Springtime of Nations II: A European Republic Quest

[x] Plan National Market
–[x] Establish the German Foreign Development Bank to help direct investment and provide loans to our allies in need of financial aid. Most of the focus will be on Spain for now to aid in local development.
--[x] Establish a streamlined framework for issuing and trading of bonds by local governments, banks and commercial enterprises to let them raise more capital from the people to fund projects. Bonds will only be nominally taxed to encourage their use.
--[x] Establish generous programs and permanent grants for supporting artists, local fairs, cultural festivals etc celebrating German culture, folkways and nationalism.
--[x] Pass a major tax relief package for families to encourage population growth. The more children, the greater the benefits.
--[x] Establish a guest worker and student program with all expenses sponsored travel from anyone willing including their families, with the option to become a citizen or return home whenever they wish.
--[x] Encourage mergers of industrial co-operatives to allow for better economies of scale through formation of industrial giants, capable of competing with capitalist corporations on equal ground.
 
Quite frankly I'll oppose any mesure that'd destroy the idea of the German State, because in the end I want Germany to be a country by the end of this quest, not some amalgam that just so happens to live in Central Europe. Internationalism is fine, But I'll always pursue the liberation and creation of distinct states outside of Germany, Rather than trying to bring their people to live here. Improve conditions outside of our country so that they don't NEED to leave their dear homeland. Hopefully by the end of it, we'd reach something close to a Socialist EU, only spanning much farther than Europe. Good luck to those who want to try destroying the idea of the nation state because it's impossible.
 
Good luck to those who want to try destroying the idea of the nation state because it's impossible.
I'd say we did a pretty good job in the original thread, but then short now nostalgia got this one opened and somehow we still have a government.

[X] To Moscow by 1900
-[X] Begin construction of the Friedrich-Engels-Canal* and the Rhein-Herne-Canal* using the expertise we gained from the Karl-Marx-Canal. Use all technological methods to finish construction quickly and hire foreign workers if necessary, supplying the Ruhr area and taking strain away from our railway network is essential.
-[X] Build large railway routes that will allow fast mobilization and steady supply along our most likely offensive routes against the Imperial League. Conduct regular mobilization drills and work-out mobilization schedules that involve the War Commission, the Unions and other interested parties.
-[X] Provide funding and training for radical groups in Italy and begin drawing up plans for quick intervention to support progressive forces should the situation escalate.
-[X] Formalize the counter-intelligence role of the National Gendarmerie and provide the additional funding, training and manpower the agency needs to fulfil that role. Also create an intelligence agency that collects intel on foreign nations and provides it, along with analysis, to the War Commission and authorized Assembly members.
-[X] Bankroll a program of subsidies and no-interest loan to accelerate the growth of future industries like the Benz Motor Co-op. Technological leadership is crucial for the security of the Republic.
-[X] Offer military goods at factory price to Spain and encourage barter deals instead of currency payment.

This has what we need.
 
Quite frankly I'll oppose any mesure that'd destroy the idea of the German State, because in the end I want Germany to be a country by the end of this quest, not some amalgam that just so happens to live in Central Europe. Internationalism is fine, But I'll always pursue the liberation and creation of distinct states outside of Germany, Rather than trying to bring their people to live here. Improve conditions outside of our country so that they don't NEED to leave their dear homeland. Hopefully by the end of it, we'd reach something close to a Socialist EU, only spanning much farther than Europe. Good luck to those who want to try destroying the idea of the nation state because it's impossible.
The national state was created within the lifetime of the people in-quest, does not exist in vast parts of the world (in Russia, in America, in China, in Turkey, in Iran, etc.), and has little reason to exist outside the specific historic circumstances of a rising bourgeoisie that demands, for the purpose of creating of a big market, that small states cohere under uniform laws. The national program as applied to already-existing big multinational countries (division of small nationalities and their domination by other already-existing big powers) is already a disaster in the Balkans and the Lowlands.
 
