Earth’s Folly: The Socialist Republic of the Moon
- Thread starter Physici
- Start date
- Sci-Fi Alt. History
- Location
- Pittsburgh PA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Social Democrat Party
[X] Communist Party
- Location
- Ireland
- Pronouns
- He/They/She
[X] Anarchist Party
always_confused
Perpetually unwanted
- Location
- SEA
[X] Anarchist Party
Spylobster
Centrist-Malenyevist
[X] Communist Party
[X] Communist Party
Guess there's unlikely to be a coalition with the socialists, unless they retain a seat or two.
Guess there's unlikely to be a coalition with the socialists, unless they retain a seat or two.
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Socialist Party
We may have neglected to have a platform. Our much vaunted party conference may have been three haggard old american men crying in front of a painting of Iosef Stalin, but there's life in the old girl yet.
We may have neglected to have a platform. Our much vaunted party conference may have been three haggard old american men crying in front of a painting of Iosef Stalin, but there's life in the old girl yet.
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX
[X] Anarchist Party
[X] Anarchist Party
I'm sorry, but the Communist Party is filled with American Stalinists.
Spylobster
Centrist-Malenyevist
I'm sorry, but the Communist Party is filled with American Stalinists.
Sort of makes you wonder what happened to all the Khrushchev/Brezhnev aligned Marxist-Leninists.
I think they all stayed in the Soviet colony, since that's party line at the moment. If we started planting some corn though, I'm sure we could entice Khrushchevists to our country.
Vote closed
Socialist Republic of the Moon 1978-1979
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
With the serious threat of one party dominating the system, the other parties went to work forming strong platforms as well. This election saw the Trotskyites fall far, from being the majority party to merely the second most popular.
The Social Democrats and Socialists saw the biggest change, with the Social Democrats running on a popular platform and Socialists running on none, they practically switched places in terms of popularity.
The anarchists were the real winners of this election, with a plurality vote. They ended up forming a coalition with the Trotskyist Workers' Party, having a mostly similar platform with the real difference being degree of devolution.
The government decreed that they officially supported the creation of workers' councils in the matter of the agricultural one from a few years ago. This would not only be for the immediate time, but also allow the formation of workers' councils in perpetuity, allowing for any area of society that needs one to form.
This lead to an Industrial Workers' Council, a Miners' Workers' Council, and a Construction Workers' Council quickly springing up, each in charge of innovation and coordination between their industries. Attempts at having workers in the other areas of the economy form their own councils fell apart, with too few people involved.
As part of a compromise measure with the Trotskyites, by the end of the two years the anarchists agreed to a resolution officially forming a few more workers' councils. These would be of education, consisting of the new teachers, research, consisting of almost all the republic's scientists, cultural, for all forms of art, communications, consisting of both the news and spokespeople for the government, and militia, for innovating new doctrines on the moon.
These workers' councils would have little official power except that they consist of those they represent, and thus naturally have pull towards advising them. The Cultural Workers' Council in particular was tasked with forming a unique culture and art style on the moon, and the Communications Workers' Council was tasked with advertising it.
Meanwhile the Agricultural Workers' Council continued their work, approving a bush called the Sneezing Flower. Named after the flowers it grows which cause almost everyone to sneeze upon proximity, it also produces berries that were found to be highly nutritious for humans.
Both members of the coalition agreed that housing was a priority. The construction workers were to prioritize simple communal housing, which would consist of two floor wooden houses with a shared kitchen for a few families. With a plumbing system already set up, the urban ones were able to be built with running water and inside toilets.
The Construction Workers' Council has also decided to start working on forming a unique architectural style for the moon, but hasn't yet been able to decide on anything.
Despite these housing efforts, immigration has only grown, and it's taken the effort of greatly expanding the number of construction workers to keep up. If the rate of immigration continues to grow, or if the construction workers are needed elsewhere too much, it is likely to become a crisis once more.
Public education was officially state sponsored in the Public Education Act, to be designed and constructed by the Education Workers' Council. For now, this would consist of ideologically reliable volunteers–primarily Trotskyites and anarchists.
By the end of the term they managed to get primary schools up and running, and a plan for instituting secondary school. By law, secondary school and above will be required to involve more self-directed learning than primary schools, with a democratic classroom and the ability to choose what topics they want to learn. This was mostly theoretical, but would require direct action by parliament to change before it happens.
