Interesting infobox and very interesting politics. I really like the way the future ideologies and compass position is laid out. The divide is highly on social issues, but what are the major issues there?
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President Gabbard reversed the funding policies of her predecessor, but did not enjoy a successful term with the beneficiaries of the Department of Resettlement and Reconstruction's programs. Long-buried tensions between displaced refugees and the people whose cities they had been relocated to soon boiled over in many parts of the country following Gabbard's inauguration and Gabbard was forced to keep the National Guards of states with many relocated Americans on constant alert for public disorder, especially in urban areas like Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and Phoenix.
Additionally, by the time she came up for re-election, Gabbard became embroiled in controversy over her administration's handling of further massive refugee crisis, this time with thousands of climate change refugees from the Caribbean and Latin America attempting to enter the United States daily. The administration's generous allowance of accepting refugees from bordering nations proved controversial even within her own party, with many (especially national security-oriented Democrats) concerned about the growing spending of American resources on foreign refugees.
Vice President Castor, who would be 78 on Inauguration Day 2045, opted to retire rather than run again. Gabbard replaced her on the ticket with Colorado Congresswoman Tess Udall, a member of the illustrious Udall political family. The Republican nominee was an unconventional choice: former General W. Bryan Jackson, who was the only candidate with enough military experience to challenge Gabbard on national security issues and the refugee crisis. He chose Ohio Governor Niraj Antani as his running mate.
Jackson's military credentials were impeccable and the respect for the military (one of the only governmental institutions to have both prepared for the sea level change and which had been in public conscience for over a decade fighting the sea level increase and arranging for transportation out of endangered cities) combined with Gabbard's vulnerability on national security over the refugee question gave the Republicans control of the White House.
2044
The relatively open-handed policy towards refugees of the Gabbard administration was replaced by the Jackson administration's increase of both Coast Guard and Border Patrol forces and placed stringent limits on the amount of refugees accepted each year. This limited the flow of refugees, but the trade-off of increased border security erased any logistical gains made by limiting emigration.
The main issue of the presidential campaign, however, was not the refugee question, but instead the question over the proposed legislation to create a massive new loan program to help recipients of DRR aid. Many of them, especially homeowners whose homes were now literally underwater (or soon to be) took massive losses financially and by 2044, a critical mass of refugees who had been financially ruined by the rising seas had formed, demanding help from the government.
The Democratic nominee, long-time Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, was a major proponent of the Loans Intended for Displaced Americans Act (LIDAA), the key piece of legislation that was making its way through Congress in the fall of 2044 and so was his running mate, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema (the first openly LGBT American on a national party ticket). Jackson had opposed the act, fearing its effects on the United States' national debt and necessitate a massive new tax regimen and threatened a veto if it passed.
This time, Jackson was out of touch with the feeling in the United States and the startling amount of poverty that accompanied cities that had massive relocated populations. A late-campaign push by Murphy gave the Connecticut senator a narrow victory. Vice President Synema became the first openly LGBT vice president.
2048
The sea level rise and changes across the world had been the genesis for a new, radical direction in environmentalism across the world and the United States was no exception. Although both Democratic and Republican parties had soon adopted platforms that, three decades earlier would have been considered impractical for the massive push for pushing for renewable fuel systems and had pushed carbon emissions to their lowest level in almost a century, this was not considered enough for many in the environmental movement in 2048.
Gabriel Brooks, who had been President Murphy's Secretary of Energy before disagreements over policy caused him to leave the cabinet, harnessed the energy of the movement and became its champion. Criticizing both parties, Brooks and his supporters co-opted the small and divided environmental groups into the Green Union, a new party to pursue their version of radical environmental reform that administrations from both parties had failed to enact.
Brooks chose activist Lauren Bush, niece and granddaughter of the two George Bushes to serve as president, as his running mate as a token show of support for being a party that transcended party labels. The Republicans chose former Governor Jane Raese of West Virginia, one of the most conservative environmentalists running, as their nominee. Raese chose Texas Congressman Martin Rivera, who was a member of the "green business" wing of the Republican Party, as her running mate.
