Our Diplomacy

As I’ve told you on Discord, I love that idea. That’s a way of showing that we are alive, that we are not willingly going to be isolated to decay, and that we are going to pursue our objectives united. That would get us recognition and even open us some paths to getting the CDR to a legal status.

I’d also like to add some additional organizations we can reach out to.

• Hellenic Faith. This is an organization based around the works of “Julian the Apostate”, they mostly teach info about Julian Hellenism, and even if that isn’t near what the CDR is, at least it shares some roots and mutual help could be beneficial.
• Labrys. Another hellenist organization, like YSSE. They seem active and even have some activity regarding certain ceremonies like weddings and funerals. I don’t have that much info about this one, but hey, the more options we have, the better.

I hope this suggestion would move on, because this is something that could be crucial to us.

Before I speak, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that I am in no way opposed to establishing relations with other organizations. This should be borne in mind as you read the following.

Raised topic, relevant and good. This topic concerns both ourselves and other organizations. In general terms, the position of our current “diplomacy” is correctly described. However, before I develop this topic, I would like all of us to ask two questions “why?” and “what is the result?”

The question “why?” – the cornerstone, as it is directly related to the appropriateness, our actions to create relationships with outside organizations. Until there is a clear answer why we should do this, there will be no expediency. Personally, I believe that now this direction is not developing precisely because no one sees in this a clear and understandable benefit, both for the Roman Republic and for those organizations with which we will negotiate.

I see no point in concluding treaties for the sake of those treaties themselves. Let’s see how other organizations like the Roman Republic have benefited from their treaties or diplomacy? Probably nothing substantially useful.

In addition, it should be understood that the Roman Republic is an organization that recreates the tradition and culture of Ancient Rome, and we do it with scientific meticulousness, this in itself imposes certain obligations on us. For example, what is the point of establishing contacts with modern multilingual or elenamental organizations, if we are dealing specifically with the Roman religion? Imagine two historical reconstruction clubs, one of them is engaged in the reconstruction of ancient Rome, and the other club is engaged in the reconstruction of ancient Japan, of course, both clubs are engaged in historical reconstruction, but the subject of their interest is completely different. Good neighborly relations are not necessarily formalized by a dysplomatic agreement, while diplomatic agreements are not yet a guarantee of the absence of hostile relations, as one well-known Roman organization has vividly shown us.

Before negotiating with others, you should resolve matters within your own organization, since it is the local divisions of the Roman Republic that are the instruments through which the organization carries out its activities on the ground. Let’s say you come to an agreement with some Greek organization, but the Roman Republic does not have an organized community in Greece that could fruitfully interact with this organization. It seems to me that before we turn our eyes to the outside, we must figure out what we have inside, namely to establish interaction first between our own citizens within one location, organizing them into a community that can be called a province, and then, establishing interaction between the provinces themselves, then between the provinces and the center. And when we solve these issues, then we can deal with external issues. It’s just silly to negotiate with other communities when we ourselves can’t really organize our own internal communities.
With regard to the question “what is the result?”, I propose to pay attention to other organizations and see what significant benefits their diplomacy has brought them. Personally, I do not know such a benefit in the example of two organizations. The same applies to the topic raised in relation to an official organization, including a religious one. Tell me, what real benefit did this bring to such organizations? The Roman Republic already has a legal entity, although it is not religious, but even from it for 5 years there was no sense. Registration for the sake of registration itself, like contracts for the sake of contracts themselves, is meaningless, it is not practical.

As for the arguments regarding the influx of new citizens, then we already have an influx of new citizens, another question is that we should have taken up and organized some kind of effective work to involve these citizens in the life and activities of the Republic, before thirsting for even more new citizens…

Well, in conclusion, as I said, I am not against “diplomacy”, let those who are supposed to do it and who have it at that time should do it. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that we have a Declaration, our goals and objectives are enshrined there, what we should do and what we are striving for, so I believe that “diplomacy” should be viewed only as a tool aimed to achieve the goals and objectives of the Declaration, and not as a goal in itself. Everything has its time. “Diplomacy” as a tool also has its time, which apparently has not yet come.

P.S. The messages compared our Republic and another well-known organization. So, I think that in addition to the above comparisons, both organizations should be compared in terms of the number of taxpayer participants. The difference between our Republic and that other organization is about 20 people. Subtract from this number a dozen deceived Sarmats, who, according to a common decision, are not going to give anything there anymore, and it turns out that both organizations have an approximately equal number of taxpayers, that is, participants who really support the organization. Think for yourself, in favor of whom does this statistic speak, whose positive achievements does it express? Moreover, the Roman Republic has existed for less than five years, while the other organization has existed for more than four times.

Salve, Nemerius Caelius!

In general, you have a good idea, but which, of course, requires implementation! Yesterday Aulus Iulius in Discord outlined all possible assistance in the ideas of the citizens of our Republic, I think that you need to do this, if you already have a work experience with whom you can cooperate and develop mutual relations. I think that learning from experience and sharing it with other organizations will help us better consolidate our common cause!

As Tribunus Laticlavius, assistant to our praetor Titus Flavius, I would like you to participate in the elections this February. You can also recruit people who will be as interested in it as you are for productive work in this direction!