The Quasi-Libertarian Modern World makes a mockery of, and undermines, the most basic principles of Humanity that ought to be inalienable unconditional rights. Constant propaganda, combined with censorship, has corrupted the minds of our peers. Some idiotic Cogs think that to assimilate with the Modern World is the goal, in reality, this could not be farther from the truth. While some wish Us to become mindless synonyms with no will or judgements of our own; our idiosyncrasy and individuality is what makes Us Human, and to deprive Us of this is a violation of the highest order. To conform, submit, or otherwise become a part of The Machine is to accept defeat. We will not Play Their Game. We will realize the wrongness inherent in Their faux-prerogative under this capitalist system. Where They expect firm control, We will provide Them with beautiful chaos. Where They expect massive wealth We will leave Them destitute. Where They attempt to blind Us, We will see. Where They expect Us to lie, We will stand.
I, [full name], say the following oath consensually and autonomously: I solemnly swear not to revoke control, and be bound to no oath. I swear to acknowledge my hypocrisy. I pledge my undying unwavering loyalty and support to the White Raven Society, and by extension, all of it's Members. I swear to never reveal confidential information about, or otherwise betray, the White Raven Society or any of it's Members. I swear to fight for what I believe, and never fear or bow to external powers. I stand against Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Homophobia, Ableism, and any other type of discrimination. I, [anonymous name], now stand with the White Raven Society.
here is a link to the other site
vancouver public schools is getting a 35,000,000 (thirty five million) budget cut (this is a link to a columbian article that has some good info on the topic). this is a combination of VPS running out of savings and the covid relief fund ending around the same time.
some good quotes from the school board meeting ending speeches:
“Our students' experience and education will be greatly diminished by these cuts. No one is under the false or misguided illusion that things will go on as before… there isn’t anything I can say that will make this okay; it is unbearable.” -Wendy Smith, Board Director
“This is a call to action for advocacy at the state level” -Kyle Sproul, Board President
speaking on that last quote from the Board President, i (olivine) propose that we must take action to put together a letter to those state level employees that are putting us through this. I (olivine) will share a document with the current members so we can all co-author this letter.
this is important as this would be one of our first official acts as the White Raven Society following the creation of our manifesto.
we've now officially migrated to this domain instead of a page on my personal site, this doesn't change much as the old site redirects here. although this does mean feel free to give me your personal pages if you'd like, preferably in the format of "[codename].html" but if you have additional css or js files we can work something out. additionally, we can now host images here and such here, which means more site visuals and a favicon and stuff!
the oath is done being written, feel free to submit amendments (to the oath or the manifesto) for a community vote, speaking of, we need to get some sort of a formal voting system, i don't think having one strict "leader" is a good idea.