Washington
The U.S. Political Roleplay
"What the people want is very simple-they want an America as good as its promise."
Barbara Jordan
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Or perhaps it was not. Washington is not a town made by farmers bringing goods to market, colonists laying a settlement, a warrior's walled city. It's very birth was a matter of politics-a compromise fairly made in the eyes of the idealists, a deal cut and brokered in the cynic's gaze.
For good or ill, national benefit or personal gain, a city bred from politics breaths it. Enclosed within the beltway, a construct of an infant government and revered Fathers of the nation has become a mirror with many facets, reflections of the nation which it heads.
Even as the history of a young Republic is shown in grandeur by alabaster monument, the inhabitants of the present seek to carry on a legacy, or to change one, pressing forward in the pomp and display of colorful rallies, the careful darkness of smoke-filled rooms, or the menial bustle of a busy office.
The veterans of decades, fading now from sight, the firebrands of a freshman class just rising into it. A suited man on K Street hosting a meal, a woman in worn jeans leading a protest. A student of laws, a titan of business, a celebrity alighted into governance, a professional carrying out their task.
The city of American politics, Washington has a place for everyone-but only if you make a place for yourself.
Each day is a new one. It is up to you to seize it.