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Canada ~ we’re not engaged in an election campaign. It’s a brand campaign… and to my chagrin the Conservatives are winning.
Hello, Mr. Prime Minister, this is the TGMKL, could you please return all of our Canadian Olympic wear? Does anyone else feel like our Prime Minister has scoured his closet for every piece of “Own the Podium” wear he could find? Every day on the election trail there it is emblazoned on his chest C-A-N-A-D-A. Tired of their old brand, the Conservatives have sidelined Tory blue for the most in favour of the Team Canada brand brought to you by HBC. It’s maddening, but it’s clever. Harper looks comfortable, while his competitors look aghast that this guy is still winning. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing (look at him eye up that cow) … with brand Canada everywhere you look. If he’s not wearing HBC clothing, then it’s an HBC-inspired CANADA on the podium or on the logo field behind him. It’s on the freakin’ Conservative campaign plane’s jet engine. Indeed, “Here for Canada”?
Where are the Liberals with their brand? It appears they’re using the very tired Pepsi Challenge format. Coke versus Pepsi; Conservative versus Liberals. It’s us versus them. Based on the poles to date, the electorate is saying who cares? You’re selling the same product! The problem is the Liberals have done very little to differentiate themselves from the Conservatives. It’s not enough to scare us into voting for the lesser of two evils. It’s time for the Liberals to demonstrate real leadership and some vision for the country. I’m not sold it’s going to come from Michael Ignatieff, nor are most voters. His personal brand has been under attack every day since I can remember and he just takes it. If he can’t stand up for himself, how is supposed to stand up for the country. Get pissed off!
And, what about the poor plucky NDP? It’s time to blow up the brand and give more reason than the usual 17-20% of Canadians to vote for you. It’s time to steal a page from the British Labour Party’s playbook when Tony Blair swept into power. It’s time to stop bashing business for the sake of bashing business. I shoot left, I bat left, but a left-winger will never rule this country. Centre is where you have to be and the NDP is doomed to “also ran” status until its stalwarts adopt a new playbook. It’s not enough to have the most likeable or genuine leader (e.g. Broadbent, Rae, Layton). It’s time to blow it up to compete.
And, what about the Bloc? Can’t we find Gilles Duceppe a new job somewhere in Quebec? Less and less relevant, it’s time to turn out the lights on this party.
Thank you.
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USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
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