Well, that ended about as well as could be expected given the original source material.
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True. Thank God we have forty years before the world literally dies.
The moral of the story is: don't live near the ocean. Or be susceptible to a super-pandemic.
Not literally. Just 75% of all people who were alive at the beginning of 2056. And another 20% by 2066. And everything below 100 meters above sea level by the time the polar ice caps stop melting. And species who couldn't handle the dramatic temperature change.
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But on the upside, FUTURE FEUDAL AMERICA.
The moral of the story is: don't live near the ocean. Or be susceptible to a super-pandemic.
Not literally. Just 75% of all people who were alive at the beginning of 2056. And another 20% by 2066. And everything below 100 meters above sea level by the time the polar ice caps stop melting. And species who couldn't handle the dramatic temperature change.
...
But on the upside, FUTURE FEUDAL AMERICA.
I thought maximum sea level rise was between 60-70 meters?
Irregardless, this is an extremely intriguing scenario. Please continue!
The moral of the story is: don't live near the ocean. Or be susceptible to a super-pandemic.
Not literally. Just 75% of all people who were alive at the beginning of 2056. And another 20% by 2066. And everything below 100 meters above sea level by the time the polar ice caps stop melting. And species who couldn't handle the dramatic temperature change.
...
But on the upside, FUTURE FEUDAL AMERICA.
Well lets see here, I'll be 58 years old, which is plenty of time to build up my fame and fortune. I'll probably still be living in Wisconsin, which is all above 500 ft, so I'm good there. If I can get past the plague (which doesn't look good considering my crappy health), I should be set for llife in that Universe. All I need is a bunch of Bears fans to be my slaves ... I mean peasants who live on my land and are always very nice to.
So, parties of 2068 C.E. continues! Now the UK edition!
So, this set is going to be four posts, in order to spread it and not have one huge post that takes up half the thread.
Previous posts:
General:
The new ideology spectrum and U.S. Congress makeup.
U.S.:
American Moderate Party and Municipal party
Liberation Party
So the current governing party of the UK, the Party of the Regions.
The Party of the Regions was originally formed as an electoral alliance between the Liberal Democrats, the Labour Party of Wales, the Greens, and the English Left-Labour remnant, in order to secure seats in the UK's FPTP electoral system. After the Alliance of Regions' victory over the New Party and English Labor party in 2045, the Alliance integrated its various member parties into a single institution, with other smaller parties, such as the UUP, joining later on. The party of regions, despite its appeals to unity when it comes to rhetoric, is hardly a united body itself. The party is split between a left-leaning Mutualist wing, a center Paleoliberal/Post-Kenyesian wing, and a right-leaning National Conservative/Neo-Kenyesian wing. The Regions Party government is shaky as well. Even with the Conservatives as a coalition partner, the Party of the Regions still runs a minority government, and requires support from the New Party and other minor parties to stay afloat. While most in the party see this situation as preferable to letting the ELP take power, the government could collapse easily if the Conservatives or the New Party withdrew their support. This flimsy foundation has lead to limited policy achievements since the party's first term, and the UK is still one of the few countries in Europe that does not have some sort of negative income tax or citizen's wage.
So, this set is going to be four posts, in order to spread it and not have one huge post that takes up half the thread.
Previous posts:
General:
The new ideology spectrum and U.S. Congress makeup.
U.S.:
American Moderate Party and Municipal party
Liberation Party
So the current governing party of the UK, the Party of the Regions.