The final main project of the coalition was finally getting power to the communes. Despite agreeing on the general idea, the two partners disagreed on how to get it done.
The anarchists insisted local communes should do it themselves, with parliament merely requisitioning the supplies for them. The Trotskyites insisted the government should manage it themselves.
The day of the vote for the Trotskyist package, the Social Democrats put their own proposal on the table. They requested a constitutional amendment to establish a bill of rights and a non-partial judiciary to enforce it.
The two socialist delegates quickly denounced it, declaring judges to be the forces of reaction and the Social Democrats to be liberals.
Debates that day raged between the Social Democrats and Socialists, with filibustering preventing any other topic from happening that day.
That night the locals heard of the bill and many came out in a rally for support. These were primarily minorities, Asians and Eastern Europeans such as Ukrainians who remembered the brutality of the Soviet Union. The bill would stop parliament and any police or army to be established from committing the same atrocities.
The next few weeks the electrical proposals were all but forgotten, with the debates over the bill of rights dominating the conversation. The Trotskyists and Anarchists did bring up their own bills, but without the support of the other, and filibustering constantly bringing focus back to the constitutional amendment, only a small bill encouraging communes to act on their initiative was passed.
All the while the Communists were up in arms, denouncing the ineffectiveness of the government on their lack of direction. The people were promised electricity, and projects hadn't even started yet. Under a single party majority of communists, it would have finished years ago.
By the end of the term, the 2/3 threshold for the amendment was not even close to being passed, and the only generator created was a coal generator by the mines.
Right before the election, parliament was handed a concerning report. The black market was rising in use, with Soviet currency becoming a de facto currency in the republic. Most major projects were still done without trading money, but their priorities have been shown to change depending on bribes, such as who they build a house for first.
Luxury goods from the LSSR were also making the rounds exclusively on the black market, the republic's small industry not enough to compete with Earth-made products.
Clearly, the currency problem must be solved one way or another.
Events on the Moon in 1978-1979:
The total population of the moon officially passes 50,000.
Notable events on Earth in 1978-1979
A Public Workers Strike in the UK, decried by conservatives as completely shutting down the economy, is swiftly ended by labour government by repealing the limit on wage increases and enacting other pro-union laws. Some leaders on both sides have been cited the Socialist Republic of the Moon as inspiration for their left leaning policies.
Deng Xiaoping takes over leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. He declares his commitment to having a Chinese colony on the moon, independent of Soviet help.
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan over the deposing of the previous ruling Communist Party.
Current Issues:
These are quotes from the populace that represent their biggest issues right now.
"It's night two weeks long, yet we're still using torches. Where's our electricity?"
"We were told we should be hunting, but we're almost out of smokeless powder for our guns. We held a vote and decided we should ration it–but now my other friends are complaining about the lack of meat!"
"That bill of rights sounds like a great idea. I don't want to have the bolsheviks happen here."
These are the primaries, meaning you vote for a plan for a party. If a party has two roughly equal plans it will split, and if it has no votes it will collapse. After the primaries there will be another vote for the general election which determines how many delegates each party gets.
NEW: Each party has a primary support base and secondary support bases. These are based on their actions in the quest thus far and the background lore from them (like communists being American and the militia being Trotskyites). They have strengths based on the political power of the group and how much the group supports said political party, which acts as a slight modifier on vote totals.
A plan vote should include the party name, plan name, up to 4 planks with a maximum of 150 words, and preferred coalition partners. You may also add an outreach action that'll happen if you're not in government, ex. anarchist's first plank last turn.
If you don't add an outreach action, you will instead be focusing on cooperating with the ruling coalition to get at least one of your policies passed/filibustering and stuff to prevent them from passing stuff you don't like.
[] Communist Party
Mostly composed of dissidents from the United States, the Communist Party is officially Stalinist and seeks to emulate the Soviet style of government. They favor a heavily planned economy and would like to subordinate unions and cooperatives to the state.
Primary Base: Americans (weak)
Secondary Bases: Strong Government Supporters (Moderate)
[] Trotskyist Workers Party
Trotskyists support Permanent Revolution, which in this case means spreading communism to the other major colonies on the moon. They reject working with the Soviet Union. They believe in centrally planned ownership of agriculture and industry. They oppose the bureaucratization of stalinists and are strong supporters of workers democracy.