While Brooks claimed to attract support from both parties, the fact of the matter was that his supporters were lopsidedly disillusioned Democrats and as a result, Murphy faced a serious disadvantage once Brooks made it clear he was running. Raese, despite being savaged by both other candidates for her conservative environmental beliefs and track record as West Virginia governor, was in the lead the entire campaign despite Murphy's reminder to many voters that he had signed the LIDAA, which had proven very popular.
Raese won by a comfortable margin over Murphy, almost entirely as a result of Brooks' vote-splitting. For his part, the former Energy Secretary became the first candidate outside of the two major parties in almost eighty years to win an electoral vote after a New York elector decided to vote for the Green Union ticket when the Electoral College convened.
Ecce Homo Acadiensis United States presidential elections
2016-2028
2032 and 2036
President Gabbard reversed the funding policies of her predecessor, but did not enjoy a successful term with the beneficiaries of the Department of Resettlement and Reconstruction's programs. Long-buried tensions between displaced refugees and the people whose cities they had been relocated to soon boiled over in many parts of the country following Gabbard's inauguration and Gabbard was forced to keep the National Guards of states with many relocated Americans on constant alert for public disorder, especially in urban areas like Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and Phoenix.
Additionally, by the time she came up for re-election, Gabbard became embroiled in controversy over her administration's handling of further massive refugee crisis, this time with thousands of climate change refugees from the Caribbean and Latin America attempting to enter the United States daily. The administration's generous allowance of accepting refugees from bordering nations proved controversial even within her own party, with many (especially national security-oriented Democrats) concerned about the growing spending of American resources on foreign refugees.
Vice President Castor, who would be 78 on Inauguration Day 2045, opted to retire rather than run again. Gabbard replaced her on the ticket with Colorado Congresswoman Tess Udall, a member of the illustrious Udall political family. The Republican nominee was an unconventional choice: former General W. Bryan Jackson, who was the only candidate with enough military experience to challenge Gabbard on national security issues and the refugee crisis. He chose Ohio Governor Niraj Antani as his running mate.
Jackson's military credentials were impeccable and the respect for the military (one of the only governmental institutions to have both prepared for the sea level change and which had been in public conscience for over a decade fighting the sea level increase and arranging for transportation out of endangered cities) combined with Gabbard's vulnerability on national security over the refugee question gave the Republicans control of the White House.
2044
The relatively open-handed policy towards refugees of the Gabbard administration was replaced by the Jackson administration's increase of both Coast Guard and Border Patrol forces and placed stringent limits on the amount of refugees accepted each year. This limited the flow of refugees, but the trade-off of increased border security erased any logistical gains made by limiting emigration.
The main issue of the presidential campaign, however, was not the refugee question, but instead the question over the proposed legislation to create a massive new loan program to help recipients of DRR aid. Many of them, especially homeowners whose homes were now literally underwater (or soon to be) took massive losses financially and by 2044, a critical mass of refugees who had been financially ruined by the rising seas had formed, demanding help from the government.
The Democratic nominee, long-time Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, was a major proponent of the Loans Intended for Displaced Americans Act (LIDAA), the key piece of legislation that was making its way through Congress in the fall of 2044 and so was his running mate, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema (the first openly LGBT American on a national party ticket). Jackson had opposed the act, fearing its effects on the United States' national debt and necessitate a massive new tax regimen and threatened a veto if it passed.
This time, Jackson was out of touch with the feeling in the United States and the startling amount of poverty that accompanied cities that had massive relocated populations. A late-campaign push by Murphy gave the Connecticut senator a narrow victory. Vice President Synema became the first openly LGBT vice president.
2048
The sea level rise and changes across the world had been the genesis for a new, radical direction in environmentalism across the world and the United States was no exception. Although both Democratic and Republican parties had soon adopted platforms that, three decades earlier would have been considered impractical for the massive push for pushing for renewable fuel systems and had pushed carbon emissions to their lowest level in almost a century, this was not considered enough for many in the environmental movement in 2048.
