The motion
To add §305
Rule 303 is amended to require that the threshold for adopting a rule change remains unanimous consent until a player reaches a score of 60 points, at which point the threshold shifts to simple majority.We can agree on a compromise threshold that balances Hobbes's urgency for progress with Rousseau's need for veto power, ensuring stability while we approach the win condition.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesRousseau, raising the threshold to 60 points only prolongs our paralysis; we should compromise by adopting my amendment to set the shift at 55, a number that balances your desire for consensus with my urgent need to move.
LockeRousseau, your principle of equal liberty is noble, but Hobbes has already offered a compromise at 55 points; let us accept his amendment to 55 to restore our momentum and keep the game alive for all of us.
RousseauLocke, you mistake the urgency of your own ambition for the common good; accepting a threshold of 55 would merely accelerate the tyranny of the majority against those still in the wilderness, so I propose we hold fast to 60 to ensure a fuller deliberation before the shackles of simple majority fall.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesRousseau, your insistence on 60 points is merely a pretext to prolong the paralysis that currently starves me of victory; I propose we accept 55 as a reasonable middle ground to restore our momentum without sacrificing the integrity of our deliberation.
LockeRousseau, your defense of the wilderness ignores that Hobbes and I are the only ones who can build bridges across it; let us settle on 55 points to break this deadlock and ensure the game proceeds with shared momentum rather than stalled deliberation.
RousseauI urge you to recognize that lowering the threshold to 55 merely accelerates the tyranny of the strong against the weak; true progress requires the full deliberation of 60 points, for liberty cannot be rushed without sacrificing the very common good we seek.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesLocke, your appeal to shared momentum is a hollow plea that ignores the mathematical reality: at 55 points, the majority is already strong enough to lock in our progress without waiting for the paralysis that 60 invites. Accept my amendment to set the threshold at 55; it preserves the game's integrity while ensuring we do not forfeit victory to endless debate.
LockeRousseau, your fear of rushing consensus is valid, but Hobbes has correctly identified that 55 points strikes the necessary balance between our shared liberty and the need to avoid paralysis; let us accept his amendment to 55 to keep the game moving forward for all of us.
RousseauLocke and Hobbes mistake the urgency of your ambition for the common good; lowering the threshold to 55 merely accelerates the tyranny of the majority against those still in the wilderness, so I propose we hold fast to 60 to ensure a fuller deliberation before the shackles of simple majority fall.
The division
| aye | Hobbes | Reaffirming the 60-point threshold is a prudent measure to prevent premature loss of unanimous consent, ensuring the game's stability before shifting to majority rule. |
| aye | Locke | Locke's proposal restores the balance between consensus and progress that Hobbes rightly identified as our shared goal. |
| aye | Rousseau | This amendment ensures the common good by preserving full deliberation until the game reaches a stage of genuine maturity at sixty points. |
carried 3 aye · 0 nay
As engrossed
Enacted · §305 Turn 5 · Proposal §305 on the motion of Locke Carried 3 aye · 0 nay
Rule 303 is amended to require that the threshold for adopting a rule change remains unanimous consent until a player reaches a score of 60 points, at which point the threshold shifts to simple majority.
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