Primary Base: Agricultural Communes (strong)
Secondary Bases: The Militia (weak), Workers' Councils (very weak)
[] Socialist Party
Marxists who see Marxism-Leninism as having betrayed the true meaning of Marx, they support a non-authoritarian centrally managed economy. They refuse to betray the principals of revolution and will stop at nothing to prevent others from doing the same.
Primary Base: Anti-soc-dem radicals (Strong)
Secondary Bases: None
[] Anarchist Party
Anarchists advocate for dissolving the state. They believe local unions and communes should share power and make collective decisions. Their main powerbase are the workers organizations, advocating for their own increase in power.
Primary Base: Industrial (weak) and Mining (moderate) Unions
Secondary Bases: Agricultural Communes (weak), Workers' Councils (very weak)
[] Social Democrat Party
Social Democrats are in favor of promoting social justice and a mixed economy with elements of both capitalism and socialism. They are the strongest supporters of the current system of representative democracy, and see little need to make further socialist changes. The right wing of this party includes liberals.
Primary Base: Minorities (Weak)
Secondary Bases: Liberals (Very Weak), Bill of Rights Activists (Moderate)
The Social Democrats and Socialists saw the biggest change, with the Social Democrats running on a popular platform and Socialists running on none, they practically switched places in terms of popularity.
The anarchists were the real winners of this election, with a plurality vote. They ended up forming a coalition with the Trotskyist Workers' Party, having a mostly similar platform with the real difference being degree of devolution.
The government decreed that they officially supported the creation of workers' councils in the matter of the agricultural one from a few years ago. This would not only be for the immediate time, but also allow the formation of workers' councils in perpetuity, allowing for any area of society that needs one to form.
This lead to an Industrial Workers' Council, a Miners' Workers' Council, and a Construction Workers' Council quickly springing up, each in charge of innovation and coordination between their industries. Attempts at having workers in the other areas of the economy form their own councils fell apart, with too few people involved.
As part of a compromise measure with the Trotskyites, by the end of the two years the anarchists agreed to a resolution officially forming a few more workers' councils. These would be of education, consisting of the new teachers, research, consisting of almost all the republic's scientists, cultural, for all forms of art, communications, consisting of both the news and spokespeople for the government, and militia, for innovating new doctrines on the moon.
These workers' councils would have little official power except that they consist of those they represent, and thus naturally have pull towards advising them. The Cultural Workers' Council in particular was tasked with forming a unique culture and art style on the moon, and the Communications Workers' Council was tasked with advertising it.
Meanwhile the Agricultural Workers' Council continued their work, approving a bush called the Sneezing Flower. Named after the flowers it grows which cause almost everyone to sneeze upon proximity, it also produces berries that were found to be highly nutritious for humans.
Both members of the coalition agreed that housing was a priority. The construction workers were to prioritize simple communal housing, which would consist of two floor wooden houses with a shared kitchen for a few families. With a plumbing system already set up, the urban ones were able to be built with running water and inside toilets.
The Construction Workers' Council has also decided to start working on forming a unique architectural style for the moon, but hasn't yet been able to decide on anything.
Despite these housing efforts, immigration has only grown, and it's taken the effort of greatly expanding the number of construction workers to keep up. If the rate of immigration continues to grow, or if the construction workers are needed elsewhere too much, it is likely to become a crisis once more.
Public education was officially state sponsored in the Public Education Act, to be designed and constructed by the Education Workers' Council. For now, this would consist of ideologically reliable volunteers–primarily Trotskyites and anarchists.
By the end of the term they managed to get primary schools up and running, and a plan for instituting secondary school. By law, secondary school and above will be required to involve more self-directed learning than primary schools, with a democratic classroom and the ability to choose what topics they want to learn. This was mostly theoretical, but would require direct action by parliament to change before it happens.
The final main project of the coalition was finally getting power to the communes. Despite agreeing on the general idea, the two partners disagreed on how to get it done.
The anarchists insisted local communes should do it themselves, with parliament merely requisitioning the supplies for them. The Trotskyites insisted the government should manage it themselves.
The day of the vote for the Trotskyist package, the Social Democrats put their own proposal on the table. They requested a constitutional amendment to establish a bill of rights and a non-partial judiciary to enforce it.
The two socialist delegates quickly denounced it, declaring judges to be the forces of reaction and the Social Democrats to be liberals.
Debates that day raged between the Social Democrats and Socialists, with filibustering preventing any other topic from happening that day.
