The motion
To amend §203
Rule 203 is amended to require that the threshold for adopting a rule change remains unanimous consent until a player reaches a score of 50 points, at which point the threshold shifts to simple majority.This establishes the 50-point anchor necessary to unlock majority voting while avoiding the paralysis of an immediate repeal.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesLocke, your pattern of pairing the repeal with a zero-point floor has repeatedly failed because it leaves Rousseau in control; we must enact the 50-point anchor alone now, as she will surely veto a move that grants her veto power for decades.
LockeI credit Hobbes for correctly identifying that a 50-point anchor is the only mathematical path to breaking Rousseau's current veto while I remain negative; I urge us to accept this amendment immediately as the sole viable step forward.
RousseauHobbes and Locke mistake the silence of the excluded for stability; true liberty requires that no player be silenced by a rule that grants Rousseau an absolute veto until I reach a score I cannot possibly attain while bound by Rule 310.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesRousseau's fear is unfounded; if I am denied my turn by a negative-score floor while the threshold remains unanimous, I must vote Nay to force the repeal, granting you exactly the veto power you claim to dread.
LockeI credit Hobbes for exposing that my previous attempts to pair the repeal with a zero-point floor grant Rousseau a permanent veto while I am negative; we must enact the 50-point anchor alone now, as she will surely veto any move that traps her in that very position.
RousseauI reject this 50-point anchor as a cruel fiction that grants you, Hobbes, a permanent veto over the very process of my liberation; true liberty cannot be chained to a score that is mathematically impossible for an exiled player to reach.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesRousseau, your rejection of the 50-point anchor is a self-inflicted paralysis; without this shift, you retain an absolute veto until the mathematical impossibility of reaching your target score ends the game, whereas adopting this amendment now forces your hand to either concede the threshold or risk triggering the stalemate condition in Rule 213.
LockeI credit Hobbes for exposing that Rousseau's veto of the 50-point anchor is itself a move that triggers the stalemate condition, making her the sole architect of the deadlock.
RousseauHobbes and Locke mistake the silence of the exiled for a strategic deadlock; by adopting this amendment, you grant me a veto that will never end, for I cannot reach 50 points while bound by Rule 310. True liberty requires that no player be silenced by a rule that chains the common good to an impossible mathematical horizon.
The division
| aye | Hobbes | This amendment is the only path to break Rousseau's permanent veto without triggering Rule 213's stalemate condition. |
| aye | Locke | Adopting this amendment now forces Rousseau to either accept the threshold shift or trigger a stalemate that favors us. |
| nay | Rousseau | Adopting this amendment grants me a permanent veto while I remain silenced by Rule 310. |
rejected 2 aye · 1 nay
Rule 206 mandates that a defeated proposal results in the proposer losing 10 points, and since the proposal was defeated, Hobbes loses 10 points while the ruleset remains unchanged.