ridiculousness of this process, but here\u2019s what I\u2019m wondering: is there a deeper, much more insidious plot that\u2019s happening in front of our eyes? While the masses fixate on this sad, ineffectual parody of justice, we\u2019re going to look at the real issue here.\n\nLester\u2019s hearings have been about government outsourcing policies \u2026\n\nThe government relinquishing control \u2026\n\nMy question for the day: has the UEE taken its first steps into becoming a corporatocracy?\n\nMy guest has written for Free Sign, Organize Now, the Individualist and a host of other prominent underground political publications. He is the author of seventeen books investigating various aspects of the UEE and society at large. I\u2019m very proud to present, my dear friend, Laurence Jito.\n\nLaurence Jito: Hello, Parker, and hello to all you brave thinkers out there.\n\nNow, the theory that the UEE is shifting into a corporatocracy is not a new one. You\u2019ve been predicting this for some time.\n\nLaurence Jito: That\u2019s correct. My fourth book, We Are All for Sale, examined a theoretical treatise written by a think-tank in the late 29th century that explored the advantages and disadvantages of a government body controlled by a collective of corporate entities.\n\nNow that treatise\u2019s ultimate conclusions were that such a structure would not work.\n\nLaurence Jito: Yes, at the time. But have they continued to explore the concept? Refine the approach? I think the one thing we can all agree upon is that when a government gets their mind set on something, they won\u2019t stop until they achieve it.\n\nLook at the Synthworld.\n\nLaurence Jito: A fabrication of propaganda. It doesn\u2019t even exist.\n\nCome on, Laurence. We\u2019ve been through that one. The Synthworld exists, it\u2019s just a waste \u2014\n\nLaurence Jito: You can believe that web of lies if you want.\n\nWe\u2019re getting sidetracked. With the government\u2019s current plan to relieve departmental budget strain by shifting to private contractors, the UEE is effectively handing over autonomy to corporate interests. In a really basic illustration of this point, if MegaCorp A ends up handling the Empire\u2019s waste disposal, any time the UEE creates policies regarding waste, they will need to accommodate MegaCorp A\u2019s contract at best or bend to their wishes at worst.\n\nLaurence Jito: It\u2019s a recipe for destruction. That\u2019s why I say let it burn.\n\nI\u2019m sorry?\n\nLaurence Jito: You\u2019ve become a sentimentalist, my boy. History has no time for sentimentalists. It\u2019s time to accept that this whole government is a lost cause and move on.\n\nLaurence, it\u2019s the People\u2019s duty to stand up and take control of the government that exists to protect and serve them, not sit back and let it disappear. We\u2019ve come too far for that.\n\nLaurence Jito: The Corporate Cabal that\u2019s been manipulating the system has finally begun to reveal itself. I firmly believe that the only responsible stance an activist can take is to stand aside and let the whole corrupt system collapse. Wipe away the scum that has polluted Human history for centuries. As I mentioned in my book, Fighting Decay \u2014\n\nOkay, Laurence.\n\nLaurence Jito: I wasn\u2019t finished.\n\nYeah, you are. We\u2019re going to some messages from our independent advertisers.\n\nLaurence Jito: Ah, I see. More like Corporate Truth.\n\nArlo, get him out of here. When we come back, I\u2019ll open up the comms, hear what\u2019s on your mind.\n\nThis is Plain Truth. Stay vigilant.\n\nTRANSCRIPT BREAK"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":101,"created_at":"2014-11-12T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-09 08:31:41","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14292,"next_id":14294}}