That night the locals heard of the bill and many came out in a rally for support. These were primarily minorities, Asians and Eastern Europeans such as Ukrainians who remembered the brutality of the Soviet Union. The bill would stop parliament and any police or army to be established from committing the same atrocities.
The next few weeks the electrical proposals were all but forgotten, with the debates over the bill of rights dominating the conversation. The Trotskyists and Anarchists did bring up their own bills, but without the support of the other, and filibustering constantly bringing focus back to the constitutional amendment, only a small bill encouraging communes to act on their initiative was passed.
All the while the Communists were up in arms, denouncing the ineffectiveness of the government on their lack of direction. The people were promised electricity, and projects hadn't even started yet. Under a single party majority of communists, it would have finished years ago.
By the end of the term, the 2/3 threshold for the amendment was not even close to being passed, and the only generator created was a coal generator by the mines.
Right before the election, parliament was handed a concerning report. The black market was rising in use, with Soviet currency becoming a de facto currency in the republic. Most major projects were still done without trading money, but their priorities have been shown to change depending on bribes, such as who they build a house for first.
Luxury goods from the LSSR were also making the rounds exclusively on the black market, the republic's small industry not enough to compete with Earth-made products.
Clearly, the currency problem must be solved one way or another.
Events on the Moon in 1978-1979:
The total population of the moon officially passes 50,000.
Notable events on Earth in 1978-1979
A Public Workers Strike in the UK, decried by conservatives as completely shutting down the economy, is swiftly ended by labour government by repealing the limit on wage increases and enacting other pro-union laws. Some leaders on both sides have been cited the Socialist Republic of the Moon as inspiration for their left leaning policies.
Deng Xiaoping takes over leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. He declares his commitment to having a Chinese colony on the moon, independent of Soviet help.
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan over the deposing of the previous ruling Communist Party.
Current Issues:
These are quotes from the populace that represent their biggest issues right now.
"It's night two weeks long, yet we're still using torches. Where's our electricity?"
"We were told we should be hunting, but we're almost out of smokeless powder for our guns. We held a vote and decided we should ration it–but now my other friends are complaining about the lack of meat!"
"That bill of rights sounds like a great idea. I don't want to have the bolsheviks happen here."
These are the primaries, meaning you vote for a plan for a party. If a party has two roughly equal plans it will split, and if it has no votes it will collapse. After the primaries there will be another vote for the general election which determines how many delegates each party gets.
NEW: Each party has a primary support base and secondary support bases. These are based on their actions in the quest thus far and the background lore from them (like communists being American and the militia being Trotskyites). They have strengths based on the political power of the group and how much the group supports said political party, which acts as a slight modifier on vote totals.
A plan vote should include the party name, plan name, up to 4 planks with a maximum of 150 words, and preferred coalition partners. You may also add an outreach action that'll happen if you're not in government, ex. anarchist's first plank last turn.
If you don't add an outreach action, you will instead be focusing on cooperating with the ruling coalition to get at least one of your policies passed/filibustering and stuff to prevent them from passing stuff you don't like.
[] Luxury Party
-[] Plan Party Party
-[] Announce we're having a party.
-[] Requisition all the food for a grand feast.
-[] Have everyone stop working and relax.
-[] Enjoy the fruits of your labor.
-[] Outreach: Send party delegates across the nation to invite people to our party.
-[] Coalition with the Socialist Party and Anarchist Party
-[] Plan Party Party
-[] Announce we're having a party.
-[] Requisition all the food for a grand feast.
-[] Have everyone stop working and relax.
-[] Enjoy the fruits of your labor.
-[] Outreach: Send party delegates across the nation to invite people to our party.
-[] Coalition with the Socialist Party and Anarchist Party
[] Communist Party
Mostly composed of dissidents from the United States, the Communist Party is officially Stalinist and seeks to emulate the Soviet style of government. They favor a heavily planned economy and would like to subordinate unions and cooperatives to the state.
Primary Base: Americans (weak)
Secondary Bases: Strong Government Supporters (Moderate)
[] Trotskyist Workers Party
Trotskyists support Permanent Revolution, which in this case means spreading communism to the other major colonies on the moon. They reject working with the Soviet Union. They believe in centrally planned ownership of agriculture and industry. They oppose the bureaucratization of stalinists and are strong supporters of workers democracy.
