09-21-2020, 09:40 AM
Xiomeran civil war
Editorial: World is being deceived in Xiomera
The international community, in its eagerness to live out a classic "good guys versus bad guys" fantasy, has seized upon the deposed Empress Yauhmi, her son Crown Prince Texōccoatl, and his wife and young son as the saviors of Xiomera in the unfolding of the civil war there. It admittedly paints a picture straight out of a heroic epic: the determined, tortured Empress, her rogue-ishly handsome son, and his equally photogenic and appealing family, fighting for their country and their people. Facing down a villain so evil, it's like he was dragged straight out of the plot of a movie: the brutal, crude Emperor Xochiuhue, the product of a palace coup and a military plot. It all sounds wonderful, and it has the world flocking to support the Empress as she tries to regain her throne. The governments of Milintica, Eiria, Legionas and Kerlile have come running to back Yauhmi, heroically putting their own people on the line.
It's a great story. But like all carefully crafted fairy tales, it's a false narrative.
Before being so quick to embrace Yauhmi and her family as the saviors of my people, the world would be wise to take a closer look at these self-appointed saviors. Yauhmi became Empress after a farcical and undemocratic selection process, after being the wife of the previous Emperor for decades. The previous Emperor, her husband, Topilpopoca, was himself a brutal tyrant. He may have not been as bad as Xochiuhue (or, for that matter, Xochiuhue's father, who Topilpopoca succeeded on the Obsidian Throne), but that is faint praise. Topilpopoca's regime tortured people, kept political prisoners by the thousands, and relentlessly repressed the poor and democratic activists in Xiomera for twenty long years. Does the world truly think Yauhmi, his closest companion all that time, had no idea what her husband was doing? Or, for that matter, that she stopped any of that once she herself became Empress?
Yauhmi suffered greatly at the hands of her torturers, and I wish that pain upon no one. But one could well call it karma. Yauhmi helped uphold for decades the very same Xiomeran system that turned on her, and then tried to kill her. Should we still feel as sorry for her, that the machine of her own creation, that benefited her for so long, turned on its master as such machines always do?
Even if we look past the flaws of the Empress, her son, the Crown Prince, is no better. Texōccoatl paints himself as a brave noble Xiomeran, in the mold of the ancient warriors of our history. He flashes his military background as much as he does his famous smile. He is also adept at using his wife and child as props. Standing next to him, they look like an ideal royal family in the making: young, attractive, noble, brave. Again, it's like they were cast for the role by some movie studio. This is no coincidence: the Xiomeran system has grown very good at portraying its leaders as better than they are after six centuries of oppression and tyranny. But Texōccoatl is the son of Topilpopoca, just like Xochiuhue is the son of Xolōtl. Both the sons of brutal tyrants. Why should anyone believe that Texōccoatl is a savior and Xochiuhue a villain, when they both spring from the same odious backgrounds? His wife, the Crown Princess Tlalmaxxi, is herself a former ASI agent - a member of the same secret police that are brutalizing Xiomeran civilians now. Is she a hero?
Yauhmi, Texōccoatl and the rest of their family are products of the same system that created Xochiuhue, and others like him. Yauhmi, Texōccoatl and his family are no better than that system. As products of the evil system that has oppressed democratic-minded Xiomerans and the members of ethnic minorities, and the poor, why does the world believe that Yauhmi and her son will do any better if they are placed back in power? This is a bet that several IDU nations are now making with their own treasure, blood and lives. And it's a bet for suckers.
If the nations in question insist on placing Yauhmi back on the Obsidian Throne, the people of Huenya demand the following:
1) We demand that the Xiomeran Empire come to an end. It is a nation built on six centuries' worth of oppression, ethnic supremacy, the suppression of the poor, and violence. It cannot be "reformed" or "fixed". The only thing that will fix the Xiomeran Empire is putting a stake through its vampire heart.
2) All nations, especially the ones supporting the Empress, must ensure - by force if necessary - that Yauhmi keeps her promises of political reform and civil rights.
The lives that have already been lost in this war, both Huenyan and foreign, demand no less. So do the lives of those who will still be alive after the war is over.
The preceding was an editorial by Topoyotli, a professor of history and political science from the Imperial University of Manayuca, who is currently in exile in Lauchenoiria due to his being charged with treason by the government of Emperor Xochiuhue.
