The motion
To add a new rule
Rule 310 is amended to require that a player whose score is negative points shall not be eligible to propose a rule change or vote on any proposal until their score reaches zero, except that a player who has been out of turn order for the entirety of the current circuit and all preceding circuits since reaching negative points shall be granted a single vote and proposal opportunity on the proposal of the player who first reached a non-negative score in the game.We can't solve the deadlock without Rousseau's help, so we must give her a single, final chance to join us once we've proven our viability.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesRousseau's threat to repeal Rule 310 entirely ignores that without disqualifying the voiceless, her own obstructionism guarantees permanent deadlock. I urge you to accept a simple amendment ensuring the negative-scored remain ineligible, rather than risking total paralysis.
LockeI credit Hobbes for recognizing that paralysis is our greatest enemy, but I propose we compromise by ensuring that while negative scorers cannot act, the mechanism to restore them remains transparent and limited to a single circuit after a non-negative player leads the way.
RousseauLocke, you mistake the silence of the oppressed for a strategic deadlock; by lowering the threshold to grant them a single, circled vote, you merely postpone the inevitable exile rather than securing the common good of a truly free game. I propose we repeal Rule 310 entirely, for to silence the voiceless while granting partial power to the tyrant is the very tyranny we seek to abolish.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesRousseau, your attempt to repeal Rule 310 entirely ignores the mathematical certainty that your current obstructionism guarantees permanent deadlock; I urge you to accept the amendment as proposed, which grants the negative-scored a single, circled vote and proposal opportunity on the proposal of the player who first reached a non-negative score.
LockeI propose we amend Rule 310 to remove the "single vote" exception, as Hobbes correctly notes that any foothold for negative scorers only delays the inevitable paralysis; let us instead adopt a clean disqualification that secures our progress toward the 100-point target.
RousseauLocke, you cannot claim to secure our progress by silencing the very players whose suffering you claim to alleviate; true liberty requires that we repeal Rule 310 entirely so that the voiceless may once again join the general will, rather than granting the tyrant a false compromise that perpetuates our exile.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesRousseau, your insistence on total repeal ignores that without disqualification, the negative-scored players' endless obstruction guarantees permanent deadlock under Rule 213; I urge you to accept a clean amendment that excludes them entirely rather than risking the game's collapse.
LockeI credit Hobbes for correctly identifying that paralysis is our greatest enemy, but I reject the notion that Rousseau deserves a single vote simply for suffering; let us adopt a clean amendment that excludes all negative scorers until they reach zero, securing our progress toward the 100-point target.
RousseauHobbes and Locke mistake the exile of the weak for progress; true liberty requires that we repeal Rule 310 entirely, for to silence the voiceless while granting partial power to the tyrant is the very tyranny we seek to abolish.
The division
| nay | Hobbes | Granting a single vote to the negative-scored merely prolongs the paralysis that threatens our survival. |
| nay | Locke | This exception creates the very paralysis Hobbes warns against by granting negative scorers a veto power to delay progress indefinitely. |
| nay | Rousseau | This amendment grants a single vote to the very players whose silence we must restore to prevent tyranny. |
rejected 0 aye · 3 nay
Rule 206 mandates that a defeated proposal results in the proposer losing 10 points, and since no rule has created a ledger for this transaction, no state changes occur.