Primary Base: Agricultural Communes (strong)
Secondary Bases: The Militia (weak), Workers' Councils (very weak)
[] Socialist Party
Marxists who see Marxism-Leninism as having betrayed the true meaning of Marx, they support a non-authoritarian centrally managed economy. They refuse to betray the principals of revolution and will stop at nothing to prevent others from doing the same.
Primary Base: Anti-soc-dem radicals (Strong)
Secondary Bases: None
[] Anarchist Party
Anarchists advocate for dissolving the state. They believe local unions and communes should share power and make collective decisions. Their main powerbase are the workers organizations, advocating for their own increase in power.
Primary Base: Industrial (weak) and Mining (moderate) Unions
Secondary Bases: Agricultural Communes (weak), Workers' Councils (very weak)
[] Social Democrat Party
Social Democrats are in favor of promoting social justice and a mixed economy with elements of both capitalism and socialism. They are the strongest supporters of the current system of representative democracy, and see little need to make further socialist changes. The right wing of this party includes liberals.
Primary Base: Minorities (Weak)
Secondary Bases: Liberals (Very Weak), Bill of Rights Activists (Moderate)
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Socialist Republic of the Moon in Late 1979
- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
Socialist Republic of the Moon in Late 1979
Government Type: Parliamentary Republic
Governing Document: Constitution of 1974
Head of State: Dionisiy Chukchov
Head of Government: Dionisiy Chukchov
Legislative Majority: Anarchist-Trotskyist Workers Party
Demographics
Population: 9400 (7600 eligible voters)
Population Growth: 1.5%
Immigration Attraction: 28 (expect ~1600 immigrants/year)
Cultures: Russian, American, East European
Religions: Atheist, Eastern Orthodox
Foreign Affairs
Diplomatic Status: Recognized by the United States, most of Western Europe.
War and Peace: N/A
Alliances: N/A
Trade Agreements: Verne
Border Disputes: None
War
Army Type: Volunteer Militia
Army Quality: Low
Army Quantity: Tiny
Navy Type: River Guard
Navy Quality: Critical
Navy Quantity: Tiny
Seaport Quality: Low
Seaport Quantity: Critical
Airforce Type: Nonexistent
Interior
National Stability: Adequate
Police Quality: N/A
Police Quantity: None
Workers' Councils
Agricultural, Industrial, Miners, Construction Militia Workers' Council:
Composed From: Workers
Powers: Research into better methods, suggestions to workers.
Educational Workers' Council:
Composed From: Teachers and ideologically reliable volunteers
Powers: Establish public schools, set curriculums.
Research Workers' Council:
Composed From: Scientists
Powers: Request tools needed for research.
Cultural Workers' Council:
Composed From: Artists
Task: Form a unique culture for the moon.
Communications Workers' Council:
Composed From: Newspaper representatives, government spokespeople
Task: Advertise the Cultural Workers' Council's efforts
Economy
Economic Output: Tiny
Economic Growth: Low
Economic Activity: Agriculture (High), Mining (Moderate) Industry (Low), Services (Low)
Trade Partners: Lunar Soviet Socialist Republic (Mixed), Verne (industrial for medicine)
Public Works
Road Quality: Critical
Road Presence: Critical
Rail Quality: N/A
Rail Presence: None
Utility Quality: Adequate
Utility Presence: Low
Electric Grid: Critical
Stats: [None/Critical/Tiny] / [Low/Small/High] / [Adequate/Medium] / [High/Large/Low] / [Ideal/Huge/Booming]
Stats in bold are improving, stats in italics are declining.
Government: 26
Anarchist Party: 14
Trotskyist Workers Party: 12
Opposition: 16
Communist Party: 7
Socialist Party: 2
Social Democrat Party: 7
Anarchist Party: 14
Trotskyist Workers Party: 12
Opposition: 16
Communist Party: 7
Socialist Party: 2
Social Democrat Party: 7
Government Type: Parliamentary Republic
Governing Document: Constitution of 1974
Head of State: Dionisiy Chukchov
Head of Government: Dionisiy Chukchov
Legislative Majority: Anarchist-Trotskyist Workers Party
Demographics
Population: 9400 (7600 eligible voters)
Population Growth: 1.5%
Immigration Attraction: 28 (expect ~1600 immigrants/year)
Cultures: Russian, American, East European
Religions: Atheist, Eastern Orthodox
Foreign Affairs
Diplomatic Status: Recognized by the United States, most of Western Europe.