Gabriel Brooks, who had been President Murphy's Secretary of Energy before disagreements over policy caused him to leave the cabinet, harnessed the energy of the movement and became its champion. Criticizing both parties, Brooks and his supporters co-opted the small and divided environmental groups into the Green Union, a new party to pursue their version of radical environmental reform that administrations from both parties had failed to enact.
Brooks chose activist Lauren Bush, niece and granddaughter of the two George Bushes to serve as president, as his running mate as a token show of support for being a party that transcended party labels. The Republicans chose former Governor Jane Raese of West Virginia, one of the most conservative environmentalists running, as their nominee. Raese chose Texas Congressman Martin Rivera, who was a member of the "green business" wing of the Republican Party, as her running mate.
While Brooks claimed to attract support from both parties, the fact of the matter was that his supporters were lopsidedly disillusioned Democrats and as a result, Murphy faced a serious disadvantage once Brooks made it clear he was running. Raese, despite being savaged by both other candidates for her conservative environmental beliefs and track record as West Virginia governor, was in the lead the entire campaign despite Murphy's reminder to many voters that he had signed the LIDAA, which had proven very popular.
Raese won by a comfortable margin over Murphy, almost entirely as a result of Brooks' vote-splitting. For his part, the former Energy Secretary became the first candidate outside of the two major parties in almost eighty years to win an electoral vote after a New York elector decided to vote for the Green Union ticket when the Electoral College convened.
Ecce Homo Acadiensis United States presidential elections
2016-2028
2032 and 2036
I assume inertia. But if the White House is a seafront property, it'll be a bit difficult to defend that.
Because D.C. receives it's electoral votes through a constitutional amendment. Well, technically, it grants them to the district constituting the seat of government, and I doubt Colorado would let Congress walk away with Denver and I doubt the Democrats would give up three free EVs.
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Funny thing is, I actually know people who know Jane Rease. She comes up on my Facebook "suggested friends" from time to time. Quite odd that she ends up POTUS on AH.com
Credit goes to GeorgePatton for making the infobox and the beautiful artwork. This is why we're not allowed to have nice things.
The U.S. Department of Saturnian Trojans is an unincorporated unorganized territory of the United States, comprised of twelve hollowed asteroids in the leading Trojans at Saturn's L4 point. Each hollowed asteroid's inner wall is covered by a a single, large saltwater ocean and dotted by small islands, and each one has an internal surface area of between 250,000 and 290,000 km2, approximately the size of Nevada. Each one is also inhabited by a unique mermaid species that splices standard human DNA with the DNA of an aquatic species. Archeological artifacts are scarce, but scientists believe that these species are between 10,000 - 25,000 years old, and the sequencing of their DNA and more recent archeological finds have caused great consternation in the scientific community and raised further questions about the theory of evolution and intelligent design. The asteroids were first discovered and charted in the 2070s, and were claimed by the United States. They have very little mineral wealth and provide no great particular strategic advantage--while they are the only inhabitable hollowed asteroids in the leading Saturnian trojans, they are not prime candidates for large scale settlement. The Twelve Sisters (as they're frequently called) are known to be an easy Minuteman posting.
In the years since then, the Twelve Sisters have become major tourist destinations for Americans living on the moons of Saturn. The asteroids are very tropical in nature, and are home to several resorts and vacation spots. Ancient ruins dot the islands, and scientists have begun to clear them for private exploration. Many retirees have also retired to the Twelve Sisters, establishing small retirement communities. Various travel agencies have sprung up to plan, coordinate and facilitate tourist visits to the Twelve Sisters.