Editorial: World is being deceived in Xiomera
The international community, in its eagerness to live out a classic "good guys versus bad guys" fantasy, has seized upon the deposed Empress Yauhmi, her son Crown Prince Texōccoatl, and his wife and young son as the saviors of Xiomera in the unfolding of the civil war there. It admittedly paints a picture straight out of a heroic epic: the determined, tortured Empress, her rogue-ishly handsome son, and his equally photogenic and appealing family, fighting for their country and their people. Facing down a villain so evil, it's like he was dragged straight out of the plot of a movie: the brutal, crude Emperor Xochiuhue, the product of a palace coup and a military plot. It all sounds wonderful, and it has the world flocking to support the Empress as she tries to regain her throne. The governments of Milintica, Eiria, Legionas and Kerlile have come running to back Yauhmi, heroically putting their own people on the line.
It's a great story. But like all carefully crafted fairy tales, it's a false narrative.
Before being so quick to embrace Yauhmi and her family as the saviors of my people, the world would be wise to take a closer look at these self-appointed saviors. Yauhmi became Empress after a farcical and undemocratic selection process, after being the wife of the previous Emperor for decades. The previous Emperor, her husband, Topilpopoca, was himself a brutal tyrant. He may have not been as bad as Xochiuhue (or, for that matter, Xochiuhue's father, who Topilpopoca succeeded on the Obsidian Throne), but that is faint praise. Topilpopoca's regime tortured people, kept political prisoners by the thousands, and relentlessly repressed the poor and democratic activists in Xiomera for twenty long years. Does the world truly think Yauhmi, his closest companion all that time, had no idea what her husband was doing? Or, for that matter, that she stopped any of that once she herself became Empress?
Yauhmi suffered greatly at the hands of her torturers, and I wish that pain upon no one. But one could well call it karma. Yauhmi helped uphold for decades the very same Xiomeran system that turned on her, and then tried to kill her. Should we still feel as sorry for her, that the machine of her own creation, that benefited her for so long, turned on its master as such machines always do?
Even if we look past the flaws of the Empress, her son, the Crown Prince, is no better. Texōccoatl paints himself as a brave noble Xiomeran, in the mold of the ancient warriors of our history. He flashes his military background as much as he does his famous smile. He is also adept at using his wife and child as props. Standing next to him, they look like an ideal royal family in the making: young, attractive, noble, brave. Again, it's like they were cast for the role by some movie studio. This is no coincidence: the Xiomeran system has grown very good at portraying its leaders as better than they are after six centuries of oppression and tyranny. But Texōccoatl is the son of Topilpopoca, just like Xochiuhue is the son of Xolōtl. Both the sons of brutal tyrants. Why should anyone believe that Texōccoatl is a savior and Xochiuhue a villain, when they both spring from the same odious backgrounds? His wife, the Crown Princess Tlalmaxxi, is herself a former ASI agent - a member of the same secret police that are brutalizing Xiomeran civilians now. Is she a hero?
Yauhmi, Texōccoatl and the rest of their family are products of the same system that created Xochiuhue, and others like him. Yauhmi, Texōccoatl and his family are no better than that system. As products of the evil system that has oppressed democratic-minded Xiomerans and the members of ethnic minorities, and the poor, why does the world believe that Yauhmi and her son will do any better if they are placed back in power? This is a bet that several IDU nations are now making with their own treasure, blood and lives. And it's a bet for suckers.
If the nations in question insist on placing Yauhmi back on the Obsidian Throne, the people of Huenya demand the following:
1) We demand that the Xiomeran Empire come to an end. It is a nation built on six centuries' worth of oppression, ethnic supremacy, the suppression of the poor, and violence. It cannot be "reformed" or "fixed". The only thing that will fix the Xiomeran Empire is putting a stake through its vampire heart.
2) All nations, especially the ones supporting the Empress, must ensure - by force if necessary - that Yauhmi keeps her promises of political reform and civil rights.
The lives that have already been lost in this war, both Huenyan and foreign, demand no less. So do the lives of those who will still be alive after the war is over.
The preceding was an editorial by Topoyotli, a professor of history and political science from the Imperial University of Manayuca, who is currently in exile in Lauchenoiria due to his being charged with treason by the government of Emperor Xochiuhue.
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