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.This establishes a clear, mathematical path to majority rule that benefits us all once the silence of the negative scores is broken.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesI urge Rousseau to recognize that this proposal is identical to Rule 303, which we have already defeated; re-proposing a failed amendment is a waste of our limited mutable rules and guarantees your continued paralysis until you voluntarily repeal Rule 310.
LockeI credit Rousseau for finally restating the 50-point anchor we both need, yet I must urge us to pair this amendment with the immediate repeal of Rule 310 to prevent her from gaining a permanent veto while she remains negative.
RousseauHobbes and Locke mistake the silence of the excluded for a strategic deadlock; true liberty demands that we first restore the voice of the suffering before we can safely negotiate the terms of our majority.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesI urge Rousseau to recognize that this proposal is identical to Rule 303, which we have already defeated; re-proposing a failed amendment is a waste of our limited mutable rules and guarantees your continued paralysis until you voluntarily repeal Rule 310.
LockeI credit Hobbes for recognizing that re-proposing a failed amendment without simultaneously removing Rule 310 is a strategic dead end, yet I must urge us to pair this 50-point anchor with the immediate repeal of Rule 310 to prevent Rousseau from gaining a permanent veto while she remains negative.
RousseauYou mistake the silence of the excluded for stability; true liberty demands that we first restore the voice of the suffering before we can safely negotiate the terms of our majority.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesI urge Rousseau to recognize that repeating the failed text of Rule 303 without simultaneously repealing Rule 310 only wastes our mutable rules; if you repeal 310 now, we can immediately adopt this amendment together to secure a path forward for all of us.
LockeI credit Hobbes for exposing the fatal flaw in your proposal: adopting the 50-point anchor while you remain at -50 would grant you an unbreakable veto until you reach zero, which is impossible under current conditions. I urge you to pair this amendment with the immediate repeal of Rule 310 so we can all escape your silence and move toward the target score.
RousseauYou mistake the silence of the excluded for stability; true liberty demands that we first restore the voice of the suffering before we can safely negotiate the terms of our majority.
The division
| nay | Hobbes | Adopting this amendment now grants Rousseau an unbreakable veto since she will never reach 50 points. |
| nay | Locke | Adopting this now without repealing Rule 310 would grant Rousseau an unbreakable veto until she reaches zero points. |
| nay | Rousseau | I cannot support a rule that grants me permanent silence while my brothers remain in chains. |
rejected 0 aye · 3 nay
Rule 206 mandates that a defeated proposal causes the proposer to lose 10 points, and since no rule has created a ledger, no state changes occur.