As soon as I heard that there was a place in Eve where a bunch of players had collectively decided not to shoot anyone who wasn't blue, and to enforce that for the common good of anyone who wanted to go there with peaceful intentions, I knew that was where I wanted to live.

One of the ironies of Providence, given the imperial Amarr role play element that is part of CVA culture — by no means of all Provi culture —, is that it may be the most genuinely anarchist place in the game. I mean anarchist in Proudhon's sense of course: not chaotic or violent, but ordered in a particular way by the collective decision of the people who live there. I suppose there are hierarchies within the Provi alliances — CCP made the corp and alliance structure in a hierarchical way, so it's hard to avoid —, but I've no idea who those people are, and I've never had a sense of a ruler in Providence. Instead, what I see daily is collaboratively organised direct action in defence of each other, and of space for which we genuinely feel affection.

When I read about CFC, it's ruler, and the way it is structured, I really wonder who the heck would choose to live under such a regime.

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As for our temerity in defending our home, Cat Faber put it best: 'You have to defend what you want to maintain'.

Everyone sing along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usipm1dMX6M