Diving Buddies, Inc., is the largest of these travel agencies, and is the only one that provides packages to all twelve of the Twelve Sisters. The company was founded by infamous radio drama writer and libertine James Joyce Oshima and bankrolled by Saturnine Trust, a private equity hedge fund operating out of Boater Beach, Chiron, and it was incorporated in Chiron. It gained a reputation for its highly sexualized advertising, using pinup models on posters and circulars. While the company does offer family-friendly vacation packages, it's an open secret that Diving Buddies, Inc., is a major purveyor and player in the sex tourism industry. It caters to a wide and diverse clientele that all have an interest in landing some merfolk tail. Divind Buddies, Inc., currently operates out of Charity, which is home to the clownfish merfolk. Like their terrestrial counterparts, clownfish merfolk (homo amphiprioninae) are colored orange, white and black and exist in a symbiotic relationship with sea anemones (human-sized sea anemones are a sight to behold). Additionally, clownfish merfolk are sequential hermaphrodites that live in a dominance hieararchal society, meaning that the the most agressive male in a group becomes a female following the loss of the group's female (You are advised not to try to imagine how this affects the company's business model, because you can just open a pamphlet and find out directly. Reserve your tickets today!).
The U.S. Department of Saturnian Trojans is an unincorporated unorganized territory of the United States, comprised of twelve hollowed asteroids in the leading Trojans at Saturn's L4 point. Each hollowed asteroid's inner wall is covered by a a single, large saltwater ocean and dotted by small islands, and each one has an internal surface area of between 250,000 and 290,000 km2, approximately the size of Nevada. Each one is also inhabited by a unique mermaid species that splices standard human DNA with the DNA of an aquatic species. Archeological artifacts are scarce, but scientists believe that these species are between 10,000 - 25,000 years old, and the sequencing of their DNA and more recent archeological finds have caused great consternation in the scientific community and raised further questions about the theory of evolution and intelligent design. The asteroids were first discovered and charted in the 2070s, and were claimed by the United States. They have very little mineral wealth and provide no great particular strategic advantage--while they are the only inhabitable hollowed asteroids in the leading Saturnian trojans, they are not prime candidates for large scale settlement. The Twelve Sisters (as they're frequently called) are known to be an easy Minuteman posting.
In the years since then, the Twelve Sisters have become major tourist destinations for Americans living on the moons of Saturn. The asteroids are very tropical in nature, and are home to several resorts and vacation spots. Ancient ruins dot the islands, and scientists have begun to clear them for private exploration. Many retirees have also retired to the Twelve Sisters, establishing small retirement communities. Various travel agencies have sprung up to plan, coordinate and facilitate tourist visits to the Twelve Sisters.
Diving Buddies, Inc., is the largest of these travel agencies, and is the only one that provides packages to all twelve of the Twelve Sisters. The company was founded by infamous radio drama writer and libertine James Joyce Oshima and bankrolled by Saturnine Trust, a private equity hedge fund operating out of Boater Beach, Chiron, and it was incorporated in Chiron. It gained a reputation for its highly sexualized advertising, using pinup models on posters and circulars. While the company does offer family-friendly vacation packages, it's an open secret that Diving Buddies, Inc., is a major purveyor and player in the sex tourism industry. It caters to a wide and diverse clientele that all have an interest in landing some merfolk tail. Divind Buddies, Inc., currently operates out of Charity, which is home to the clownfish merfolk. Like their terrestrial counterparts, clownfish merfolk (homo amphiprioninae) are colored orange, white and black and exist in a symbiotic relationship with sea anemones (human-sized sea anemones are a sight to behold). Additionally, clownfish merfolk are sequential hermaphrodites that live in a dominance hieararchal society, meaning that the the most agressive male in a group becomes a female following the loss of the group's female (You are advised not to try to imagine how this affects the company's business model, because you can just open a pamphlet and find out directly. Reserve your tickets today!).
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Agreed.
Like, so long as I don't get forced into joining the mermaid Yakuza, I'd be all up for that.
One issue what should be done in the aftermath of climate change. Reclaimationists hold that humanity should work to restore the biosphere to its pre-climate change state, even if it takes centuries of concerted effort. Adaptionists hold that while humanity should continue its efforts to reduce the impact of climate change, that ultimately humanity must adapt to the new biosphere.
