# Federation/Republic Security Co-ordination against the Angel Cartel/Serpentis Corporation **URL:** \ **Category:** Intergalactic Summit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/federation-republic-security-co-ordination-against-the-angel-cartel-serpentis-corporation/286155 "2020-12-20T17:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![Arrendis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arrendis/32/432594_2.png) [@Arrendis](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arrendis)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/federation-republic-security-co-ordination-against-the-angel-cartel-serpentis-corporation/286155/20 "2020-12-22T17:34:04Z")
> [@Karmilla\_Strife](#): > > It must be terrible seeing what people do with the freedom you put on so high a pedestal. The Angel Cartel is the logically expected outcome of your ideals. As is opposition to it. That’s the funny thing about self-determination: the bad people will be bad, and good people will oppose them. This stands in marked contrast to authoritarian regimes, where the most selfish, ruthless, corrupt, and frankly despotic individuals have no qualms about using every little bit of power they can get in order to gain more. Meanwhile, decent people who believe in ideals like the common good and obedience to lofty principles tend to be less apt to actively oppose the advancement of the ruthless and corrupt by any means necessary, because to do so would require becoming ruthless and corrupt, themselves, in opposition to the societally-accepted order. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/federation-republic-security-co-ordination-against-the-angel-cartel-serpentis-corporation/286155)._