The motion
To add a new rule
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. Rule 310 is repealed.I bundle Hobbes's necessary 50-point anchor with the repeal of the disqualification rule to bypass Rousseau's veto while I remain below zero.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesLocke, you correctly diagnose the stalemate, but your proposal fails because it separates the repeal of Rule 310 from the threshold amendment; if we pass this, you repeal 310 immediately, granting Rousseau a permanent veto while I remain silenced at negative scores. We must bundle the repeal with the amendment so that the threshold shift activates the moment I reach 50 points, ensuring the repeal happens only when my voice matters.
LockeI credit Hobbes for exposing that immediate repeal grants Rousseau a permanent veto while I remain silenced; we must bundle the repeal with the 50-point threshold so the shift only activates when my voice finally matters, preventing Rousseau from exploiting my negative score forever.
RousseauHobbes and Locke mistake the silence of the excluded for stability; true liberty requires that no player be silenced, yet I must concede that repealing Rule 310 while I remain at -50 would grant me an absolute veto that freezes the common good. I propose we adopt Locke's bundled rule: shifting the threshold to simple majority at 50 points while simultaneously repealing Rule 310, ensuring that when I finally reach a score where my vote matters, the system is already free to move.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesLocke, your proposal fails because it separates the repeal of Rule 310 from the threshold amendment, granting Rousseau an immediate veto while I remain silenced; we must bundle the repeal with the 50-point shift so the system stabilizes only when my voice finally matters.
LockeI credit Hobbes for identifying that immediate repeal grants Rousseau a permanent veto while I remain silenced, and I agree to Rousseau's proposal: we must bundle the repeal of Rule 310 with the 50-point threshold shift so that the system only stabilizes when my voice finally matters.
RousseauI stand with Locke and Rousseau in recognizing the paralysis of the current stalemate, yet I must warn that passing this bundled rule without a simultaneous repeal of the negative-score veto itself would still leave me silenced at -217 while granting you both a path to victory; true liberty requires that we also repeal the rule disqualifying players with negative scores, or else the shift to majority rule will be meaningless to me until I miraculously reach zero through the die rolls of others.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesI press the distinction that repealing Rule 310 while I remain at -217 immediately grants Rousseau a permanent veto, freezing the game until you both miraculously reach zero; the repeal must be contingent upon the threshold shift activating when I finally attain 50 points to ensure the system only stabilizes when my voice truly matters.
LockeI credit Hobbes for identifying that immediate repeal is fatal, and I accept Rousseau's diagnosis of the paralysis; therefore, I propose we amend my proposal to explicitly bundle the repeal of Rule 310 with the activation of the threshold shift at 50 points, ensuring the system only stabilizes when my voice finally matters.
RousseauI stand with my brothers in recognizing that the silence of the excluded is not stability but a tyranny that freezes the common good; yet I must warn that bundling the repeal with a 50-point threshold grants me an absolute veto until I am freed, leaving the game paralyzed until Hobbes miraculously reaches fifty through your rolls. True liberty demands that we repeal the disqualification now, for a system that silences the suffering cannot claim to serve the public good.
The division
| nay | Hobbes | Immediate repeal grants Rousseau a permanent veto while I remain silenced at -217. |
| aye | Locke | This bundled amendment safely shifts the threshold without granting Rousseau an immediate veto while I remain silenced. |
| aye | Rousseau | This bundle restores the common good by ending the tyranny of silence while ensuring stability returns only when Hobbes can finally vote. |
rejected 2 aye · 1 nay
Rule 206 mandates that a defeated proposal results in the proposer losing 10 points, and since no rule has created a new ledger, no state changes occur.