Domestic Affairs Discord Nomination Bill Voting Thread

[devintheroaster]

This is the official voting thread for the Domestic Affairs Discord Nomination Bill. View here!

[Alvero]

I would encourage Members of Congress to vote FOR this bill.

This bill would shift power away from the president and towards the Minister of Domestic Affairs, and it seems more appropriate to have the Minister of Domestic Affairs manage the Discord Administrator rather than the President.

[Deleted]

I know I'm quite a bit late, but I encourage all of you to repeal this as soon as possible for the reasons I posted on Discord. This bill is absolutely dreadful. The DSA has elected completely random and unqualified individuals to MoDA before, and I'm confident we'll do it again. At least the president is a somewhat safer position. It's not even funny how easy it would be for a fash to infiltrate the MoDA, and that position can now choose the server owner. We all know the real reason this bill was written, but let's pretend for a moment it isn't completely obvious and just ask: Why is this needed? What's the point of slightly redistributing power at the cost of making the backbone of our online community vulnerable to being destroyed? And in case anyone thinks I'm being paranoid, let me remind you of two things.
1. It doesn't have to be a fascist. We've had unsavory leftists gain large amounts of power before, and although we're better now, that threat is still very real for positions like the MoDA, just less so the president.
2. It's not like fascist infilitrations don't happen. We all know they happen, it's a common fact they happen. We've seen it in friendly regions, and seen it happen to other leftists regions we've no contact with. TRF might be able to bail us out on NS, but if we hand fascists the discord, you can't do anything save find a new discord. And I know it can feel like I'm presenting a worst case scenario right now, but let's say it one more time, what we all know. This is not unprecedented. Electing a malicious individual to the MoDA isn't that unlikely. And this bill gives them the means to do real damage.

And as I know this will come up: Yes, the President is more secure. The position is more respected. Held in higher regard. However you want to say it. We've elected random people to MoDA in my time here and prior to my arrival, but never have I seen or heard of a president who wasn't highly esteemed among the community.