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02-23-2021, 08:08 AM | #682 |
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Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
I've contemplated a similar clan-based system but with each clan electing its head rather than having hereditary leaders. (Not to say that the more conservative clans wouldn't always favour particular bloodlines: "My dear, it just wouldn't be the same without a De Crucis in charge!". The Tribune in charge of their relations with the state just rolls his eyes every time and says: "Does anyone else wish to put their name forward?" whenever there's a turnover in the chieftainship and he has to supervise the election.)
You do get a permanent state of tension between the elected-by-the-people House and the elected-by-the-clanmembers House. The Clans are not equals except in voting power in the Chamber. Some are each others clients or otherwise obliged: some have much more financial clout than others. This isn't what we in the UK are used to: the submission of the Lords is over a century old. But the US seems to manage more tension, sometimes creatively.
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02-24-2021, 09:52 AM | #683 | |
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02-24-2021, 10:01 AM | #684 | |
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02-26-2021, 08:59 AM | #685 | |
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I mean, on the one hand lich. On the other hand, if you murder the lich you might well get a civil war.
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02-26-2021, 08:10 PM | #686 | |
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("Right, once you've done burying the corpses of the former parasitic aristocratic ruling class, report back to me and we'll get a quorum going. Let's get this anarchy organized.") This is a rather philosophical dilemma, and one that PCs could very well just choose to ignore. "Yes, our government is dependent on the benevolence - or at least utilitarianism - of a horrific undead eternal overseer from beyond the pale. But you should see how the stagecoaches run on time!" Another level of potential conflict may be in the lich's relationship to religion. In my campaign, the former religions were largely ineffectual by the time the lich arrived in the realm, making for comparatively easy pickings. The lich set up a nondenominational federation and thought no more about religions... until a creed that it set up started to grant priestly spells. Now the lich is worried, because the creed was founded specifically to channel theist behavior into more secular tangible focuses. But if something on the divine level is generating spellcasting powers for its faithful, then that gives tantalizing clues to the nature of theogenesis. The lich is intrigued by the possibility of becoming a divinity, and has begun this research with the same attitude in which it hopes to end its research - by believing in itself. |
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03-13-2021, 01:34 PM | #687 |
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Ordeal Democracy: A system where the legislature is elected normally except that in order for a citizen to vote they must fast for 24 full hours before voting to prove they actually care about politics.
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03-14-2021, 12:34 PM | #688 | |
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As the ordeal gets harder, or you have to do it more often, it becomes a more serious thing. If you need to repeat the fast before each election, well, the political concerns of the elderly or sick don't matter nearly as much anymore....
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03-15-2021, 12:07 PM | #689 | |
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All while the crazy people on both sides of the normal line will vote regardless. The idea made me wonder if you could have a few other variants on democracy like not for american democracy but for multiple party democracy. Variant 1 - You can only vote for a party if you can name three of their candidates for office and a few of their key policies. Variant 2 - You don't get to vote instead you take a list of questions and your vote falls to the party which you agree most with. |
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03-15-2021, 02:18 PM | #690 |
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Instead of an election they have a gambling tournament. Anyone who can pay the ante can play. Winner gets the office. At the end the remaining moneyis put into a bank account and left until the end of term whereupon accountants decide the performance of an officeholder and whether or not he is worthy to receive his winnings.
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