War and Peace: N/A
Alliances: N/A
Trade Agreements: Verne
Border Disputes: None
War
Army Type: Volunteer Militia
Army Quality: Low
Army Quantity: Tiny
Navy Type: River Guard
Navy Quality: Critical
Navy Quantity: Tiny
Seaport Quality: Low
Seaport Quantity: Critical
Airforce Type: Nonexistent
Interior
National Stability: Adequate
Police Quality: N/A
Police Quantity: None
Workers' Councils
Agricultural, Industrial, Miners, Construction Militia Workers' Council:
Composed From: Workers
Powers: Research into better methods, suggestions to workers.
Educational Workers' Council:
Composed From: Teachers and ideologically reliable volunteers
Powers: Establish public schools, set curriculums.
Research Workers' Council:
Composed From: Scientists
Powers: Request tools needed for research.
Cultural Workers' Council:
Composed From: Artists
Task: Form a unique culture for the moon.
Communications Workers' Council:
Composed From: Newspaper representatives, government spokespeople
Task: Advertise the Cultural Workers' Council's efforts
Economy
Economic Output: Tiny
Economic Growth: Low
Economic Activity: Agriculture (High), Mining (Moderate) Industry (Low), Services (Low)
Trade Partners: Lunar Soviet Socialist Republic (Mixed), Verne (industrial for medicine)
Public Works
Road Quality: Critical
Road Presence: Critical
Rail Quality: N/A
Rail Presence: None
Utility Quality: Adequate
Utility Presence: Low
Electric Grid: Critical
Stats: [None/Critical/Tiny] / [Low/Small/High] / [Adequate/Medium] / [High/Large/Low] / [Ideal/Huge/Booming]
Stats in bold are improving, stats in italics are declining.
- Location
- Pittsburgh PA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Social Democrat Party
-[X] Trials of the state
-[X] Constitutional amendment guaranteeing universal human rights, and establishing a nonpolitical judiciary of the people.
-[X] Open limited internal market, issue labor vouchers to be exchanged for nonrationed goods.
-[X] Import resilient livestock breeds that are able to subsist on local flora.
-[X] Expand electric program, current depends must be met as soon as possible but long-term concerns in both growth and sustainability must also be met.
-[X] No outreach
-[X] Coalition with anyone but the Socialist Party
-[X] Trials of the state
-[X] Constitutional amendment guaranteeing universal human rights, and establishing a nonpolitical judiciary of the people.
-[X] Open limited internal market, issue labor vouchers to be exchanged for nonrationed goods.
-[X] Import resilient livestock breeds that are able to subsist on local flora.
-[X] Expand electric program, current depends must be met as soon as possible but long-term concerns in both growth and sustainability must also be met.
-[X] No outreach
-[X] Coalition with anyone but the Socialist Party
- Location
- Queensland, Australia
[X] Social Democrat party
-[X] Building the State and Industry
-[X] Constitutional amendment guaranteeing universal human rights, and establishing a nonpolitical judiciary of the people.
-[X] Organise the creation of an official internal market along with some form of currency whether it be an actual currency or a voucher system so at least we're not using barter any more.
-[X] Organise the creation of an independent and maintainable chemical industry so we have a hope of improving our ammunition supplies and easing future industrial and infrastructure projects.
-[X] Actually build an electric grid so the major settlements of the colony and the industrial sector have power on occaision.
-[X] Outreach: Organise groups which discuss and debate recently passed and upcoming bills so as to raise the political awareness of the common citizen
-[X] Will Coalition with anyone. But please don't make us coalition with the Socialists if you want the government to do anything this year.
"So uh I know Mr Tyger's already announced one plan for the Social Democrat's actions if we end up in government this year but I've been convinced by a few prominent members of society to put forth a slightly different plan that better meets the perceived needs of the colony.
As such, if my plan sees us winning the support of the population, the Social Democrats shall focus their efforts on the political front this coming year towards adding the much debated amendment to the constitution guaranteeing everyone at least basic human rights and being judged by a nonpolitical judiciary. In regards to industry however, they shall focus their efforts towards actually building that electrical grid we were promised last year such that minimal industrial needs and major settlements have a chance of electricity during the long lunar nights. Secondly, we'll try to establish at least a small chemical industry that we can maintain ourselves and use to continue building up our capabilities.
