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Argoni
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[Draft] Lemonade Stands, capitalism taking root?

Postby Argoni » Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:56 am

Title:
Lemonade Stands, capitalism taking root?
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Has socialism policy
Description:
With the Socialism well under way, party members have come to your bureau to figure out what to do with the capitalist children, selling lemonade on the side of the street, and robbing the working man of his hard earnings.

Option 1:
"These greedy pigs must be sent to a re-education program in the mines so that they may experience first hand the plight they have inflicted on the worker," says party secretary Vladimir, leaning on his chair and sharpening his sickle. "It doesn't matter they are children. This could be the beginning of a bourgeois paradise"
Outcome: "Children nationwide have contracted serious case of black lung"

Option 2:
"While I agree with the re-education", chips in Minister of Propaganda, Yoseph, while holding his trusty hammer that he calls "Stal" " we should focus on creating re-education centres that will bombard all enemies of the state with how great our current economic policy is"
Outcome: "School curriculums emphasise the oppressive qualities of Lemonade"

Option 3:
"Nonsense" replies Rock E. Feller, organiser of 'Lemon trade', "these children are but a small cog in a larger machine. I'm certain that they can integrate society. In fact, we should encourage such activities."
Outcome:
"At every street corner, lemonade stands can be found run exclusively by children."

Option 4:
"Leader, we the workers," says Union Leader, Jim Hoff. " Just don't want servants under us, or bosses overhead. Let these children serve the working class, by providing free refreshments and aiding the working man"
Outcome:
Every factory now has a "Lemon child" responsible for the well being of the workers

Option 5:
On your desk, a letter is left by a rather secretive individual. In it says: " @@LEADER@@, this is a clear sign that the people are organizing against you. Allow me and my boys to discreetly take care of them, and secure your claim to power"
Outcome: Children mysteriously go missing every now and then
Last edited by Argoni on Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:10 am, edited 4 times in total.

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Postby Verdant Haven » Sat Dec 01, 2018 12:26 pm

This is a good topic, but I fear a chunk of its concept may already be covered by this issue which was submitted a couple weeks ago. There's definitely a lot of overlap with the socialist option there.
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Postby Argoni » Sat Dec 01, 2018 2:18 pm

Verdant Haven wrote:This is a good topic, but I fear a chunk of its concept may already be covered by this issue which was submitted a couple weeks ago. There's definitely a lot of overlap with the socialist option there.

At the risk of sounding a bit defensive,
Although it is true that topic wise, an overlap is present, I feel like the responses in the issue I posted are specifically socialist-oriented, whereas " a real sour lemon" applies to anyone. The greatest overlap may be between option 2b and my issue. Even then, the consequences and government action are quite different. A real sour lemon limits itself to merely "Socialist beaurocracy", whereas mine allows the country to really roleplay what kind of socialist state it wants to be.
That being said, if there is a way you think the overlap could be less present, please suggest
Perhaps the description could be: "Despite numerous regulations and crackdowns on private industry, lemonade stands manned by children resist party control."

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Postby Verdant Haven » Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:41 pm

Totally fair! Just wanted to mention it as a thing to be aware of - I had the exact same thing happen to me a couple days ago and it was endlessly frustrating to spend a couple weeks developing an idea only to find overlap with something that was submitted but not yet published when I started. The overall angle is definitely different.
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Postby Sacara » Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:58 pm

Currently, the premise is much too similar. While there is nothing prohibiting you from going forward and drafting this, if Jutsa's is accepted, this draft will become moot. You seem to have a different grasp as a writer -- I would suggest you find a different topic and go from there.
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Postby Argoni » Sun Dec 02, 2018 2:24 am

Sacara wrote:Currently, the premise is much too similar. While there is nothing prohibiting you from going forward and drafting this, if Jutsa's is accepted, this draft will become moot. You seem to have a different grasp as a writer -- I would suggest you find a different topic and go from there.


Sounds good to me

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Postby Australian rePublic » Sun Dec 02, 2018 3:31 am

In a socialist society, where would kids even get the idew to sell things? I mean, it's not like they grew up buying things
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Postby Merconitonitopia » Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:00 pm

Ah, I've been looking at stamping those out.


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