So the great nation of Intersectional Uhurustan is seeing some big changes: the executive body the Supreme Junta is holding free and fair elections as scheduled for a matriarch who will lead them with executive power and being the supreme commander. Of course she may only be a woman because otherwise this important position could be held by a warmonger and nobody wants to become an imperialist state.
Without further delay, the candidates for this first democratic election for the Matriarch:
Emma Goldberg of the Liberal Feminist Party
Age: 38
Gender: female
Race: jewish (white jewish)
Faith: Jewish
She comes from a business background, was a big city mayor for 12 years, then in the Legislative for 4 years, and is now running for Matriarch on a moderate platform.
On the issue of white land ownership...
Special courts should be set up to determine whether these lands were put into white hands through imperialistic means. If this is the case, then the land must be confiscated by the state and auctioned off to minority buyers. These courts should be maintained through a special tax on white-male-owned farms and businesses.
On the issue of education...
Create a robust public educational system for all tailored to meet the needs of girls and students of color.
On the issue of gun control...
Guns should be confiscated and only a small amount be legal for individuals of demonstrated merit and psychological stability. We also need to make laws to allow women to use guns to defend themselves against men.
On the issue of secularism...
We should be a secular nation, with no preferred religions, but still tax conservative churches.
On the issue of foreign policy...
We should cut the defense budget and pursue diplomatic solutions to our problems. We should also open our markets to free trade so that sectors like manufacturing go to other nations, leading to a service based economy in which white men can no longer be dominant because their skills and personalities are obsolete.
Safa Zhou of the Maoist Action Party
Age: 44
Gender: female
Race: half Arabic, half Asian
Faith: Sunni Muslim
She was a peasant girl turned soldier in the national struggle for liberation, after being wounded served behind the front lines in the propaganda apparatus, becoming secretary of information. After the war she became a community organizer and activist for the landless farmers of the nation. She is now running for Matriarch on a platform of economic radicalism.
On the issue of white land ownership...
Nationalize ALL white-owned land and business (but leave minority owned land and businesses alone) and make the large landowners work off their debt to society.
On the issue of education...
Create a public education system with an emphasis on political education: teach empowerment to women and students of color, and teach white and male students to own up to their privilege.
On the issue of gun control...
Compulsory gun ownership for politically reliable elements (veterans of the war of national liberation, protected minorities), confiscate guns from everybody else.
On the issue of secularism...
Do not encourage any religions but discourage conservative religions. Religion should have less of a place in political life.
On the issue of foreign policy...
Rebuild our military, export revolution and send arms and soldiers to assist in the armed struggles of other nations. Increase ties with revolutionary nations.
Vaniqua Figuera Nascimento of the Spiritual Awakening Party
Age: 35
Gender: female
Race: half black, half latina
Faith: New Age
She was a guerrilla in the war of national liberation, after which she was elected into the Legislative for 8 years, and is now running for Matriarch on moral authority derived from wartime sacrifice and political experience.
On the issue of white land ownership...
Special courts should be set up to determine whether these lands were put into white hands through imperialistic means. If this is the case, then the land must be confiscated by the state and divided up among farmers of color. These courts should be maintained through a special tax on white-male-owned farms and businesses.
On the issue of education...
A public school system with education about many different faiths, as well as encouraging a private system of faith based education in parallel. A gradual transition to a fully private and faith based system.
On the issue of gun control...
Women and non-binary people of color may own guns, everyone else needs to meet strict requirements.
On the issue of secularism...
This should be a faith based nation where all faiths are welcome, except those of the oppressors. Keep the current system. The government should fund faith based initiatives, prayers in school, and politicians should pray on ceremonial occasions.
On the issue of foreign policy...
Send arms and funds to those who struggle against imperialism and other related systems of oppression. Keep a military that is ready to defend, but do not expand aggressively at this time. Increase ties to faith-based nations.
Tavena Abhisri of the Oppressed People's Defense Party
Age: 59
Gender: female
Race: black
Faith: Buddhist
Served as ambassador to the WA and some anti-colonial allies during the struggle for national liberation. Afterward she served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs for one term before running for a seat in the Legislative which she did not win. She nevertheless continued her activism at a local level, and has now been drafted by the Defense for the Oppressed Party to run on the radical party platform but tempering it with her foreign policy experience.
On the issue of white land ownership...
Confiscate ALL white-male-owned land and business (but leave minority owned land and businesses alone and investigate white women owned lands and businesses for imperialism), divide them up among farmers and business-people of color and make the white males work off their debt to society. White males should no longer be able to inherit or buy property.
On the issue of education...
Create a well-funded public school system with an emphasis on political education, although religious schools may exist in parallel but will only be given state funding if they are of encouraged religions.
On the issue of gun control...
Make it easy for women and non-binary people of color to have guns and ammunition and access to training. White women and men of color must meet strict criteria to own guns. White men may not own guns.
On the issue of secularism...
This should be an officially secular nation, but certain faiths should be promoted and other taxed. Keep the current system
On the issue of foreign policy...
Rebuild the military to prepare for an offensive war, but rely on diplomacy for our immediate needs. Encourage trade and solidarity with developing nations.