Another issue is Human Engineering, the introduction of Genetic and Cybernetic modifications to the human body. Techno-Progressives are in favor of such technology, and believe it can better mankind. Bio-Conservatives are more cautious, and believe that society should limit its consumption of such technology. Deep Ecologists could be considered to be reactionaries in this regard, as they believe that such modifications are a form of hubris and are an affront to the nature order.
A third issue is whether or not rights should be granted to intelligent synthetic beings, such as robots and AI, which have been noted to have varying degrees of intelligence and self-awareness since the late 2040s. Transhumanists (who almost always also Techno-Progressives) believe in an extensive definition of personhood, and believe that rights should be extend to synthetic intelligences. Anti-Transhumanists (who are not just Bio-Conservatives) believe that such rights should not be extended. Deep Ecologists take a stronger stance, and are against the proliferation of any sort of synthetic intelligence.
Another, age-old issue, is that of Ethnicism vs. Multiculturalism. Ethnic nationalists believe that nation-states should represent homogenous societies, and that separatism is justified in this pursuit. Multiculturalists, of course, believe that heterogenous nation-states are viable.
And of course, there are still other issues. Abortion has never really been resolved in the US, and it has become a bigger issue in Europe with the emergence of natalist policies in certain countries. The role of religion in society is still a question in some countries, such as in China and Russia.
I was figuring as much, but still interesting. How are we doing vis-à-vis space?
"Dive Chairty Beach"? Is that a deliberate mispelling? A local variation?
That's part of what makes it iconic, yes. The first run went out with the misspelling, and it took so long to correct (mostly because people were staring at the girl's tits) that it got all over the Solar System that way.
Those issues are solely social issues. Is there any specifically economic ones? People do vote with their wallet as much as their heart.
Not too bad. The space race has essentially restarted between the China National Space Administration and the western Space Corporations. Space tourism is a thing, with several commercial and civilian space stations in orbit, as well as a pair of permanent manned moon bases, with both the CNSA and the Moon Exploration Trust (a cooperative effort between Space X and Glencore Xtrata) having their own stations, both with exploratory mining projects ongoing. A joint mission between Space X, the CNSA and the ESA (before it was privatized), landed humans on mars, and the Chinese have sent another couple of short missions since, with plans to establish a long-term settlement.
Law and Order is another issue. In many countries, Post-Liberal parties have campaigned as the force for order and stability, a hot commodity in the wake of a changing climate. Many of the Post-Liberal parties in North America and Europe draw the bulk of their electoral support from people who may not benefit from their economic policies, but believe that the other parties would not be able to manage the crisis.
But yeah. In the U.S., for example, one of the largest issues is the that of water ownership. Since the AMP government privatized much of the country's water rights in the belief that it would serve to managed the water crisis more efficiently, water nationalization has become a large issue. The Liberation party has achieved its current position on such a platform, and the rest of the opposition also supports it, leaving the AMP to defend its previous actions. Another issue is what to do with healthcare and welfare. While the Moderates mostly left Obamacare and the negative income tax intact after coming into power, there are hardliners in the party that see these policies as market distortions that ought to be eliminated. The opposition, for the most part, wants to see these areas strengthened, although there are plenty of disagreements on how this should be done.
Anyways, that sort of issue varies from country to country.
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One of the most annoying things in American politics has to be the need to arbitrarily claim issues to be either "economic" or "social". Every "social issue" has major socioeconomic implications.
You people disgust me. Tell me more, so I may continue being offended.
Some constitutional wrangling and Supreme Court cases went on in the background and the Court decided it was more prudent to allow DC to continue voting rather than reopen the can of worms that relocating the capital to Denver had created by stripping them of their ability to vote for POTUS.
Maybe you two becoming Facebook friends ITTL inspires her to go into politics in the first place. *dun dun dun*
Ya'll motherfuckers need Jesus.
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