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[X] Plan: The moderate case for war
-[X] Build upon our successful peace conference to deepen ties with the Entente, focusing on our shared enmity with the imperial league to see how much the Entente is likely to let us get away with if we go to war east.
-[X] Organize a dedicated national counter intelligence agency to investigate foreign spies and sabotage, answering to the assembly directly.
-[X] Organize a dedicated foreign intelligence agency under the assembly to keep it informed of political developments in other countries.
-[X] Seek to renew our alliance with Italy by promising them gains at the expense of Austria if war breaks out. Reassure them that shared strategic interests matter more than divergence in internal politics.
-[X] Discreetly reach out to Japan to see if they would be amenable to opening up another front in a hypothetical war with Russia, and generally deepen ties with the country.
-[X] Send diplomats touring Europe and America, building a case for war against the autocrats of Russia and Austria.
 
The national state was created within the lifetime of the people in-quest, does not exist in vast parts of the world (in Russia, in America, in China, in Turkey, in Iran, etc.), and has little reason to exist outside the specific historic circumstances of a rising bourgeoisie that demands, for the purpose of creating of a big market, that small states cohere under uniform laws. The national program as applied to already-existing big multinational countries (division of small nationalities and their domination by other already-existing big powers) is already a disaster in the Balkans and the Lowlands.

And again, good luck on that, but you can't kill an idea. Many people have tried, and failed hard. I don't wish to follow that path to failure this quest.

edit: you might be able to suppress patriotic sentiment in Germany, but WE ARE NOT OMNIPOTENT. People need to get that through their heads that not everything we try to do will be a success, or that the population will like it, or that everyone else outside of Germany would follow our way of doing things and try to kill the nation-state, unless you were to force it upon them like a damn imperialist. Also, just because the idea of the nation state is young, doesn't mean that it isn't STRONG. The age of an idea does not represent it's strength.
 
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speaking about nationalism what about our national language, i think a creation of a universal language (instead of regional or national ones) ala Esperanto would be optimal, especially when we're undergoing ethnogenesis it'd make adopting it far easier. a universal proletariat needs a universal language not bogged down by petty regional identities, for everyone is a proletariat first and foremost.
 
[X] Vanguard Communist Party (Valkyrie Clique)
-[X] As the implementation of Labor Recognition has only just begun, provide full support to the Commission on Equality to avoid immediate backsliding and continue the effort.
-[X] Centralize the planning committees of the various Commissions into a standing Planning Conference Committee with the initiative to place sectoral and cross-sector planning bills before the Assembly.
-[X] Establish a national system of borrowing centers and goods libraries to reduce redundant production while improving the standard of living of the populace.
-[X] Reintroduce and formalize the morale and mental-healthcare functions that the commissariat in the United Front had taken on during the Second German Revolution.
-[X] Legally enshrine a right to literacy, with anyone who has been prevented from obtaining literacy in their mother-tongue being provided the materials and instruction needed.
-[X] Celebrate the wedding of Walpurga Voight and her wife as a proverbial gauntlet thrown at the face of reaction.
 
[x] Vanguard Communist Party (Valkyrie Clique)
- [x] As the implementation of Labor Recognition has only just begun, provide full support to the Commission on Equality to avoid immediate backsliding and continue the effort.
- [x] Centralize the planning committees of the various Commissions into a standing Planning Conference Committee with the initiative to place sectoral and cross-sector planning bills before the Assembly.
- [x] Establish a national system of borrowing centers and goods libraries to reduce redundant production while improving the standard of living of the populace.
- [x] Reintroduce and formalize the morale and mental-healthcare functions that the commissariat in the United Front had taken on during the Second German Revolution.
- [x] Legally enshrine a right to literacy, with anyone who has been prevented from obtaining literacy in their mother-tongue being provided the materials and instruction needed.
- [x] Permit the workers' and socialist International to deposit its funds with the National Bank, fully insured to the same extent as German and Spanish state debts, extend it loans on the same terms as the German and Spanish governments, and permit it right of first refusal on the issuance of German state bonds.
 
Subjection of national minorities is hardly the only problem associated with pure-and-simple national liberation struggles. They are also necessarily cross-class movements, so attention must be paid to the balance of class forces in them - it does the workers and peasants of oppressed nations no good to win their national freedom already subordinated to a national bourgeoisie.

It's worth remembering that we're somewhat of a multi class movement too, in that we ally workers and landowning yeomen. But it's true that we had to have a second round with the national bourgeoisie so that's not very conclusive.

