SFP Party Program
Silas Soule
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** APPROVED by a vote of 22 to 1 ***
Round about Day 2791, near the end of July, the SFP voted en masse in favor of an open party proposal to form a Committee of Correspondence to draft a Party Program which will help to guide its actions and set common goals. The Program is to be a voluntary statement of principles, guidelines and points of solidarity, subject to modification over time, much more like a lab book than a catechism.
Such a Committee was duly formed and it has been drafting away, via a lively thread on the SFP Forum. Contributors have include😛
Ghost of Tom Joad, Franklin Stone, Phoenix Quinn, EddieA, Kevin Sheridan, Jude Connors and Artela.
The full membership of Party gathered in a virtual General Assembly to ratify the Program
A. Foreign Affairs
* Hold discussions on the general foreign policy and strategic aims of the eUSA in public Congress. Keep only operational discussions behind closed doors. At all times, provide white papers and opinion pieces explaining policy to the general population.
* Every change in the MPP stack, territorial shift and new war needs to be explained by the executive in relation to strategic policy.
* Side with the oppressed, threatened communities and the disadvantaged. Fight against VISA-powered imperialism, tyranny and piracy.
B. Institutional Democracy
* All Top Five (T5) parties should have an equal representation in the Select Committee on Intelligence (SCI); only Party Presidents should decide on a party's representative.
* The IES (Immigration Board) should be accountable to all T5 parties. Rotate control between all five parties.
* Abolish the so-called "defensive" dictatorship.
* Employ Direct Democracy practices whenever feasible. Connect with two-clickers and unaffiliated players. Continually seek ways to bring discourse back from the meta-game into the game itself.
C. Economic Freedom
* Put a hard cap on the government reserve. Legislate a differential decrease in taxes according to the distance from that cap at all times.
* Give tax money back to the community. Increase social expenditure on programs in the Dept. of Citizen Affairs, for national competitions, in support of private/party Military Units and so forth.
The Socialist Freedom Party is partying for e-Freedom! Our quest is for e-Liberation for all players! We believe that giving away free stuff is fun. So we offer arms, food, houses, jobs, and help to players as much as we can.
We are voluntarist anarcho-syndicalists and democratic socialists with an open, revolutionary and progressive point of view. You don't need to agree with everything in this program to join us or to work with us. This Program is not a political litmus test; it is a fluid manual -- a lab book -- for thinking about how to transform the game.
The door to freedom is open. Merge your game with the SFP's. Come dine with us! Dance with us! Play with us! Ride into battle with us! Change the e-World with us!
1) Mutual Aid and Freedom
SFP is a tribe of global players with a common interest in freedom.
We seek to lead our e-societies to enact policies that embrace fairness and mutual aid. Leaders, parties, players, militias and governments who are fair, open and caring about the players; winning our backing rather than demanding it.
We insist that full liberty for all leads to maximum fun. Let every voice be free! Let the spirit of every conversation be open. In a crazy-quilt world of players playing play-war, we choose to focus on building community.
2) Fair Play
Revolutionary fair play requires grace, accountability and transparency. A good government ensures well-being. It offers arms, food, jobs, houses and fun and keeps clean books!
Intolerant only of intolerance, we advocate for absolute freedom of speech in a society that recognizes the dignity of all players and itself plays fair, where leaders are liable and the e-books accounting for our collective CC's are square and fair.
3) Democratic Good Times
Creating alliances and mutual defense pacts enhances global community, but real unity of purpose derives legitimacy only from the peoples' approval. That's genuine liberty.
Authority that fails to please the citizens also fails to open players' hearts and to free their minds from mental slavery. So we keep pushing for enhancing power from below.
No old farts, special cliques or big whales should have an inherent right to all the goodies of the game. Cronyism, elitism, segregation and plutocracy are boring and ultimately counter-productive.
4) Revolutionary Leadership
It may be necessary at times to rant, to rave, and even to revolt, but it is construction not destruction that brings true progress. Better to propose smart ideas and build decent institutions, clearly, in the open.
Revolutionary leaders do not need extravagance and boasting to be social. "Everything for everyone and nothing for ourselves" is our sense of legitimacy.
Politicians and warlords who profit from their position and call the waaaah-bulance anytime they are questioned are just sad clowns.
5) Promote Power From Below
True radicals propose, not impose. Big choices are discussed in the open so that all the great whimsical camaraderie can be shared and transparent, and good governance roles are rotated around to keep things cool.
Let's communize information. Let's always be training new leaders. Let's put more social into socialism. Power-from-below trumps power-from-above; that's what keeps the free in freedom. Cruelly trolling people with whom one disagrees is not only bad manners; it is anti-fun.
6) Do Good Work
Here's a few good ideas to work on...
Don't over-feed a bloated war reserve. Channel CC's into citizen welfare too, because an engaged citizenry is the best army. Avoid petty useless wars. Abandon imperialism. Promote e-wars that increase freedom and fun.
Push the boundaries. Write freely. Share info. Invent fun things for players to do.
Embrace democracy, reject rubber-stamping. Regularly debug government agencies and programs. Be bold! Get indignant! Oppose oligarchy. Create equal opportunity for all. And do it liberally, like a pro, in the open.
Engage in regular thoughtful tweaking of tax policy monthly, transparently.
Think big. Seek to turn the political will of all players in all the nations of the New World onto a road towards mutual and individual e-liberation!
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[SFP] Draft Party Program
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o7
Suppliers of Famous Points is more like it
why is sending someone a confessional a private conversation, if it came unsolicited it should be fair game (the confessional)?
Yay,
Welcome back George.
What George says.
plus excellent work Comrades.
I hope people take the time to check this out
This is sexy.
Resistance is futile. Join SFP and let us dance.
Dance the night away \o/
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shake shake shake that booty
Hee Hee. Booty.
Pig-disgusting Capitalist Party 😉
Luz it so hard
I really like most of it, i think a lot of elitists wont like this!!
I love the first picture.
General Zapata o7
I agree with this platform, It frustrated me when the tax went up the way it did,with no article supporting it before passage, just felt is was a midnight vote with no one looking. I am not on irc and do all communicating thru the game itself. It is refreshing this party seeks to communicate thru the game first.
APROVE 🙂