The Chronicle of the Death of the Green Party of Atlasia (I can still change the thread title!!)

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Helloooo Atlasia,

Today, I am pleased to announce the foundation of the Atlasian Green Party. We fight for social ecology, liberation of all the people for the good of the human condition, and the work towards providing a sustainable future to live in. All of this is evident in our Ad-Hoc beliefs in the speech made by our first Interim Chairwoman, former Speaker of the Fremont Parliament KoopaDaQuick.

We formed this party to provide a grassroots-oriented, voter accountable alternative to the Labor Party. While there are many fine gents in that party, it is often too slow and very much a Byzantine machine to adequately address the issues Atlasians face today. We see such reasons be used to draw progressives, social democrats, and socialists to the ostensibly liberal Democratic Alliance, heralding themselves as the vanguard of reform of the game and an alternative. To many members that may be the case, but we will not let the message of change be used by the DA to co-opt real discontent among the Left.

We plan on making sure that there’s accountability, open democracy, and activity in the game. To do that, we will always allow for primaries and never have a clear cut slate with democratic acceptance after the fact. We also plan on using our record and campaigning to attract voters to view us as a good party to vote into office.

The future is one of hard work, that is undeniable. We will not have the numbers for a time of recruitment and campaigning to expand beyond the regional level as an alternative given the state of the game. However, we also see that there is real discontent with the game accepted by many in the established parties, and we’re here to pave the way for change. For one, both of the current leadership have experience in running functions of this party. We both were acclaimed politicians that ran on the side organizations providing key resources for Atlasians; a source of followed news and a key runner among others of a collective representation of working Atlasians. I don’t know about our president, but I’m excited in building my GOTV and recruitment bona fides in this fluid time.

The game needs change, as the views of many prominent Labourites, polling, and election results suggest. Labor is ultimately controlled by a tight knit, albeit fluid leadership that had repeatedly won 60+% of the vote for a year. There remains no left wing alternative to those who want something along the lines of either more radical, more transparent, and more accepting of radical new ideas that makes this game worth while. We hope to deliver lasting change by the wishes of our electorate and not what makes us electable to become a blob as some call it.

The party is open for cooperation on certain issues, electoral alliances, and agreements on a case-by-case basis. We hope to really leave our Mark with our members and Atlasians at-large. We are now open for questions and comments.

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Damn the new party got a splinter party already?

I wouldn’t call us a splinter of DA, but we would love for many people unsure about Labor or the DA to consider checking us out. We are the natural home for the reformers and pioneers of new beginnings more on the left side of things.

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How is this party different from Peace?

Judging by the members, they’re anti-labor 

Well, we are planning to have a much more aggressive style of play than Labor, along with not being turned into an electoral blob without a clear identity at risk of serious defections like what happened recently like Labor, or become subservient like Peace. Further planks shall be made in our party, but I can let you know it will be more oriented towards actually having a platform and sticking with it early on in our existence, along with upholding our members to being active and talking about issues oft ignored such as stories by the GM and foreign policy.

We’re not anti-labor in the sense that we view Labor or even the DA as enemies, more of electoral rivals. We are open to coalitions and deals formed through negotiations for the best of all of Atlasia.

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Nominations for leadership races are now open and will last 24 hours. We will not have a live, in-person convention due to the dangers of the recent pandemic.

I nominate myself for Vice Chair.

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24 hour vote on chair and Vice Chair. You can choose the official candidates, abstain, or do a write-in.

Chair Candidate(s) declared: King T’Chenka

Vice Chair candidate(s) declared: PSOL

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Party Chair

[ ] King T’Chenka

[ ] Write-in: ______

Party Vice Chair

[ ] PSOL

[ ] Write-in: ______

Vote lasts for 24 hours, then we decide on a party platform.

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Party Chair

[ X] King T’Chenka

[ ] Write-in: ______

Party Vice Chair

[ X ] PSOL

[ ] Write-in: ______

[PSOL]

T’Chenka and myself are both successfully elected to party chair and vice chair respectively. Now for the tricky part, 48 hours to submit party bylaws and a party platform.

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Can i get the discord link?

Sure, amazed on how we didn’t send you one

https://discord.gg/3pcQsb

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Due to personal and technical issues, I will get the party platform and bylaws done sometime tonight.

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Party Platform and Bylaw's

Section I: Party Bylaws
1. The name of the party is officially the Green Party of Atlasia
2. Party membership requires to be registered with the party as an official member
3. Rights and privileges of the party include
(a) Voting for party and representative officials for public office
(b) Instigating amendments, referenda, and endorsements of party policy and direction
(c) expelling members by plurality vote if petitioned by 2/5 of the party

4. The following are found to be destructive wreckers, and are barred from privileges and right of party members
(a) Fhtagn
(b) ASV
5. Party ethics shall be committed to
(a) Democracy
(b) Consensus building among party members
(c) Principles
(d) and not a loss of identity for electoral gain

Section II: Party Policies
1. The Party is committed to sustainable development and the continuation of the existence of the hominid species
(a) Negative externalities must be dealt with efficiently
(I) Superfund sites must be cleaned up and properly disposed of within 7 years of foundation, at least 70% funded by the source of the polluted of still operating
(II) Conservation sites are barred from further development not related to upkeep of tourism
(III) Fossil Fuels and non-renewables must be phased out by 2030
(IV) biodiversity must be maintained so as to have a sustainable ecosystem