I have some hope that relying on our help for success will be helpful in pushing movements towards putting the working class and peasantry in charge even if they also wield nationalism, because unlike with a bourgeois patron, the national bourgeoisie isn't favoured in dealing with us (the opposite really) but we'll see if that's sufficient.

Austro-Marxism is bad, actually. Universal suffrage to highly autonomous local government, with full language rights (usage, education, accommodation in government documents, and subsidy of news and literature) is more than sufficient to the purpose without setting up a whole parallel system.

There's no reason to assume minorities will be conveniently geographically grouped so I have no reason to believe local government will be especially helpful in handling needs for language and culture institutions catering to them. And we don't really want to encourage clustering as the only way to get those perks. If they still decide on it, good, but they shouldn't get cut off if they want to move out.

I think the idea we can just abolish the German national identity with a few plank is what's flawed. We need to create material conditions that foster multiculturalism and internationalism so we should focus on sound policies instead of like....gestures.

Oh for sure, it's something we have to build up to.
 
[X] To Moscow by 1900
-[X] Begin construction of the Friedrich-Engels-Canal* and the Rhein-Herne-Canal* using the expertise we gained from the Karl-Marx-Canal. Use all technological methods to finish construction quickly and hire foreign workers if necessary, supplying the Ruhr area and taking strain away from our railway network is essential.
-[X] Build large railway routes that will allow fast mobilization and steady supply along our most likely offensive routes against the Imperial League. Conduct regular mobilization drills and work-out mobilization schedules that involve the War Commission, the Unions and other interested parties.
-[X] Provide funding and training for radical groups in Italy and begin drawing up plans for quick intervention to support progressive forces should the situation escalate.
-[X] Formalize the counter-intelligence role of the National Gendarmerie and provide the additional funding, training and manpower the agency needs to fulfil that role. Also create an intelligence agency that collects intel on foreign nations and provides it, along with analysis, to the War Commission and authorized Assembly members.
-[X] Bankroll a program of subsidies and no-interest loan to accelerate the growth of future industries like the Benz Motor Co-op. Technological leadership is crucial for the security of the Republic.
-[X] Offer military goods at factory price to Spain and encourage barter deals instead of currency payment.
 
[x] Plan National Market
–[x] Establish the German Foreign Development Bank to help direct investment and provide loans to our allies in need of financial aid. Most of the focus will be on Spain for now to aid in local development.
--[x] Establish a streamlined framework for issuing and trading of bonds by local governments, banks and commercial enterprises to let them raise more capital from the people to fund projects. Bonds will only be nominally taxed to encourage their use.
--[x] Establish generous programs and permanent grants for supporting artists, local fairs, cultural festivals etc celebrating German culture, folkways and nationalism.
--[x] Pass a major tax relief package for families to encourage population growth. The more children, the greater the benefits.
--[x] Establish a guest worker and student program with all expenses sponsored travel from anyone willing including their families, with the option to become a citizen or return home whenever they wish.
--[x] Encourage mergers of industrial co-operatives to allow for better economies of scale through formation of industrial giants, capable of competing with capitalist corporations on equal ground.
 
So, looking at how the tally is with 70 votes, with the prereqs of:
1. A plank for every 10% (7 votes).
2. A minimum of 5, a maximum of 9 planks.
3. Consolidation rules which isn't too needed with 4 majorities and separate focuses.

The plans that may pass are:
-TO MOSCOW BY 1900 - 21,4% (2)
--Begin construction of the Friedrich-Engels-Canal* and the Rhein-Herne-Canal* using the expertise we gained from the Karl-Marx-Canal. Use all technological methods to finish construction quickly and hire foreign workers if necessary, supplying the Ruhr area and taking strain away from our railway network is essential.
--Build large railway routes that will allow fast mobilization and steady supply along our most likely offensive routes against the Imperial League. Conduct regular mobilization drills and work-out mobilization schedules that involve the War Commission, the Unions and other interested parties.
-VANGUARD COMMUNIST PARTY (VALKYRIE CLIQUE) (Non-Voight dissent consolidated) - 20% (2)
--As the implementation of Labor Recognition has only just begun, provide full support to the Commission on Equality to avoid immediate backsliding and continue the effort.
--Centralize the planning committees of the various Commissions into a standing Planning Conference Committee with the initiative to place sectoral and cross-sector planning bills before the Assembly.
-REKINDLING THE REPUBLIC OF VIRTUE - 18,6% (1)
--Create a new national holiday, Mobilization Day, where all citizens of the Republic participate in a mock mobilization. This is to bring our citizens together, and provide regular stress testing for mobilization practices.
-NATIONAL MARKET - 12,9% (1)
--Establish the German Foreign Development Bank to help direct investment and provide loans to our allies in need of financial aid. Most of the focus will be on Spain for now to aid in local development.

