Resistance against Ta2in// SS dealer

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   'When are people going to wake up and realize that Elgean politics are strangling the game?'

That is debatable, it certainly reduces the amount of pvp. However, at the same time the Broken Lands is a whole continent where elgean politics holds little sway. Why not play your unstrangled game there and give people the choice of what they want?

'The TA2IN cartel is mostly to the detriment of the large, old alliances who previously monopolized the mines. Those alliances dominate damn near everything in this game--tournaments, trade, politics, entire regions. '

Please explain to me exactly how the TA2IN cartel doesn't dominate trade in a much more controlling way than the old alliances ever did, As for entire regions, surely that is much more the preserve of the land claimers than the older alliances. In both instances, the old alliances certainly were dominant but they were dominant in a way which was softer and made more sense. They dominated trade by being bigger than everyone else but they didn't stop others from trading with this power. Small players could trade easily and without any restrictions. They dominated regions by being there, that is fair in my opinion. They didn't bar others from those regions and if you found a spot which didn't interfere with the 10 square rule it was fine.

'What's good for Big Brother isn't necessarily good for you, people. Think for yourselves.'

Yes, and what is good for TA2IN isn't necessarily good for everyone else. 

'People complain that the game needs more content, but then when players step up with bold actions, the mega-alliances react immediately to smother those moves. '

I'm not sure where you got that conspiracy theory from given that neither RoFC nor MoV are old large alliances. They are both relatively new and have few ties outside themselves. 

You make a general point that the status quo is bad for most players. I'd argue that whilst it is imperfect it is probably better than a system where you can be barred from whole areas of the game, both physically and in trade, just because you are in the wrong alliance. 