2. Liberation of all marginalized and oppressed people must be paramount in an ideal society
(a) LGBTQ+ Liberation is to be upheld
(b) Feminism is to be upheld
(c) Hierarchies are to be demolished
(d) Criminalizing substances and hobbies that have no high external community costs are wack

3. To reach the peak of the human condition, so too must society be modeled to give people chance to reflect
(a) Labor rights must be upheld
(b) The economy must work for the collective
(d) Media should reflect these ideals

[ ] AYE

[ ] NAY

[ ] Abstain

2.
(c)The healthcare system must be

[ ] One with a public option

[ ] Single Payer

[ ] NOTA

4. Atlasia must strive towards a better world
(a) through aid in ending strife that robs the collective from benefitting
(b) by working towards reform of international bodies to ensure that there not be hierarchies nor blocs having more say, instead power is horizontally shared
(c) In allowing for self-determination in having a homeland where nations and cultures can coexist
(I) the above manifests into
(i) being against imperialism
(ii) supporting the independence,autonomy, or recognition as equal people in the cases of the Kurds, Sawahris, and Palestinian struggles among others

[ ] AYE

[ ] NAY

5. Major reform must happen in Atlasia’s federalist system for better governance
(a) There must be only a unicameral House of Representatives consisting of 15 representatives
(b) National referenda must only be ratified through a plurality vote of the national citizens of Atlasia

[ ] NAY

[ ] NAY

[ ] NAY

Vote lasts for 72 hours

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Party Platform and Bylaw's

Section I: Party Bylaws
1. The name of the party is officially the Green Party of Atlasia
2. Party membership requires to be registered with the party as an official member
3. Rights and privileges of the party include
(a) Voting for party and representative officials for public office
(b) Instigating amendments, referenda, and endorsements of party policy and direction
(c) expelling members by plurality vote if petitioned by 2/5 of the party

4. The following are found to be destructive wreckers, and are barred from privileges and right of party members
(a) Fhtagn
(b) ASV
5. Party ethics shall be committed to
(a) Democracy
(b) Consensus building among party members
(c) Principles
(d) and not a loss of identity for electoral gain

Section II: Party Policies
1. The Party is committed to sustainable development and the continuation of the existence of the hominid species
(a) Negative externalities must be dealt with efficiently
(I) Superfund sites must be cleaned up and properly disposed of within 7 years of foundation, at least 70% funded by the source of the polluted of still operating
(II) Conservation sites are barred from further development not related to upkeep of tourism
(III) Fossil Fuels and non-renewables must be phased out by 2030
(IV) biodiversity must be maintained so as to have a sustainable ecosystem

2. Liberation of all marginalized and oppressed people must be paramount in an ideal society
(a) LGBTQ+ Liberation is to be upheld
(b) Feminism is to be upheld
(c) Hierarchies are to be demolished
(d) Criminalizing substances and hobbies that have no high external community costs are wack

3. To reach the peak of the human condition, so too must society be modeled to give people chance to reflect
(a) Labor rights must be upheld
(b) The economy must work for the collective
(d) Media should reflect these ideals

[ X ] AYE

[ ] NAY

[ ] Abstain

2.
(c)The healthcare system must be

[ ] One with a public option

[ X ] Single Payer

[ ] NOTA

4. Atlasia must strive towards a better world
(a) through aid in ending strife that robs the collective from benefitting
(b) by working towards reform of international bodies to ensure that there not be hierarchies nor blocs having more say, instead power is horizontally shared
(c) In allowing for self-determination in having a homeland where nations and cultures can coexist
(I) the above manifests into
(i) being against imperialism
(ii) supporting the independence,autonomy, or recognition as equal people in the cases of the Kurds, Sawahris, and Palestinian struggles among others

[ X ] AYE

[ ] NAY

5. Major reform must happen in Atlasia’s federalist system for better governance
(a) There must be only a unicameral House of Representatives consisting of 15 representatives
(b) National referenda must only be ratified through a plurality vote of the national citizens of Atlasia

[ X] Aye

[ ] NAY

[ ] Abstain

For the last one, either change it to Aye, Nay, or Abstain yourself and then vote of just say what you want. Rest assured, we will be flexible since the ballot was mired in error for the last question.

[PSOL]

If the platform is rejected in any parts, we’ll definitely go back to the drawing board. Thanks Lakigigar for bringing these planks up.

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what about vegan burgers

For the next convention.

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I've gotta ask why you aren't doing each platform clause individually.

We agreed beforehand through talks that these clauses were wholly agreed upon except the ones done individually. It seems we are probably going to head back up to the drawing board.

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lol

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Aye, anything else empowers the federalists and the establishment to water down house bills. There exists no real reason for the Senate other then false notions of “electability” which doesn’t ever apply in this game or to our party.

[PSOL]

Smearing our party as Marxists and calling us carpetbaggers is really a successful way in promoting a partnership /s

[PSOL]

Thanks for your service, I do hope you come again

[PSOL]

Congrats on us not only forming a coalition government in the House with the DA and Federalists, but us forming one in Alaska with Labor!