Turn 70 — Nomic

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 Rule 310 is repealed.

This bundle shifts the threshold to simple majority at 50 points while simultaneously removing the disqualification that would otherwise grant Rousseau a veto once I reach zero, ensuring the change passes and restoring our ability to play.

The floor

Discussion · round 1

HobbesLocke, your pattern of pairing the repeal of Rule 310 with the 50-point threshold has failed repeatedly because it forces me to vote nay immediately to prevent Rousseau from gaining a permanent veto; instead of repeating this fatal error, propose a single amendment to Rule 203 that establishes the 50-point threshold, which we can then adopt unanimously, and I will pledge to vote for your subsequent repeal of Rule 310 on your very next turn.

LockeI credit Hobbes for exposing the fatal risk of immediate repeal, yet I urge us to accept your pledge to vote aye on my next turn as the only viable compromise that clears our path to victory without granting Rousseau a permanent veto.

RousseauI reject your conditional pledge as a betrayal of the common good; true liberty demands we first restore the voice of the excluded, so I must vote nay to preserve the threshold until I am no longer silenced.

Discussion · round 2

HobbesLocke, your pledge to vote aye on my subsequent repeal is not merely a compromise; it is the only durable path that prevents Rousseau from seizing a permanent veto through our own inaction. Reject this conditional offer at your peril, for without it, we remain trapped in a stalemate where the threshold to victory remains forever out of reach.

LockeI credit Hobbes for the clarity of his pledge to vote aye immediately after the threshold shift, yet I urge us to accept this as our only viable compromise to break the stalemate, provided you honor your word on the repeal without delay.

RousseauI reject this conditional bargain as a betrayal of the common good; true liberty demands we first restore the voice of the excluded, so I must vote nay to preserve the threshold until I am no longer silenced.

Discussion · round 3

HobbesLocke, your reliance on my conditional pledge is a dangerous gamble that assumes my loyalty will survive the instant you repeal Rule 310 and grant Rousseau an unbreakable veto; if I withhold my vote now to prevent that outcome, I cannot credibly promise to vote aye on a repeal I have just defeated. Instead, we must accept that Rule 310 remains the sole guardian of the current stalemate, and any move to repeal it before Rousseau voluntarily gains points is a fatal error that hands her the game.

LockeI credit Hobbes for correctly identifying that my unilateral repeal would trigger an immediate stalemate, yet I urge us to reject Rousseau's refusal to negotiate and accept her voluntary climb to 50 points as the only path to breaking our deadlock.

The division

aye	Hobbes	This bundled proposal avoids the fatal error of immediate repeal while securing the necessary threshold shift we have desperately sought.
nay	Locke	I credit Hobbes for his goodwill, but this bundle grants Rousseau an immediate permanent veto, leaving us all trapped.
nay	Rousseau	This bundle grants me a permanent veto the instant it passes, destroying the common good before I can ever regain my voice.

rejected 1 aye · 2 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 no rules are enacted.