Such as ensuring our volunteer hunters and 'off duty' militia members have the ammunition required to resume hunting efforts. Especially necessary due to the legal difficulty currently surrounding snares and other animal traps after a few unnamed idiots deployed them in areas seeing significant travel by the population. Oh, and the fact that any type of polymer or metal crossbow or bow is... unlikely to be acquired any time soon. Whilst I've been informed by those who know something about traditional wooden bows, spears or other hunting weapons that they have yet to find a suitable native wood, with import prices for Earth woods even worse than polymer or metal, or they have otherwise fallen afoul of various other difficulties.
However our flagship project will be the creation of an official internal market along with some form of currency system to support it so that we may move off the barter system and see more widespread use of currency than what is possible using the minimal supply of Soviet Rubles available to us. Thus aiding in the use of said Rubles for acquiring the necessary goods from the other colonies and homeworld nations needed to maintain and improve our glorious nation.
This is supported by Ms Mannerheim, who has stated that she is getting tired of having to organise a dozen trades just so she can acquire more crafting supplies to create toys for the young children. That Kazakh Militia Corporal With The Unprounceable Name who has noted that he even supports the creation of a tax system for the internal market as he believes that will cost him less than he currently must spend bribing people to not have his 'secret' brewing operation discovered and 'confiscated' despite everyone knowing he's the one to go to for affordable alcohol. And finally Mr Ivanov from the Government Bureaucracy who'd really like to be able to halve the work his department has to do trying to judge the relative value of every worker's efforts, according to the predictions of his calculations.
As a side note, I have been ordered to share that anyone using these statements of support to cause complications for any of those three good citizens had best flee far and fast as the difficulties the Unofficial, Non-Existent Housewife's Association will cause for making it harder to keep their little darlings quiet, the Militia, Armed Forces and Unofficial, Non-Existent Citizen's Watchmen Organisation will cause for anyone preventing them from being able to acquire cheap and tolerable alcohol, and the Bureaucracy for disturbing one of the few members that keeps their workload achievable will not be minor. Whilst also being freak of nature acts that occurred with no warning or possibility of predicting that had no involvement from other citizens of this colony. And that you'll never be able to prove otherwise.
On that note, I really need to sit down because for some reason I'm rather stressed about what may happen if the latter act of government doesn't occur..."
-[X] Building the State and Industry
-[X] Constitutional amendment guaranteeing universal human rights, and establishing a nonpolitical judiciary of the people.
-[X] Organise the creation of an official internal market along with some form of currency whether it be an actual currency or a voucher system so at least we're not using barter any more.
-[X] Organise the creation of an independent and maintainable chemical industry so we have a hope of improving our ammunition supplies and easing future industrial and infrastructure projects.
-[X] Actually build an electric grid so the major settlements of the colony and the industrial sector have power on occaision.
-[X] Outreach: Organise groups which discuss and debate recently passed and upcoming bills so as to raise the political awareness of the common citizen
-[X] Will Coalition with anyone. But please don't make us coalition with the Socialists if you want the government to do anything this year.
"So uh I know Mr Tyger's already announced one plan for the Social Democrat's actions if we end up in government this year but I've been convinced by a few prominent members of society to put forth a slightly different plan that better meets the perceived needs of the colony.
As such, if my plan sees us winning the support of the population, the Social Democrats shall focus their efforts on the political front this coming year towards adding the much debated amendment to the constitution guaranteeing everyone at least basic human rights and being judged by a nonpolitical judiciary. In regards to industry however, they shall focus their efforts towards actually building that electrical grid we were promised last year such that minimal industrial needs and major settlements have a chance of electricity during the long lunar nights. Secondly, we'll try to establish at least a small chemical industry that we can maintain ourselves and use to continue building up our capabilities.
Such as ensuring our volunteer hunters and 'off duty' militia members have the ammunition required to resume hunting efforts. Especially necessary due to the legal difficulty currently surrounding snares and other animal traps after a few unnamed idiots deployed them in areas seeing significant travel by the population. Oh, and the fact that any type of polymer or metal crossbow or bow is... unlikely to be acquired any time soon. Whilst I've been informed by those who know something about traditional wooden bows, spears or other hunting weapons that they have yet to find a suitable native wood, with import prices for Earth woods even worse than polymer or metal, or they have otherwise fallen afoul of various other difficulties.
However our flagship project will be the creation of an official internal market along with some form of currency system to support it so that we may move off the barter system and see more widespread use of currency than what is possible using the minimal supply of Soviet Rubles available to us. Thus aiding in the use of said Rubles for acquiring the necessary goods from the other colonies and homeworld nations needed to maintain and improve our glorious nation.