For a complete governing agenda consisting of 6 planks, which is:
-The Friedrich-Engels-Canal* and the Rhein-Herne-Canal*
-Large rail routes in preparations against the Imperial League.
-Support to the Commission on Equality.
-Centralization into a Planning Conference Commitee.
-Mobilization Day Holiday.
-German Foreign Development Bank.

That still leaves 3 planks and the nearest to getting another plank passed (Assuming the total amount of votes stays the same) are:
-REKINDLING THE REPUBLIC OF VIRTUE - 1 vote
--Continue naval expansion and army reforms
-MODERATE CASE OF WAR - 2 votes
--Build upon our successful peace conference to deepen ties with the Entente, focusing on our shared enmity with the imperial league to see how much the Entente is likely to let us get away with if we go to war east.
-ISWC INTERNATIONALISM - 3 votes
--Work with Spain & ISWC member organizations to create the democratic, anti-capitalist, & anti-monarchist Volunteer Aid Movement. VAM, which is officially unaffiliated with any countries nor the ISWC, will have humanitarian aid & armed volunteering public sections.

Changing vote into the
[X] Rekindling the Republic of Virtue
-[X] Create a new national holiday, Mobilization Day, where all citizens of the Republic participate in a mock mobilization. This is to bring our citizens together, and provide regular stress testing for mobilization practices.
-[X] Continue naval expansion and army reforms
-[X] Formalize an intelligence agency to gather information on our enemies and organize the activities of graduates of our Alpine Academy.
-[X] Provide recognition and funding for social groups that promote republican virtues in defense of the republic, such as community halls and hunting clubs.
-[X] Support the creation of Junior War Clubs in high schools across Germany, where students will practice and compete against each other in mock war games. These clubs will be democratically organized, preparing students for service in the Landwehr.
-[X] Facilitate the organization of a civic religion devoted to the republican struggle and dissolution of crowns.
 
[X] Plan: The moderate case for war
-[X] Build upon our successful peace conference to deepen ties with the Entente, focusing on our shared enmity with the imperial league to see how much the Entente is likely to let us get away with if we go to war east.
-[X] Organize a dedicated national counter intelligence agency to investigate foreign spies and sabotage, answering to the assembly directly.
-[X] Organize a dedicated foreign intelligence agency under the assembly to keep it informed of political developments in other countries.
-[X] Seek to renew our alliance with Italy by promising them gains at the expense of Austria if war breaks out. Reassure them that shared strategic interests matter more than divergence in internal politics.
-[X] Discreetly reach out to Japan to see if they would be amenable to opening up another front in a hypothetical war with Russia, and generally deepen ties with the country.
-[X] Send diplomats touring Europe and America, building a case for war against the autocrats of Russia and Austria.

The seven Modems who were still members of the Assembly (...somehow) support this plan. :V

Let's have a proper Counter Intelligence Agency! Or C.I.A. for short... Hmm. :thonk:
 
[X] To Moscow by 1900
-[X] Begin construction of the Friedrich-Engels-Canal* and the Rhein-Herne-Canal* using the expertise we gained from the Karl-Marx-Canal. Use all technological methods to finish construction quickly and hire foreign workers if necessary, supplying the Ruhr area and taking strain away from our railway network is essential.
-[X] Build large railway routes that will allow fast mobilization and steady supply along our most likely offensive routes against the Imperial League. Conduct regular mobilization drills and work-out mobilization schedules that involve the War Commission, the Unions and other interested parties.
-[X] Provide funding and training for radical groups in Italy and begin drawing up plans for quick intervention to support progressive forces should the situation escalate.
-[X] Formalize the counter-intelligence role of the National Gendarmerie and provide the additional funding, training and manpower the agency needs to fulfil that role. Also create an intelligence agency that collects intel on foreign nations and provides it, along with analysis, to the War Commission and authorized Assembly members.
-[X] Bankroll a program of subsidies and no-interest loan to accelerate the growth of future industries like the Benz Motor Co-op. Technological leadership is crucial for the security of the Republic.
-[X] Offer military goods at factory price to Spain and encourage barter deals instead of currency payment.
 
