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There are lots of problems in the world that happen because of dictators. To make sure that dictatorship can never rise I propose that certain leaders of nations be exclusively feline or otherwise non-human. For example the head of state should always be feline to reduce possibility of cult of personality. Similarly Minister of the Interior shouldn’t really be human either to reduce corruption and possibility of a coup happening. Chairpersons of political parties need to be feline again to prevent the party from revolving around a person.

Fellow NSGers, do you guys think this is a good idea? Let’s discuss.

P.S. The essence of ailurocracy is of course not about cats. Instead it is about a stronger form of abolition of certain offices by nominally keeping them but preventing them from functioning. Hence for example a permanent non-human head of state is equivalent to the abolition of the office of head of state.

P.S.S. I’m inspired by the Taiwanese Cat Party: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3667329

What...what am I reading?
Who actually thinks this is a good idea?

Celritannia wrote:What...what am I reading?
Who actually thinks this is a good idea?

I do.

Ummm...... no?

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:

Celritannia wrote:What...what am I reading?
Who actually thinks this is a good idea?

I do.

. . .
Animals cannot make decisions on policy issues.

Celritannia wrote:

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:
I do.

. . .
Animals cannot make decisions on policy issues.

That’s precisely the point. When we put a cat in any office we have abolished it.

I'm already a cat's bitch. Make one President for all I care, my life will be no different. "Hey, I licked up all the jelly from the food you put out 5 minutes ago, I need new food now!" "Yes, Mr. President." "If I don't get belly rubs I am going to nuke a random country, might be Iran, might be Norway, do you want to roll those dice?"

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:

Celritannia wrote:
. . .
Animals cannot make decisions on policy issues.

That’s precisely the point.

Then you would collapse a country because no decisions can be made.
Furthermore, having an animal as the head of state will lead to the handler becoming the power-behind-the-throne dictator.

Also, the Cat Party is a joke party.

Another point, this does not work for Parliamentary democracies.

This is but another case of a domestic feline supremacist worldview. Many felines lived their warm, privileged life off the industrial output of human capitalism, which has disproportionately affected–even destroyed–the livelihood of other mammal families such as wolves or red pandas.

Page wrote:I'm already a cat's bitch. Make one President for all I care, my life will be no different. "Hey, I licked up all the jelly from the food you put out 5 minutes ago, I need new food now!" "Yes, Mr. President." "If I don't get belly rubs I am going to nuke a random country, might be Iran, might be Norway, do you want to roll those dice?"

If a cat is the president then the presidency has to be purely ceremonial.

Celritannia wrote:

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:That’s precisely the point.

Then you would collapse a country because no decisions can be made.
Furthermore, having an animal as the head of state will lead to the handler becoming the power-behind-the-throne dictator.

Also, the Cat Party is a joke party.

Another point, this does not work for Parliamentary democracies.

The point is precisely ensuring that the head of state is purely ceremonial, that is, we want Parliamentary democracy. I would even argue that the state becomes constitutional feline monarchy with cat pictures replacing human ones on currencies and other places where leader faces show up to permanently destroy cults of personality.

No, cats should not be heads of states.

Resilient Acceleration wrote:This is but another case of a domestic feline supremacist worldview. Many felines lived their warm, privileged life off the industrial output of human capitalism, which has disproportionately affected–even destroyed–the livelihood of other mammal families such as wolves or red pandas.

Cats rule over humans who rule over other animals. Hence it is natural for symbolic leadership of a country to be given to a member of the feline species.

The Huskar Social Union wrote:No, cats should not be heads of states.

Why?

You have a lot of wack ideas

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:

The Huskar Social Union wrote:No, cats should not be heads of states.

Why?

Because they are cats. Heads of State should be Human.

This is just anarchism with extra pawses.

The Huskar Social Union wrote:

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:
Why?

Because they are cats. Heads of State should be Human.

I disagree. My point is precisely making heads of state purely ceremonial and look better.

Dumb Ideologies wrote:This is just anarchism with extra pawses.

Ancatistan? Hmm.

Will our new feline overlords address the increase in grammatically misleading usage of the word "shall" in NationStates thread titles? If so, then long live Chairman Meow!

I'm one of the resident cat person of NationStates, I really do love and adore cats as pets, but there is no way I'm letting Chairman Meow run my home and cut down my welfare hours for more work around the house.

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:

Celritannia wrote:
Then you would collapse a country because no decisions can be made.
Furthermore, having an animal as the head of state will lead to the handler becoming the power-behind-the-throne dictator.

Also, the Cat Party is a joke party.

Another point, this does not work for Parliamentary democracies.

The point is precisely ensuring that the head of state is purely ceremonial, that is, we want Parliamentary democracy. I would even argue that the state becomes constitutional feline monarchy with cat pictures replacing human ones on currencies and other places where leader faces show up to permanently destroy cults of personality.

Then just have a Parliamentary democracy with a Ceremonial President, like every other Parliamentary Republic.

Celritannia wrote:

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:
The point is precisely ensuring that the head of state is purely ceremonial, that is, we want Parliamentary democracy. I would even argue that the state becomes constitutional feline monarchy with cat pictures replacing human ones on currencies and other places where leader faces show up to permanently destroy cults of personality.

Then just have a Parliamentary democracy with a Ceremonial President, like every other Parliamentary Republic.

Yup and the president needs to be feline and occupy more space on news than the human PM.

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:

Celritannia wrote:
Then just have a Parliamentary democracy with a Ceremonial President, like every other Parliamentary Republic.

Yup and the president needs to be feline and occupy more space on news than the human PM.

Please tell me you are not serious about this.

Celritannia wrote:

Nekostan-e Gharbi wrote:
Yup and the president needs to be feline and occupy more space on news than the human PM.

Please tell me you are not serious about this.

I’m serious. Political news should be mostly about feline leaders putting their paws on documents and visiting places.