Southern Senate Debate Commentary Thread

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I will be hosting a debate between the two Senate candidates for the South starting soon. The election itself will be held on the 18th to the 20th - later this month. This is the commentary thread where anyone can comment on the debate.

The candidates are:
- Delegate DeadPrez or the Federalist Party.
- Representative MB of the Labour Party.

This is the commentary thread, the debate is here: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=338586.0

If you have any questions you want me to ask the candidates, please tell me!

[Former President tack50]

Great, debates are back!

Will there be a presidential one?

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Great, debates are back!

Will there be a presidential one?

I'll talk to Tim Turner about it. I'd be happy to moderate one.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Is the secret to socialist rhetoric referring to white western nations and not "colored" nations?

[Deep Dixieland Senator, Muad'dib (OSR MSR)]

It is great that the South will have a pro 2nd amendment Senator regardless of who is victorious!

> To MB: In your response on technology, you spoke about the increasingly pressing issue of workers displaced by automation. What policies could be implemented to address or adapt to this situation?

I support limiting the spread of technologies like self driving cars (which, once widely available, will displace truckers, postal workers, delivery drivers, and others) in order to prevent the spread of automation. Some people might see it as just delaying the inevitable but the reality is we're unprepared. At our current point, automation will transform our lives for the worse, and it is incredibly important that everyone is economically secure before we let these drastic changes take place. I don't see technological progress as a bad thing necessarily but the social safety net needs to be significantly expanded for us to be able to adequately deal with it.

Once again MB and I are on the same page. Technology is here to serve us, not displace us.
A Muaddib Governorship will stand against large scale automation that replaces out jobs.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I have been saying in real life terms that the paradigm of the future would largely be between a right that resists elimination of jobs to technology and the a left that embraces it and tries to redistribute the profits like Andrew Yang.

Both come with big downsides and we are indeed not ready for the disruption. Also when it comes to societal stability I worry that the latter turns a large number of people into a bunch of keyboard extremists trolling about the internet all day with nothing to do. There is also a sense of value and worth that comes from being productively employed (though it would be better if such work paid higher wages).

That gets into another point, if your goal is living wage by any means one of the first steps is restricting the job destruction because otherwise it would just accelerate the elimination.

[Deep Dixieland Senator, Muad'dib (OSR MSR)]

For the Introduction to the 16th Chamber of Delegates

Section I: Title and Terms
1.1) This shall be known as the "Transport Industry Jobs Protection Act" or "TIJ-Pro Act"
1.2) Terms
a) Self Driving Vehicle Technology (SDVT)
b) Trucking Industry – Vehicles that fall under the description of Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDLs), Rail Road, water going vehicles used for the transportation goods.
c) Passenger Transport Industry – Taxis, buses, public transport & mass private transport (anything greater than 6 passengers).

Section II: Self Driving Vehicle Technology Ban
2.1) SDVT is banned for use for both trucking and passenger transport industries in the Southern Region.
2.2) Any businesses currently using SDVT at the implementation of this bill has two month phasing out period.

Section III: Exemptions & Registration Fees
3.1) SDVT is legal for use on one private vehicle.
3.2) Private vehicles using SDVT will pay an additional registration fee of $240 annually.
3.3) Luxury vehicles using SDVT will incur an additional registration fee of $2,400 annually.

A Muaddib Governorship will stand against large scale automation that replaces out jobs.

I am true to my word. Regardless of the outcome of the Gubernatorial race, I have this this piece of legislation ready for the 16th Chamber of Delegates. Of course I am open to amendments to further protect Southern Jobs!