@Kolya @Sara @Whenyouseeyou @Fakkk I'm not sure why, but your votes are not consolidated in the tally with the plans you're voting for. Perhaps you folks could try to copy and paste the "main" plans that aren't tallied separately?

That aside, could voters of plans which have votes below the 10 percent threshold (7 votes atm) switch to one of "ISWC Internationalism" or "The moderate case for war"? I think we need to maximize the amount of agendas that would be enacted next turn, since it's unlikely for the leading plans to amass enough votes to get more of their lower-priority planks.

"ISWC Internationalism" needs just 3 more votes to make this plank happen:
-[] Work with Spain & ISWC member organizations to create the democratic, anti-capitalist, & anti-monarchist Volunteer Aid Movement. VAM, which is officially unaffiliated with any countries nor the ISWC, will have humanitarian aid & armed volunteering public sections.*

"The moderate case for war" now needs just 1 more vote to make this plank happen:
-[] Build upon our successful peace conference to deepen ties with the Entente, focusing on our shared enmity with the imperial league to see how much the Entente is likely to let us get away with if we go to war east
 
[X] Rekindling the Republic of Virtue
-[X] Create a new national holiday, Mobilization Day, where all citizens of the Republic participate in a mock mobilization. This is to bring our citizens together, and provide regular stress testing for mobilization practices.
-[X] Continue naval expansion and army reforms
-[X] Formalize an intelligence agency to gather information on our enemies and organize the activities of graduates of our Alpine Academy.
-[X] Provide recognition and funding for social groups that promote republican virtues in defense of the republic, such as community halls and hunting clubs.
-[X] Support the creation of Junior War Clubs in high schools across Germany, where students will practice and compete against each other in mock war games. These clubs will be democratically organized, preparing students for service in the Landwehr.
-[X] Facilitate the organization of a civic religion devoted to the republican struggle and dissolution of crowns.
 
[x] Vanguard Communist Party (Valkyrie Clique)
- [x] As the implementation of Labor Recognition has only just begun, provide full support to the Commission on Equality to avoid immediate backsliding and continue the effort.
- [x] Centralize the planning committees of the various Commissions into a standing Planning Conference Committee with the initiative to place sectoral and cross-sector planning bills before the Assembly.
- [x] Establish a national system of borrowing centers and goods libraries to reduce redundant production while improving the standard of living of the populace.
- [x] Reintroduce and formalize the morale and mental-healthcare functions that the commissariat in the United Front had taken on during the Second German Revolution.
- [x] Legally enshrine a right to literacy, with anyone who has been prevented from obtaining literacy in their mother-tongue being provided the materials and instruction needed.
- [x] Permit the workers' and socialist International to deposit its funds with the National Bank, fully insured to the same extent as German and Spanish state debts, extend it loans on the same terms as the German and Spanish governments, and permit it right of first refusal on the issuance of German state bonds.
You have the wrong plank for your sixth plank, and it's making your vote invalid by the current rules.
 
Welp, since I'm not sure whether or not the incorrectly named "ISWC Internationalism" could get the remaining 3 votes, and since the Valkyrie plan is juuust short of one vote to get 20% and get its 2nd plank enacted:

[X] Vanguard Communist Party (Valkyrie Clique)
-[X] As the implementation of Labor Recognition has only just begun, provide full support to the Commission on Equality to avoid immediate backsliding and continue the effort.
-[X] Centralize the planning committees of the various Commissions into a standing Planning Conference Committee with the initiative to place sectoral and cross-sector planning bills before the Assembly.
-[X] Establish a national system of borrowing centers and goods libraries to reduce redundant production while improving the standard of living of the populace.
-[X] Reintroduce and formalize the morale and mental-healthcare functions that the commissariat in the United Front had taken on during the Second German Revolution.
-[X] Legally enshrine a right to literacy, with anyone who has been prevented from obtaining literacy in their mother-tongue being provided the materials and instruction needed.
-[X] Celebrate the wedding of Walpurga Voight and her wife as a proverbial gauntlet thrown at the face of reaction.
 
