After a little over three weeks in Congress, I can honestly say this is the most unproductive group of people Ive ever seen.
It’s always the same people, recycling the same discussions with slightly different wording so the post count doesn’t look completely dead. And the fact that many of those same people never show up in a single working group feels almost fitting at this point.
Three weeks and if we’re being generous almost nothing has actually happened.
Youd think this place was a debate club for ghost discussions rather than an institution meant to get things done.
Whats almost funny is that even my attempt to throw a NAP in front of everyone hoping it would get mishandled like everything else failed. Apparently this Congress has a sixth sense for identifying productive work and avoiding it at all costs.
At this point even my cynicism is running out.
The moment actual productive work becomes necessary, everyone suddenly vanishes from every channel. As if serious effort were contagious and people instinctively run from it.
Sometimes I wonder whether our national animal should be the eagle or simply a statistic representing organized absence.
And then there was the color debate:
“Anything other than gray makes us look ridiculous internationally.”
You know what actually makes us look ridiculous internationally?
The fact that drafting and approving a written NAP takes us longer than it takes the opposing side to launch a successful invasion.
The rest of the world handles diplomacy like this:
“NAP?”
“Yes.”
Done.
Three lines, a checkmark, and everyone goes back to enjoying their evening.
But here?
We ceremonially submit the paper to Congress. Then begins a two-day ritual where every relevant thought gets repeated three times, reworded, rearranged, and stretched out purely so it looks like activity is happening.
The vote gets delayed.
Then eventually scheduled.
Then, once we finally have enough votes anyway, we hold the process another 24 hours out of respect for the waiting period.
Out of principle.
Our international partners probably think we’re mocking them.
That this entire process is the diplomatic equivalent of being trapped in an unnecessarily long customer support queue designed purely to annoy them.
I’ve lost respect for a lot of people in the Parliament.
People I originally thought were competent, communicative, reliable.
People who said: “Feel free to message me anytime.”
I’m normally a very calm person. Posts like this are not my style at all.
I left Congress even though I genuinely wanted to achieve things diplomatically. I Didnt think twice when the Thailand Opportunity came up. Because the alternative Begging for Votes going out of my way getting elected and the reward ist enduring another month of this endless circlejerk genuinely made me sick.