To see my previous press release - from November 1, 2012 - please click here.
Cheesewhiz Public LibraryComrade Wisard Redalgus I
--- November 9th Press Release ---
Phillies, gentlecolts, assorted ape people… allo once again! I am pleased to report to you the induction of twenty-five active, Atlasian politicians into the
Social Architects Archive since we last spoke! Before year’s end I intend to expand this list by another fifty names. To accomplish this commendable feat of bureaucratic time sinkery, I need for you, the reader, to show a little bit of initiative. Namely, it is the desire of the Depositaren of the Most Serene Republic of the Midwest that you first fill out the following questionnaire in its entirety, and then submit it to me via private message for immediate transcribing into the archive. Should you wish for any of your responses to be amended, please contact me. Reasonable suggestions shall be taken into strong consideration and some accommodations shall likely be made.
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Basic InformationReplace the underscored spaces with your responses. Use N/A if needed.00. Name and Title of Office(s), if applicable: __________
01. Date of Birth: __________
02. Ideology: __________
03. Religion: __________
04. Region: __________
05. Party: __________
Public AdministrationPlease answer these next ten questions using no more than ten words each.06. Which is more important: excellent results or an excellent process?
07. Who should have more power in federalism: the nation or regions?
08. Would a potent, highly-effective executive do more good or harm?
09. Should public officials be accountable to each other, or the people?
10. Should public officials be expected to implement the people’s will?
11. Are checks and balances, and separation between powers desirable?
12. Which is best: governing from the bottom-up or from the top-down?
13. Should governments be organized hierarchically, or egalitarian-like?
14. Should a government delegate its duties to private service providers?
15. Is it okay for a leader to award their supporters preferential treatment?
Political WorldviewPlease answer these four questions with no more than a hundred words each.16. What is the correct role for good or legitimate states?
17. What makes a leader or elected official good or bad?
18. Are people beholden to some form of human nature?
19. Are people bestowed with natural, inalienable rights?
Political ConvictionsPlease answer each of these thirty questions with “Yes,” “No,” or “Other.”20. Can coercion of people by government ever be justified?
21. Do good people have reasons to be wary of government?
22. Is “limited government” an attractive notion to embrace?
23. Should interest groups be made part of the government to help craft policies?
24. Are people supposed to bring honor and be loyal to the community?
25. Do the needs of the many mostly outweigh those of the few?
26. Is government the ultimate authority in society?
27. Would we all be better off without any economic regulation?
28. Will competition and a market economy help workers flourish?
29. Is self-reliance an important value for our society to promote?
30. Does redistributing resources make an economic order fairer?
31. Should the workers themselves own the means of production?
32. Is “social utility” a better objective for producers than profits?
33. Would we all be better off if private property were abolished?
34. Should people seek to conquer nature and bend it to their will?
35. Will humanity eventually exhaust its supplies of crucial resources?
36. Do environmental challenges threaten our material standards of living?
37. Does it suffice to simply manage natural resources for sustainable use?
38. Is it worthwhile to preserve other life forms and their habitats, as well?
39. Are animals entitled to any privileges that infringe on human interests?
40. Should the interests of all animal species be valued equally?
41. Is it ever alright for one group of people to culturally dominate another?
42. Do you think the Republic of Atlasia is an “exceptional” country?
43. Should the state promote a culture that is uniquely Atlasian?
44. Are you willing to tolerate and coexist with groups of different people?
45. As natives, can we justly demand that any newcomers assimilate?
46. Can more than one cultural nation peacefully coexist within a country?
47. Do people have enough in common to live under a global government?
48. Would you describe yourself as more conservative than progressive?
49. Generally speaking, are you more pragmatic than idealistic?
Additional CommentsPlease answer the following question with fewer than 2,000 words.50. Would you care to divulge any other political views? Please elaborate.
For Further ReferencePlease provide any links to posts on this forum containing information you believe would be pertinent to viewers of the archive in understanding your political perspectives. Campaign threads, posted results to quizzes of a political nature, and posted summaries of ones views in politics elsewhere on the forum are especially desired. Your cooperation would be sincerely appreciated but is not required; I will eventually dig around for and link to such posts myself.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Furthermore, I would like to announce this office is beginning to analyze past legislation in the Most Serene Republic (and from under preceding regimes) to verify its constitutionality. Expect declarations to be issued and links to the bills in question to be provided in the second post of this thread as incremental progress is made. This might take weeks to finish.
In the meanwhile, the Alþing is once again encouraged to provide a most generous appropriation of funding for the sure, expeditious construction and staffing of The Most Serene Library. We should likewise allocate resources for the establishment of our local Leaning Haberdashery Lounge. Neither are yet slated for establishment in spite of their inclusion in our constitution. Please do not make me introduce the legislation myself; the wisard is kept quite busy enough as it is with handling other pressing matters of state. Assuming that these measures are (against all odds) implemented within the next week, construction will still take several months. During which time, all throughout the winter, I will be stuck either in the local, public library or out here:
Do not leave me out in these snowy wastes forever. You will suffer blunt force trauma to the head. Inflicted by my staff. If I have to ask ya'll again, I may have to begin training Wobbles in the ways of castrating Folk Representanter. She is cute... yet has sharp fangs.
Surely I jest. Surely. Now everybody form a neat line. Come closer. I need to hug each of you. Feel the legend of our nation's story - that legend still flowing forth from the follicles of my magnificent but nevertheless rather uninspiring facial stubble! *hug hug hug*