[X] Plan:long term king kicking
-[X] Create a formal intelligence agency to coordinate worldwide efforts and more efficiently support revolutionaries worldwide.
-[X] Assist refugees and immigrants fleeing from tyrannical states and use their testimony to further convince the public of the neccesity of revolution and war.
-[X] Further invest in the education system with a focus on higher education so that everyone has acess to college and foreign students can be exposed to revolutionary ideas.
-[X] Continue pouring funding into the Navy so as to be able to at the very least act as a Fleet-In-Being and at best be able to be peers of the Royl Navy
-[X]Pour funding into the healthcare system and medical research so that our QOL is increased and in the event of a war we take less casualties.
 
[x] Plan National Market
–[x] Establish the German Foreign Development Bank to help direct investment and provide loans to our allies in need of financial aid. Most of the focus will be on Spain for now to aid in local development.
--[x] Establish a streamlined framework for issuing and trading of bonds by local governments, banks and commercial enterprises to let them raise more capital from the people to fund projects. Bonds will only be nominally taxed to encourage their use.
--[x] Establish generous programs and permanent grants for supporting artists, local fairs, cultural festivals etc celebrating German culture, folkways and nationalism.
--[x] Pass a major tax relief package for families to encourage population growth. The more children, the greater the benefits.
--[x] Establish a guest worker and student program with all expenses sponsored travel from anyone willing including their families, with the option to become a citizen or return home whenever they wish.
--[x] Encourage mergers of industrial co-operatives to allow for better economies of scale through formation of industrial giants, capable of competing with capitalist corporations on equal ground.
 
[x] Plan National Market
–[x] Establish the German Foreign Development Bank to help direct investment and provide loans to our allies in need of financial aid. Most of the focus will be on Spain for now to aid in local development.
--[x] Establish a streamlined framework for issuing and trading of bonds by local governments, banks and commercial enterprises to let them raise more capital from the people to fund projects. Bonds will only be nominally taxed to encourage their use.
--[x] Establish generous programs and permanent grants for supporting artists, local fairs, cultural festivals etc celebrating German culture, folkways and nationalism.
--[x] Pass a major tax relief package for families to encourage population growth. The more children, the greater the benefits.
--[x] Establish a guest worker and student program with all expenses sponsored travel from anyone willing including their families, with the option to become a citizen or return home whenever they wish.
--[x] Encourage mergers of industrial co-operatives to allow for better economies of scale through formation of industrial giants, capable of competing with capitalist corporations on equal ground.
 
[X] Rekindling the Republic of Virtue
-[X] Create a new national holiday, Mobilization Day, where all citizens of the Republic participate in a mock mobilization. This is to bring our citizens together, and provide regular stress testing for mobilization practices.
-[X] Continue naval expansion and army reforms
-[X] Formalize an intelligence agency to gather information on our enemies and organize the activities of graduates of our Alpine Academy.
-[X] Provide recognition and funding for social groups that promote republican virtues in defense of the republic, such as community halls and hunting clubs.
-[X] Support the creation of Junior War Clubs in high schools across Germany, where students will practice and compete against each other in mock war games. These clubs will be democratically organized, preparing students for service in the Landwehr.
-[X] Facilitate the organization of a civic religion devoted to the republican struggle and dissolution of crowns.
 
[X] Vanguard Communist Party (Valkyrie Clique)
-[X] As the implementation of Labor Recognition has only just begun, provide full support to the Commission on Equality to avoid immediate backsliding and continue the effort.
-[X] Centralize the planning committees of the various Commissions into a standing Planning Conference Committee with the initiative to place sectoral and cross-sector planning bills before the Assembly.
-[X] Establish a national system of borrowing centers and goods libraries to reduce redundant production while improving the standard of living of the populace.
-[X] Reintroduce and formalize the morale and mental-healthcare functions that the commissariat in the United Front had taken on during the Second German Revolution.
-[X] Legally enshrine a right to literacy, with anyone who has been prevented from obtaining literacy in their mother-tongue being provided the materials and instruction needed.
-[X] Celebrate the wedding of Walpurga Voight and her wife as a proverbial gauntlet thrown at the face of reaction.
 
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