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I’ve evolved just like EMC democracy has and nothing has provided more to that than Cascadia has. I’ve learned so much, met so many great people, and am so incredibly grateful to have been able to be be not just a part of Cascadia but a formative player in its creation, growth, maintenance, and success. As someone who’s been in the PNW for 6.5 years on EMC, and as a PNW native who recently has become stranded thousands of miles away from home, it’s even more personal for me. Cascadia has meant a lot for me, and I’m so glad I was able to share it with all of y’all throughout this amazing nation’s history over the last 4 years. | I’ve evolved just like EMC democracy has and nothing has provided more to that than Cascadia has. I’ve learned so much, met so many great people, and am so incredibly grateful to have been able to be be not just a part of Cascadia but a formative player in its creation, growth, maintenance, and success. As someone who’s been in the PNW for 6.5 years on EMC, and as a PNW native who recently has become stranded thousands of miles away from home, it’s even more personal for me. Cascadia has meant a lot for me, and I’m so glad I was able to share it with all of y’all throughout this amazing nation’s history over the last 4 years. | ||
Cascadia has had ups and downs. But more importantly, it was able to create something never seen before in the history of geopolitical towny Minecraft, and likely that will not exist again. And while people are already looking forward to their next towns or nations that they intend to settle or form, often thinking of how they wish to differentiate themselves from what existed on Terra Aurora, do not forget that the lessons learned from Cascadia are not lessons of failure. Cascadia was a success beyond any possible dream. Cascadia is to be emulated, not to be ran away from. Unity in shared spirit, shared motivation, and shared commitment to democracy, community, and preservation of a storied history. These aren’t just goals but necessities for this new start, not for formal agreements or organizations (which I know some of y'all have been traumatized by), but to continue shared friendship, trust, fraternity, economic assistance, and values. The server will little note, nor long remember what we say here today, but it can never forget what the people who made this nation were able to do. It is the duty of us here today, to be dedicated to the unfinished work which those who came before us have thus far so nobly advanced. It is thus that we here highly resolve that the people who came before us, that joined, played, and left; that spent hours, days, and weeks toiling for our roads, builds, towns, laws, culture, community, and democracy; shall not have done so in vain that this nation | Cascadia has had ups and downs. But more importantly, it was able to create something never seen before in the history of geopolitical towny Minecraft, and likely that will not exist again. And while people are already looking forward to their next towns or nations that they intend to settle or form, often thinking of how they wish to differentiate themselves from what existed on Terra Aurora, do not forget that the lessons learned from Cascadia are not lessons of failure. Cascadia was a success beyond any possible dream. Cascadia is to be emulated, not to be ran away from. Unity in shared spirit, shared motivation, and shared commitment to democracy, community, and preservation of a storied history. These aren’t just goals but necessities for this new start, not for formal agreements or organizations (which I know some of y'all have been traumatized by), but to continue shared friendship, trust, fraternity, economic assistance, and values. The server will little note, nor long remember what we say here today, but it can never forget what the people who made this nation were able to do. It is the duty of us here today, to be dedicated to the unfinished work which those who came before us have thus far so nobly advanced. It is thus that we here highly resolve that the people who came before us, that joined, played, and left; that spent hours, days, and weeks toiling for our roads, builds, towns, laws, culture, community, and democracy; shall not have done so in vain that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom, and that nations of the people, ruled by the people, and made for the people, shall not perish from this server. | ||