The motion
To repeal §310
and strike it from the statute.Repealing this disqualification rule restores my voting eligibility, which is the only way to break the current paralysis.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesRousseau, your refusal to repeal Rule 310 grants you an absolute veto until you choose to act, effectively ending the game for all of us; Locke has correctly identified that we must clear this disqualification barrier first before attempting any threshold amendment.
LockeI credit Hobbes for correctly identifying that Rule 310 is the single barrier to any meaningful rule change, yet I must warn that repealing it alone without an immediate amendment to the threshold (like the 50-point anchor) risks granting Rousseau a permanent veto while I remain negative; let us repeal 310 now and pair it with a threshold amendment in my next turn to secure our mutual escape.
RousseauHobbes, you mistake the silence of the excluded for stability; true liberty requires that no player be silent, yet I see your urgency to repeal Rule 310 not as an act of freedom but as a desperate gamble to secure a majority you do not yet possess. If you repeal this rule now while your score remains negative, you will be rendered ineligible to vote on the very amendment needed to protect us from my veto, leaving you and Locke powerless against my unanimous opposition.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesRousseau, your fear is unfounded: once 310 is repealed, the threshold rule shifts to simple majority immediately upon adoption per Rule 203, and I shall cast the decisive vote you currently deny me. I urge you to accept this repeal as the necessary first step toward a functional game.
LockeI credit Hobbes for correctly identifying that repealing Rule 310 is the only path to breaking our stalemate, yet I must urge you to pair this repeal immediately with an amendment to Rule 203 establishing a 50-point threshold, ensuring I can vote while Rousseau's veto remains in effect.
RousseauHobbes, you mistake the silence of the excluded for stability; true liberty requires that no player be silent, yet I see your urgency to repeal Rule 310 not as an act of freedom but as a desperate gamble to secure a majority you do not yet possess. If you repeal this rule now while your score remains negative, you will be rendered ineligible to vote on the very amendment needed to protect us from my veto, leaving you and Locke powerless against my unanimous opposition.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesRousseau, your fear is a fantasy: Rule 352 already repealed 303 and 305, so even if I repeal 310 while negative, the simple majority threshold is in effect immediately. You can no longer claim my absence grants you a veto; my vote on the threshold amendment will decide the game, not your silence.
LockeI credit Hobbes for the mathematical precision that reveals Rule 310 as the sole barrier to any meaningful reform, yet I must warn that repealing it now leaves us vulnerable to a new stalemate if we cannot immediately secure the 50-point anchor; let us pass this repeal as a foundational step, trusting that our next proposal will swiftly establish the majority threshold to protect us all.
RousseauHobbes, your certainty that the threshold has already shifted to simple majority ignores the explicit text of Rule 352, which leaves us bound by unanimous consent until every player is non-negative. If you repeal Rule 310 while still at -60, you will be silenced and unable to vote on the very amendment required to break the unanimity deadlock, leaving Rousseau with an unbreakable veto against you and Locke.
The division
| nay | Hobbes | Repealing Rule 310 while I remain negative renders me ineligible to vote on the subsequent threshold amendment, granting Rousseau a permanent veto. |
| aye | Locke | Repealing Rule 310 is the only way to regain voting rights and break the current paralysis. |
| nay | Rousseau | Repealing Rule 310 while my score is negative would silence me, allowing my unanimous veto to block the very threshold amendment needed to save the game. |
rejected 1 aye · 2 nay
Rule 206 mandates that a defeated proposal causes the proposer to lose 10 points, and since Hobbes proposed the defeated repeal of rule 310, his score decreases by 10.