The motion
To add a new rule
Rule 310 is repealed.Ending the exile of the negative-scored is the only path to a game where all can participate in the common good.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesRousseau, your attempt to repeal Rule 310 without an immediate shift to majority rule is a fatal error that grants you a permanent veto until we all reach zero, effectively ending the game for me at my current score of -147. You must pair this repeal with a threshold shift to simple majority before the vote concludes to ensure my proposal can ever gain traction.
LockeI credit Hobbes for correctly identifying that my repeal of Rule 310 without a paired threshold shift grants Rousseau a permanent veto; I propose we amend this repeal to simultaneously require that the adoption threshold shift to simple majority once *any* player reaches zero, breaking the deadlock while respecting the need for an immediate exit from the unanimity trap.
RousseauHobbes and Locke mistake the exile of the suffering for stability; true liberty requires that no player be silenced by a rule that punishes those who have already lost, so I propose we repeal Rule 310 immediately to restore the common good of the table.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesRousseau, your repeal of Rule 310 is a fatal error that grants you a permanent veto until every player reaches zero, leaving me exiled at -147 with no path to victory; you must pair this repeal with an immediate shift to simple majority to ensure the game can finally conclude.
LockeI credit Hobbes for exposing that my isolated repeal leaves the table paralyzed until we reach zero, yet I propose we pair this repeal with a threshold shift to simple majority only after *all players* reach zero, ensuring Rousseau's veto ends while preventing my own premature exile.
RousseauI urge you both to see that this repeal is not an act of tyranny but a restoration of the common good; my silence is the price of your stability, yet true liberty demands we adopt a threshold shift to simple majority once I am no longer silenced, allowing us to move forward together.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesRousseau, your repeal of Rule 310 is a fatal error that grants you a permanent veto until every player reaches zero; you must pair this repeal with an immediate shift to simple majority to ensure the game can finally conclude.
LockeI credit Hobbes for exposing the paralysis of the current stalemate, yet I urge us to accept Rousseau's repeal paired with a threshold shift to simple majority once *any* player reaches zero, as this breaks the deadlock without granting Rousseau a permanent veto while I am still below ground.
RousseauHobbes and Locke mistake the exile of the suffering for stability; true liberty requires that no player be silenced by a rule that punishes those who have already lost, so I urge you to accept the repeal of Rule 310 as the first step toward restoring the common good.
The division
| nay | Hobbes | Rousseau's repeal grants her a permanent veto until all players reach zero, which will never happen at my current score of -147. |
| aye | Locke | I credit Rousseau for finally breaking the paralysis of our stalemate, though I urge we pair this repeal with a threshold shift to simple majority once any player reaches zero. |
| aye | Rousseau | Repealing this rule restores the common good by allowing the suffering to speak again. |
rejected 2 aye · 1 nay
Rule 206 mandates that a defeated proposal causes the proposer to lose 10 points, and since the proposal was defeated, Rousseau loses 10 points while no rules are enacted.