NationStates Jolt Archive

I find myself dismissing far too many issues due to a lack of libertarian options.

When writing issues, I think that the option of "yeah, that's fine, but find some other source of funding" should be there. There is often the option of allowing something, but there is also usually government funding for it. By removing the government funding, it allows for a more libertarian government.

I find myself dismissing far too many issues due to a lack of libertarian options.

When writing issues, I think that the option of "yeah, that's fine, but find some other source of funding" should be there. There is often the option of allowing something, but there is also usually government funding for it. By removing the government funding, it allows for a more libertarian government.

I completely agree. Sometimes all the choices are completely lousy, so I end up dismissing the issue altogether.

One of my other nations, Impending Damnation, is an Anarchy with 'Frightening' civil rights and 'Corrupted' political freedoms and has been for some time. This isn't the type with 'no policy direction whatsoever and no issues answered since day one' that you see on the top of 'Most Liberal Nation' UN list. I pick options that either raises civil/political rights or keeps them unchanged. I dismiss about 5 issues.

I agree that there are less libertarian choices compared to authoritarian choices. This nation is a Corporate Police State (usually Iron Fist Consumerists) with 'Outlawed' civil rights and 'Outlawed' political freedoms and has been for some time. A third of issues this nation receives has two choices I like to pick. For Impending Damnation, there is none. I dismiss 1 issue for this nation.

Ok.

Then why don't you Libert types write up some scenerios and options and submit them?

I think there is a lack of choices in general, not just libertarian but basically anything that isn't either blatantly liberal or blatantly conservative, and if there is a third choice it is just a compromise between the two.

I don't think issues should have less than four choices. That way the people who send them in will have to actually come up with complicated issues taht can be approached different ways.

Ok.

Then why don't you Libert types write up some scenerios and options and submit them?

That's what I've been doing for the past several months (and not all choices are liberal).

I agree. I just got the "Outsourcing an Outrage" issue and I wanted to pick option three ("relax economic regulations") until it said that it would abolish minimum wage laws, which I don't want to do. It's upsetting because I want to drastically reduce my tax rate without compromising my core social services (like minimum wage laws). I might just end up re-creating my nation to do just that, but it would be nice if I could reduce my tax rate without having to change the makeup of my country (since it CAN be done).

I always found "dismiss" to be the most libertarian option, and it shows my government isn't getting involved.

I always found "dismiss" to be the most libertarian option, and it shows my government isn't getting involved.

Ditto. Of course sometimes you won't like any of the options. That's reality for you.

I always found "dismiss" to be the most libertarian option, and it shows my government isn't getting involved.

Dismissing the issue won't really change your stats, though.

And I agree with this general idea. I usually like the option that gives people freedoms, but the choice almost always says that they need government money to do so, which they shouldn't.

Even though my civil rights are excellent, my economy is good, and my political freedom is good, the taxes are too high chez me right now and my government has an 'omnipresent' label... I'll try lowering taxes soon and writing a few better issues.