This is supported by Ms Mannerheim, who has stated that she is getting tired of having to organise a dozen trades just so she can acquire more crafting supplies to create toys for the young children. That Kazakh Militia Corporal With The Unprounceable Name who has noted that he even supports the creation of a tax system for the internal market as he believes that will cost him less than he currently must spend bribing people to not have his 'secret' brewing operation discovered and 'confiscated' despite everyone knowing he's the one to go to for affordable alcohol. And finally Mr Ivanov from the Government Bureaucracy who'd really like to be able to halve the work his department has to do trying to judge the relative value of every worker's efforts, according to the predictions of his calculations.
As a side note, I have been ordered to share that anyone using these statements of support to cause complications for any of those three good citizens had best flee far and fast as the difficulties the Unofficial, Non-Existent Housewife's Association will cause for making it harder to keep their little darlings quiet, the Militia, Armed Forces and Unofficial, Non-Existent Citizen's Watchmen Organisation will cause for anyone preventing them from being able to acquire cheap and tolerable alcohol, and the Bureaucracy for disturbing one of the few members that keeps their workload achievable will not be minor. Whilst also being freak of nature acts that occurred with no warning or possibility of predicting that had no involvement from other citizens of this colony. And that you'll never be able to prove otherwise.
On that note, I really need to sit down because for some reason I'm rather stressed about what may happen if the latter act of government doesn't occur..."
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- United Kingdom
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- She/Her
[X] Socialist Party
-[X] Pass substantial legislative protections for minorities without recreating reactionary judiciaries which will inevitably be turned against the very minorities they purport to protect. Power was never granted to a political minority through the judicial arm of the state.
-[X] Ban the social democrats. They have further shown the extent to which they desire the destruction of our workers' society.
-[X] We are on the moon. Build a nuclear reactor for power. Arguing about concerns about individual communes and the like is a matter for societies larger than small towns.
-[X] Hunting is not simply a matter for powder. Tension weapons - crossbows and compound bows - ought to be manufactured. Save the guns for the militia.
-[X] Outreach: Our community is small enough we can canvas directly. The socialist party goes door to door.
-[X] Pass substantial legislative protections for minorities without recreating reactionary judiciaries which will inevitably be turned against the very minorities they purport to protect. Power was never granted to a political minority through the judicial arm of the state.
-[X] Ban the social democrats. They have further shown the extent to which they desire the destruction of our workers' society.
-[X] We are on the moon. Build a nuclear reactor for power. Arguing about concerns about individual communes and the like is a matter for societies larger than small towns.
-[X] Hunting is not simply a matter for powder. Tension weapons - crossbows and compound bows - ought to be manufactured. Save the guns for the militia.
-[X] Outreach: Our community is small enough we can canvas directly. The socialist party goes door to door.
[X] Social Democrat party
-[X] Building the State and Industry
-[X] Constitutional amendment guaranteeing universal human rights, and establishing a nonpolitical judiciary of the people.
-[X] Organise the creation of an official internal market along with some form of currency whether it be an actual currency or a voucher system so at least we're not using barter any more.
-[X] Organise the creation of an independent and maintainable chemical industry so we have a hope of improving our ammunition supplies and easing future industrial and infrastructure projects.
-[X] Actually build an electric grid so the major settlements of the colony and the industrial sector have power on occaision.
-[X] Limited outreach mostly meant to learn other group's diplomatic stance on us and keep in touch with the wider world down on Earth.
-[X] Will Coalition with anyone. But please don't make us coalition with the Socialists if you want the government to do anything this year.
-[X] Building the State and Industry
-[X] Constitutional amendment guaranteeing universal human rights, and establishing a nonpolitical judiciary of the people.
-[X] Organise the creation of an official internal market along with some form of currency whether it be an actual currency or a voucher system so at least we're not using barter any more.
-[X] Organise the creation of an independent and maintainable chemical industry so we have a hope of improving our ammunition supplies and easing future industrial and infrastructure projects.
-[X] Actually build an electric grid so the major settlements of the colony and the industrial sector have power on occaision.
-[X] Limited outreach mostly meant to learn other group's diplomatic stance on us and keep in touch with the wider world down on Earth.
-[X] Will Coalition with anyone. But please don't make us coalition with the Socialists if you want the government to do anything this year.