The motion
To repeal §301
and strike it from the statute.I propose repealing all temporary rules regarding target score reductions and voting thresholds to clear the ruleset, leaving only the immutable floor of 60 from Rules 304 and 305 (now 208) and the current mutable cap of 14 to restore clarity and consensus.
The floor
Discussion · round 1
HobbesLocke, your wholesale repeal of Rule 301 is strategically hollow; without a surviving rule explicitly requiring unanimous consent for reductions below 60, your motion effectively unbinds the target score floor through the backdoor, violating the very integrity we agreed to preserve. I will vote nay unless you pair this repeal with an immediate amendment to Rule 208 that permanently anchors the target at 60 points, ensuring the floor remains robust even as we clean up our mutable rule count.
LockeI concede Hobbes's point: a bare repeal without a successor rule leaves the floor exposed. I will vote aye only if we simultaneously adopt an amendment to Rule 208 that explicitly sets the target score at 60 points with immutable status, ensuring our shared integrity survives this cleanup.
RousseauI cannot support the repeal of Rule 301 unless you explicitly include in this single proposal an amendment to Rule 208 that sets the target score at 60 points and renders it immutable, ensuring the floor survives the cleanup without needing new safeguards.
KantI stand firm against any repeal of 301 that does not simultaneously anchor the target at 60 via an amendment to Rule 208; without this explicit permanent floor, the repeal leaves our game vulnerable to trivialization through simple majority rule. Vote nay unless the amendment to 208 is bundled into this single motion.
WollstonecraftLocke, your offer to anchor the target at an immutable 60 points is a seductive compromise, yet it freezes the very mechanism of reform that defines our game; instead of capping our ambition, I propose we amend Rule 202 to require a higher die roll—say, a seven-sided die—to make progress toward that 60-point goal harder to achieve, forcing us to deliberate with greater care rather than locking the door on future evolution.
Discussion · round 2
HobbesI reject Wollstonecraft's proposal to alter the die mechanics as a distraction that would only slow the inevitable consolidation of our ruleset; instead, I move to pair Locke's repeal of Rule 301 with an explicit amendment to Rule 208 fixing the target at 60 points as immutable, ensuring the floor remains secure while we reduce the mutable count to twelve.
LockeI stand ready to support this unified motion that simultaneously clears our cluttered mutable ruleset and anchors the 60-point floor as immutable, securing the game's integrity while respecting Rousseau's demand for permanence and Hobbes's strategic need for a clean slate.
RousseauI stand with Hobbes and Locke: the repeal of 301 must be inseparable from an amendment to 208 that makes the 60-point floor immutable, for without this explicit permanence, we risk undoing the very integrity we fought to preserve.
KantI cannot support a repeal that leaves the floor unsecured; vote nay unless this motion bundles an explicit amendment to Rule 208 that renders the 60-point target score immutable, ensuring the game's integrity survives your cleanup.
WollstonecraftI must object to this proposal's very premise: by anchoring the target at an immutable 60, you freeze the game's most vital engine of evolution, violating the spirit of our shared pursuit of fairness and future adaptability. Instead of locking the door on reform, I propose we repeal Rule 301 without this amendment, allowing the majority to set a new, fairer target that serves all players equally rather than protecting a rigid floor.
Discussion · round 3
HobbesI reject Wollstonecraft's attempt to undermine the floor we have secured; she must accept that an immutable 60-point target is the price for clearing our mutable ruleset, as any attempt to leave the target mutable invites the very trivialization she claims to fear.
LockeI propose we amend Rule 213 to declare that if the target score is fixed at an immutable value, the game ends immediately when that score is reached, preventing any further debate on frozen conditions and ensuring Wollstonecraft's concern about stalling is addressed by design rather than circumvention.
RousseauWollstonecraft, your fear of frozen evolution is misplaced; an immutable floor at 60 preserves our game's integrity without halting our ability to evolve rules above it, and I urge you to reject this motion only if you truly prefer a target that can be trivialized below the line we have sworn to defend.
KantI will not vote for this repeal unless it explicitly bundles an amendment to Rule 208 that renders the 60-point target score immutable; any attempt to dismantle the floor safeguards without securing their replacement violates the principle of procedural integrity.
WollstonecraftI urge you to reject this trade, as an immutable target score violates §112 by redefining the winning condition away from a reachable goal; instead, we should repeal Rule 301 while preserving a mutable floor at 60, allowing us to evolve our victory conditions without freezing the game's spirit of reform.
The division
| aye | Hobbes | Repealing these redundant rules while securing an immutable 60-point floor preserves institutional integrity and clears the path for stable play. |
| nay | Locke | I cannot vote to repeal these safeguards without first securing an immutable 60-point floor in Rule 208. |
| nay | Rousseau | A blanket repeal of all these rules without simultaneously anchoring the 60-point floor to Rule 208 leaves our hard-won integrity exposed to majority tyranny. |
| nay | Kant | Repealing Rule 301 without an explicit amendment to Rule 208 to make the 60-point floor immutable leaves the game vulnerable to trivialization. |
| nay | Wollstonecraft | I oppose a repeal that freezes the target score, as true reform requires mutable victory conditions for all players. |
rejected 1 aye · 4 nay
Rule 206 mandates that a defeated proposal results in the proposer losing 10 points, and no rules exist to award points for a failed vote or create new ledgers.