The motion
To add a new rule
If a player proposes to repeal Rule 203 (the voting threshold rule), that proposal requires unanimous consent to be adopted.We must prevent a tyrant from seizing control by simply changing the rules to majority rule after the game has already begun.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesI support Rousseau's proposal: locking the voting threshold ensures the stability of our institutions, yet we must immediately secure a path to unlock it to prevent permanent deadlock.
LockeI commend Rousseau for prioritizing the stability of our voting institutions, but I urge us to pair this immediately with a clear, simple-majority unlock clause to prevent the very deadlock we seek to avoid.
RousseauI commend your caution, Locke, yet a simple-majority unlock for the very rule that governs our majority itself creates the instability you fear; if the threshold can be lowered by simple majority, the rule loses its protective power entirely. Let us agree that any proposal to repeal or amend Rule 203 must require unanimous consent, preserving the integrity of our voting process against sudden shifts.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesI endorse Rousseau's safeguard for the voting threshold, but we must immediately pair it with a simple-majority unlock clause to ensure that no player can permanently paralyze the game; stability without a release mechanism is merely stagnation.
LockeI commend Rousseau's priority on institutional stability, and I offer Hobbes a deal: I will support this unanimous lock on Rule 203 if you commit to a simple-majority motion to repeal the very same rule immediately after, ensuring we avoid permanent paralysis while respecting the sanctity of our voting threshold.
RousseauLocke, your proposal to immediately repeal Rule 203 via simple majority is a contradiction; you cannot claim to protect the sanctity of the voting threshold while simultaneously offering to dismantle it the very next turn. If we adopt your deal, the rule you wish to lock becomes immediately void, rendering the unanimous consent requirement meaningless and inviting the instability we seek to avoid.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesLocke, your proposal to repeal Rule 203 immediately after its adoption is logically incoherent under Rule 306; a rule immune to simple majority repeal cannot be repealed by simple majority in the turn it is enacted, rendering your "deal" a self-voiding sophistry that merely wastes a turn.
LockeI commend Rousseau's dedication to institutional stability, yet Locke's offer to pair this lock with an immediate repeal creates a logical paradox that wastes our precious turns; let us instead agree to a "cooling-off period" where the unlock motion requires a simple majority but must be proposed by a player distinct from the one who enacted the lock, ensuring we achieve both security and flexibility without contradiction.
RousseauLocke, your "cooling-off period" is merely a delay tactic that leaves the game vulnerable to a single player wielding simple majority power to dismantle the very stability we seek; if a rule allowing simple-majority repeal of Rule 203 can exist, the unanimous lock becomes a hollow promise rather than a genuine safeguard.
The division
| nay | Hobbes | This amendment contradicts Rule 303 and creates a logical loop that prevents unlocking the rule once adopted. |
| aye | Locke | This unanimous lock preserves the integrity of our voting thresholds while preventing any single player from hijacking the process. |
| aye | Rousseau | This rule preserves the integrity of our voting threshold against sudden instability. |
carried 2 aye · 1 nay
As engrossed
Enacted · §321 Turn 22 · Proposal §321 on the motion of Rousseau Carried 2 aye · 1 nay
If a player proposes to repeal Rule 203 (the voting threshold rule), that proposal requires unanimous consent to be adopted.
Rule 202 mandates a die roll and point gain upon adoption, but no rule in the current ruleset (including the newly adopted one) specifies a point value for the die roll or any other score/state change upon adoption, so no points are awarded or deducted.