The Party of the Regions was originally formed as an electoral alliance between the Liberal Democrats, the Labour Party of Wales, the Greens, and the English Left-Labour remnant, in order to secure seats in the UK's FPTP electoral system. After the Alliance of Regions' victory over the New Party and English Labor party in 2045, the Alliance integrated its various member parties into a single institution, with other smaller parties, such as the UUP, joining later on. The party of regions, despite its appeals to unity when it comes to rhetoric, is hardly a united body itself. The party is split between a left-leaning Mutualist wing, a center Paleoliberal/Post-Kenyesian wing, and a right-leaning National Conservative/Neo-Kenyesian wing. The Regions Party government is shaky as well. Even with the Conservatives as a coalition partner, the Party of the Regions still runs a minority government, and requires support from the New Party and other minor parties to stay afloat. While most in the party see this situation as preferable to letting the ELP take power, the government could collapse easily if the Conservatives or the New Party withdrew their support. This flimsy foundation has lead to limited policy achievements since the party's first term, and the UK is still one of the few countries in Europe that does not have some sort of negative income tax or citizen's wage.
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Only 5% survive past 2066. The world's fucked.
Hopefully when the future gets to modern tech, they learn what happened to us, and learn the lesson of our Fall.
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So, second post, the second member of the Party of the Regions' governing coalition, the good ol' tories.
While the Conservative party did not undergo the same torturous schisms that the Labour party went through after the successful EU Withdrawal and Scottish Independence referendums, the impact of said actions and the beginning of the worldwide Long Crisis greatly damaged the party. The One-Nation Conservatives were the first to peel off, once they figured the Tories were a sinking ship, for the most part left to join the New Party. The Cornerstone Group peeled off later, heading to join the English Labour Party once the Conservatives supported the first Regions Party government.
The Conservative party has had trouble trying to reinvent itself in the face of new political currents. The tories were neither able to accept the Post-Liberalism or the Ethnicism that animates other centrist and right-wing parties, and Muncipalism never took hold in the UK. The Conservatives have survived longer than many other parties in the new era thanks to their long history and sheer inertia, but have failed to find a new niche. For the most party, the party acts as a second right-wing to the Regions Party, although they do good constituency work.
While the Conservative party did not undergo the same torturous schisms that the Labour party went through after the successful EU Withdrawal and Scottish Independence referendums, the impact of said actions and the beginning of the worldwide Long Crisis greatly damaged the party. The One-Nation Conservatives were the first to peel off, once they figured the Tories were a sinking ship, for the most part left to join the New Party. The Cornerstone Group peeled off later, heading to join the English Labour Party once the Conservatives supported the first Regions Party government.
The Conservative party has had trouble trying to reinvent itself in the face of new political currents. The tories were neither able to accept the Post-Liberalism or the Ethnicism that animates other centrist and right-wing parties, and Muncipalism never took hold in the UK. The Conservatives have survived longer than many other parties in the new era thanks to their long history and sheer inertia, but have failed to find a new niche. For the most party, the party acts as a second right-wing to the Regions Party, although they do good constituency work.
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Third post. One of the UK's former governing parties, and now its third party, the New Party.
The New Party is a product of the Labourite schisms following the Referenda. While the Labour party had effectively divided itself into NO and YES camps as a measure to maintain relevancy after the referendum, these camps reflected and serve to exacerbate the divide between the europhillic Third-Way Blarites and the eurosceptic leftists. Alienated by the new socialist leader that Labour had elected following the Scottish Independence referendum, the Blairites, with the support of the Liberal Democrats and a revolt by europhillic portions of the Conservatives, formed their own electoral vehicle. The New Party promised progressive policies and good governance. To replace austerity with a sensible, growth-orientated fiscal policy. To mend relations with the EU. Most of all, the New Party promised an end to "Endless Referenda," and the resumption of "Normal Governance."
The New Party was victorious in the 2033 elections, replacing a short-lived Conservative government and forming a minority government with resentful Conservative support. While the party portrayed itself as a kinder version of Blairism, the party quickly began to mimic his worse traits, a pattern that was only exacerbated by the 2036 snap election, which allowed it to form a majority government. Rather than reversing the Conservatives' trends, a process that had begun with the 2025-2031 Labour administration, the New Party followed the lead of its fellow Third-Way parties, and became an ardent bastion of Post-Liberal Technocracy. The UK Constitution of 2044 demonstrated the extent of the New Party's fervor, decoupling the ministries from Parliament, expanding security powers while limiting regulatory ones, and replacing the Regional Senate with a new "House of Advisors".
