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|government = Representative Democracy | |government = Representative Democracy | ||
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|head_of_state = [[President of the Alliance]] | |head_of_state = [[President of the Alliance]] | ||
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''“Both of those organisations proudly describe their origins as being freedom from the tyranny of others. And yet now they are the tyranny and it is our duty to oppose them, while also ensuring that we don’t become them.”''<ref name=":0" /> | ''“Both of those organisations proudly describe their origins as being freedom from the tyranny of others. And yet now they are the tyranny and it is our duty to oppose them, while also ensuring that we don’t become them.”''<ref name=":0" /> | ||
=== Variety === | === Political Variety and Controversy === | ||
The Alliance is devoted to liberty and self-determination for both its citizens and the [[government]]s of its member [[Star Systems|systems]]. As a consequence of the Alliance granting member systems a greater degree of autonomy than the Federation and Empire, however, some member systems are controlled not only by democracies and cooperatives, but also by dictatorship, feudalism, and anarchy minor factions. Permitting these less democratic government types to operate within the Alliance has been a point of controversy, as a number of them freely allow [[narcotics]], [[genetic engineering]], and even [[slavery]].<ref>https://www.edsm.net/en/search/systems/index/allegiance/1/onlyPopulated/1/radius/250/sortBy/distanceSol</ref><ref name=":5">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/55c1d2b89657ba00210d630d Children of Liberty call out Alliance Hypocrisy, 07 AUG 3301]</ref> | |||
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A group calling itself the 'Children of Liberty' accused the Alliance of "rampant hypocrisy" on August 7, 3301. The group claimed that a "huge gulf" exists between the Alliance's professed goals and values and the reality present in many of its member systems:<ref name=":5" /> | |||
A group calling itself the 'Children of Liberty' | |||
''"For an organization that purports to be devoted to the ideals of liberty and self-determination", the release stated, "the Alliance certainly tolerates a great deal of despotism and tyranny within its own borders. It's about time the Alliance addressed the rampant hypocrisy of allowing dictatorships – as well as other restrictive, undemocratic forms of government – membership into their supposed bastion of freedom and liberty."''<ref name=":5" /> | ''"For an organization that purports to be devoted to the ideals of liberty and self-determination", the release stated, "the Alliance certainly tolerates a great deal of despotism and tyranny within its own borders. It's about time the Alliance addressed the rampant hypocrisy of allowing dictatorships – as well as other restrictive, undemocratic forms of government – membership into their supposed bastion of freedom and liberty."''<ref name=":5" /> | ||
The statement went on to list a number of Alliance-sponsored autocracies in various systems, and called on the Alliance and its supporters to sponsor serious democratic reform in said systems by backing democratically-aligned factions over autocratic ones.<ref name=":5" /> | The statement went on to list a number of Alliance-sponsored autocracies in various systems, and called on the Alliance and its supporters to sponsor serious democratic reform in said systems by backing democratically-aligned factions over autocratic ones.<ref name=":5" /> | ||