My fellow atlasians,
The lack of any reasonable debate between the dominant political forces[/li][/list]
The Atlasian parties becoming homogenous beyond any reasonable bipartisan point, to the point where the only ideological difference between Labour and Fed becoming the ideological difference between two warring street gangs
It is fun to spout a narrative, but it is whole different story when its gets challenged. You are basically calling me a liar, and I don't take kindly to being called a liar. You cannot hit the ground, preach honesty and then lie about my record and the record of the Federalist Party to score political points.
I encourage you to take a look at our platform, adopted 13-2.
I also encourage you to look at the Federalist Agenda for the House if we regain the majority.
I have been on the front lines in Congress fighting socialism, centralism, executive tyranny, gov't incompetence and stupidy for a long time. If you are going to come along and say I haven't been doing so you better be ready to challenge a record stretching back almost a decade in this game.
Clearly what has happened is someone has sold you a bs narrative to recruit you into this game and that is incredibly sad. New people seeking to join this game should not be sabotaged and disadvantaged as you have been, out of the gate.
The biggest thing you need to learn in this game is skepticism, because there are people that will say and do anything via PM just to get a vote.
It cannot be emphasized enough that respect for process and the determination that justice and prosperity can only exist so long as such impartial processes can be maintained form a cornerstone of conservative political philosophy. In this respect, the Federalist Party could not be more different from Labor.
That such a narrative could convince people, I attribute more to the low degree of philosophical literacy among politically-interested persons. That a thread such as "Summary of Political Beliefs" would prompt long lists of positions on specific policies betrays a disturbing tendency to think of political ideologies in atomistic terms, without acknowledging the overarching themes that define what one believes and why.
With all that said, welcome to the game and best of luck.