Although the Regions Party has been able to undo some of these Post-Liberal reforms, such as restoring the Regional Senate, others, like the Budget Responsibility Office's ability to indefinitely delay legislation, are still in place. The New Party now has the Regions Party on a leash, but the party's heads are still wary. Discontent is growing, and an English Labour Party wave would destroy the party, and possibly the country itself.
Note on Progressivism:
In 2068, Progressivism, in an economic context, has the same connotations as Third-Way does today, that is, left-leaning Neoliberalism.
The New Party is a product of the Labourite schisms following the Referenda. While the Labour party had effectively divided itself into NO and YES camps as a measure to maintain relevancy after the referendum, these camps reflected and serve to exacerbate the divide between the europhillic Third-Way Blarites and the eurosceptic leftists. Alienated by the new socialist leader that Labour had elected following the Scottish Independence referendum, the Blairites, with the support of the Liberal Democrats and a revolt by europhillic portions of the Conservatives, formed their own electoral vehicle. The New Party promised progressive policies and good governance. To replace austerity with a sensible, growth-orientated fiscal policy. To mend relations with the EU. Most of all, the New Party promised an end to "Endless Referenda," and the resumption of "Normal Governance."
The New Party was victorious in the 2033 elections, replacing a short-lived Conservative government and forming a minority government with resentful Conservative support. While the party portrayed itself as a kinder version of Blairism, the party quickly began to mimic his worse traits, a pattern that was only exacerbated by the 2036 snap election, which allowed it to form a majority government. Rather than reversing the Conservatives' trends, a process that had begun with the 2025-2031 Labour administration, the New Party followed the lead of its fellow Third-Way parties, and became an ardent bastion of Post-Liberal Technocracy. The UK Constitution of 2044 demonstrated the extent of the New Party's fervor, decoupling the ministries from Parliament, expanding security powers while limiting regulatory ones, and replacing the Regional Senate with a new "House of Advisors".
Although the Regions Party has been able to undo some of these Post-Liberal reforms, such as restoring the Regional Senate, others, like the Budget Responsibility Office's ability to indefinitely delay legislation, are still in place. The New Party now has the Regions Party on a leash, but the party's heads are still wary. Discontent is growing, and an English Labour Party wave would destroy the party, and possibly the country itself.
Note on Progressivism:
In 2068, Progressivism, in an economic context, has the same connotations as Third-Way does today, that is, left-leaning Neoliberalism.
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Finally, last because of dramatic reasons...
The English Labour Party
The English Labour party grew out of the YES faction of Labour. The YES faction, composed of social democrats and democratic socialists who had grown increasingly wary of the EU following its actions in Greece, Spain and Italy, were able to elect a leftist party leader and swept in a Labour wave following the Scottish Referendum and the resignation of the Conservative Prime Minister. Although the party had a healthy majority, the Labour party had many troubles governing, as the right wing of the party often refused to come to terms with the left, a fact only exacerbated by the early onset of the Long Crisis. When the Blarites split and formed their own government, the Labour party was seemingly devastated. However, the Labour party found new strengths from unsavory places. The YES faction was able to reabsorb many of the working-class "hardhats" that supported the now-defunct UKIP and the referendum, as well as members of the middle-class whose careers disappeared in wake of the new economy. With the beginning of the Long Crisis and the de-laborization of the British economy, the YES party tapped into the growing wave of Ethnicist Nationalism that had begun to flare in the rest of the west. This lead to further schisms in the party, and the left-libertarian faction and Welsh faction left the party in disgust of its flirtations with English Nationalism.
Now, in 2068, the English Labour Party is nearly as strong as it was in 2030. Nathan Byrne, a charismatic former union leader, has become the head of the party, and his rhetoric is more caustic and more inflammatory than ever before. The UK's remaining trade unions are in near unanimous support of the party, and while they've lost significant influence, they're eager to regain it, and are all too willing to act as strongmen.
