Slick Move
Validity: Autocracy and Devolution.
Description
In a radical departure from established policy, the regional governor of @@LEADER@@'s Rump Province has announced that she'll hold a public vote on whether to open up an area of land for oil drilling.
Option 1
"Thish might sheem like one shmall political shtep for her, 'till it becomes a giant leap in a direction you don't want," slurs United Federation president Jack Finnedy, who just spent the first half of an important call getting drunk and the second half giving you unsolicited political advice. "If people get ushed to the idea of voting on policy deshisions, they'll wannna vote on everything! Ya gotta nip this in the bud an' put that governor in her plashe. Don't ya ever just wanna nuke som- get your hands off me! I-"
Effect: the government offers to chew local leaders' food for them
Option 2
"Relax. I wouldn't give those morons an actual say in running a bird feeder," sneers the governor in question, who's somehow the most popular regional official in the nation. "However, keeping people in line is a lot easier if they think they have a say in how their government's run. You should try it. Hold some referendums on insignificant issues like how to use some small bit of land or what to name your province, with results you've decided ahead of time. I think you'll find that people are going to start liking you even more."
Effect: over 113% of @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ approve of the nation's new voting system
Option 3
"I ain't lettin' dirty black oil keep my daughter warm at night!" rants one of the governor's constituents, who hails from the "Rump" end of @@LEADER@@'s Rump Province. "You take that filth outta our communities and send it back to them disgustin' foreign cities where it belongs! @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ homes should be powered only by clean energy, from solar panels that blind birds and wind turbines that smack the little pests out of the sky!"
Effect: environmentalists aren't sure how to feel about the government's new "death ray" solar panels
Alternative: poison-tipped wind turbines broadcast migratory bird songs