An Abbreviation of the 2068 Manifesto of the English Labour Party
1.) Independence for the English People. No longer should England, the beating red heart of the union, be forced to subsidize its fringes.
2.) A job for every Englishman and a home for every English family. No longer will illegal immigrants and soulless machines take English jobs.
3.) Self-Sufficiency for England. No longer should the country be dependent on China and Africa for its goods and services. Not only should England make its own goods, English cultural products must also come before foreign ones.
The English Labour Party
The English Labour party grew out of the YES faction of Labour. The YES faction, composed of social democrats and democratic socialists who had grown increasingly wary of the EU following its actions in Greece, Spain and Italy, were able to elect a leftist party leader and swept in a Labour wave following the Scottish Referendum and the resignation of the Conservative Prime Minister. Although the party had a healthy majority, the Labour party had many troubles governing, as the right wing of the party often refused to come to terms with the left, a fact only exacerbated by the early onset of the Long Crisis. When the Blarites split and formed their own government, the Labour party was seemingly devastated. However, the Labour party found new strengths from unsavory places. The YES faction was able to reabsorb many of the working-class "hardhats" that supported the now-defunct UKIP and the referendum, as well as members of the middle-class whose careers disappeared in wake of the new economy. With the beginning of the Long Crisis and the de-laborization of the British economy, the YES party tapped into the growing wave of Ethnicist Nationalism that had begun to flare in the rest of the west. This lead to further schisms in the party, and the left-libertarian faction and Welsh faction left the party in disgust of its flirtations with English Nationalism.
Now, in 2068, the English Labour Party is nearly as strong as it was in 2030. Nathan Byrne, a charismatic former union leader, has become the head of the party, and his rhetoric is more caustic and more inflammatory than ever before. The UK's remaining trade unions are in near unanimous support of the party, and while they've lost significant influence, they're eager to regain it, and are all too willing to act as strongmen.
An Abbreviation of the 2068 Manifesto of the English Labour Party
1.) Independence for the English People. No longer should England, the beating red heart of the union, be forced to subsidize its fringes.
2.) A job for every Englishman and a home for every English family. No longer will illegal immigrants and soulless machines take English jobs.
3.) Self-Sufficiency for England. No longer should the country be dependent on China and Africa for its goods and services. Not only should England make its own goods, English cultural products must also come before foreign ones.
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VT45 addressed that in a comment before he left.
Well, this isn't my TL (although I've contributed to it). It's the work of VT45 and he's since left the site. Here is the story thread as far as he got before he left as a result of the Wampanoag Kerfluffle.
I hate to break this to you, but you'd probably end up as a thrall to a roving gang of Vikings fans who take their team's namesake too seriously once law and order breaks down.
But at least it beats slavery under the Ditkagoths. Poor, stupid Ditkagoths.
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I don't think replacing being part of a democratic republic with what's almost certainly going to be an absolute monarchy would strike all but the most insane Native Hawaiian sovereigntists as a good thing.
Also, I don't know about you, but I'd rather not learn my ancestor's native tongue* as a result of people speaking other languages disproportionately dying or fleeing as parts of my country fell beneath the waves.
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Really cool stuff Machine King!
Post-Liberalism scares me!
While unsurprisingly Paleo-Liberalism is my jam.
I'm glad.
The monarchy is still intact. It did however, decide that it couldn't remain in Scotland after the Referendum, so Scotland is a republic. None of the major parties have any intentions to remove it. Although if the ELP ever took power, the monarchy would probably feel it prudent to take a long vacation in Canada.
And yes. Evil, Nazi, Labour.
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Oh God. What did I post? I did not mean any of that at all! Relevant part deleted.
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My favorite line:
“Oh honey, he’s teasing you. Nobody’s seen Return of the Jedi a hundred times. It hasn’t been released on VHS yet!”
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