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This is a politics-negotiation education vignette inspired by Wag the Dog, designed to offer some optimism in this modern age of geopolitical awkwardness (e.g., USA-North Korea).
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Captain George Bosche and Commandant Demi O'Neill were from opposing sides of the America-England War which came to be known as the Great Rift. Bosche was the leader of the American forces trying to ward off the British invaders seeking to use TrumpUSA corruption (following charges that U.S. President Donald Trump was involved in a finance-scandal with South Korea, inciting North Korea into nuclear war) to justify a colonization of the USA. O'Neill was the British commandant of the English forces seeking to create a 'healthier republic' in the New World in which the American Dream had given way to forms of pedestrian anarchy (and cynicism). Bosche and O'Neill were completely opposite (night-and-day), but now they were charged by American and English politicians to generate a 'bilateral lesson' plan for the education of democracy in the modern age and invaluable illumination of the vulnerabilities of socialist rhetoric. Bosche and O'Neill now had to work together to be teachers in the same class.
{Bosche & O'Neill}
BOSCHE: We'll be talking about democracy and communism.
O'NEILL: We'll be differentiating between capitalism and socialism.
BOSCOE: Democracy/communism refers to politics.
O'NEILL: Capitalism/socialism refers to economics.
STUDENT 1: Does Communism strain Socialism the same way democracy strains capitalism?
STUDENT 2: It seems that the democratic lottery-system caters to 'capitalism-avarice.'
STUDENT 3: Does Communist rhetoric 'endanger' socialism-economics rationalism?
STUDENT 4: Is Communism/Socialism more 'compatible' than democracy/capitalism?
BOSCHE: It does seem that Communism is more 'precise/diligent' to deal with socialist flaws.
O'NEILL: It simultaneously seems that democracy is more 'human-flawed' like capitalism!
BOSCOE: You might therefore conclude that communism is a better 'governance' system.
O'NEILL: You might think democracy is too 'biased' to 'control' capitalism...
STUDENT 1: Is that an incorrect assumption?
STUDENT 2: How is democracy capable of 'controlling' capitalism?
STUDENT 3: Are referendums about lottery-policy reform (e.g., immigration issues) relevant?
STUDENT 4: Do Communist systems fail when it comes to vibrant immigration policies?
BOSCHE: A communist government may allow its leaders to become corrupt dictators.
O'NEILL: While, in theory, a democratic system has checks to admonish any politician!
BOSCOE: Communism does not account for individual liberties, so immigration is clumsy.
O'NEILL: That's why democratic societies offer healthier tourism industries.
STUDENT 1: Would a communist state be less likely to sponsor a state-lottery?
STUDENT 2: Would a communist state screen lottery-contestants more stringently?
STUDENT 3: Would a communist state allow dictators/emperors to grant 'gifts' to citizens?
STUDENT 4: What's the difference between lottery and charity?
BOSCHE: Stalin may have given gifts but he'd not be likely to condone lottery-revelry.
O'NEILL: Lottery is a socially-endorsed prize/gambling contest.
BOSCOE: Communist states (and socialist systems) do not regularly condone 'contests.'
O'NEILL: In a communist state, a 'contest' would most likely feed political rhetoric.
STUDENT 1: If democracy caters more to personal liberty, students should praise casinos.
STUDENT 2: True; Las Vegas, where the Oakland Raiders are relocating, is a 'liberty hub.'
STUDENT 3: A communist/socialist state would not philosophically 'benefit' from casinos.
STUDENT 4: Prof. Bosche/O'Neill mean to suggest that democracy is generally more 'ABCD.'
BOSCHE: Since you've learned a lot, we'll tell you our secret field-aliases.
O'NEILL: Bosche is actually 'Snake-Eyes' (USA), while I am actually 'Pythona' (UK).
BOSCHE: 'Snake-Eyes' and 'Pythona' are still 'war aliases.'
O'NEILL: We still expect you to refer to us as "Professor" in this classroom...
{Snake-Eyes & Pythona}
The Bosche/Snake-Eyes and O'Neill/Pythona USA-UK Democracy-Communism Classroom was considered a social and political success! Both the U.S. government and the U.K. government declared the classroom to be an achievement in bilateral democratic education. Since America was more of an individualistic society, while England was more of a customs society, critics feared that Snake-Eyes (Bosche) would be too 'dramatic' for Pythona (O'Neill) and, likewise, that Pythona would be too 'ornamental' for Snake-Eyes, but Bosche and O'Neill managed to coordinate etiquette with rationalism to generate a surprisingly illuminating classroom. Suddenly, America and England were friendlier towards each other than they had ever been in their histories. The U.S. and U.K. governments agreed to work together on a grand 'user-friendly super-computer project' designed to make networking more intelligible. Ain't negotiation grand?
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Captain George Bosche and Commandant Demi O'Neill were from opposing sides of the America-England War which came to be known as the Great Rift. Bosche was the leader of the American forces trying to ward off the British invaders seeking to use TrumpUSA corruption (following charges that U.S. President Donald Trump was involved in a finance-scandal with South Korea, inciting North Korea into nuclear war) to justify a colonization of the USA. O'Neill was the British commandant of the English forces seeking to create a 'healthier republic' in the New World in which the American Dream had given way to forms of pedestrian anarchy (and cynicism). Bosche and O'Neill were completely opposite (night-and-day), but now they were charged by American and English politicians to generate a 'bilateral lesson' plan for the education of democracy in the modern age and invaluable illumination of the vulnerabilities of socialist rhetoric. Bosche and O'Neill now had to work together to be teachers in the same class.
{Bosche & O'Neill}
BOSCHE: We'll be talking about democracy and communism.
O'NEILL: We'll be differentiating between capitalism and socialism.
BOSCOE: Democracy/communism refers to politics.
O'NEILL: Capitalism/socialism refers to economics.
STUDENT 1: Does Communism strain Socialism the same way democracy strains capitalism?
STUDENT 2: It seems that the democratic lottery-system caters to 'capitalism-avarice.'
STUDENT 3: Does Communist rhetoric 'endanger' socialism-economics rationalism?
STUDENT 4: Is Communism/Socialism more 'compatible' than democracy/capitalism?
BOSCHE: It does seem that Communism is more 'precise/diligent' to deal with socialist flaws.
O'NEILL: It simultaneously seems that democracy is more 'human-flawed' like capitalism!
BOSCOE: You might therefore conclude that communism is a better 'governance' system.
O'NEILL: You might think democracy is too 'biased' to 'control' capitalism...
STUDENT 1: Is that an incorrect assumption?
STUDENT 2: How is democracy capable of 'controlling' capitalism?
STUDENT 3: Are referendums about lottery-policy reform (e.g., immigration issues) relevant?
STUDENT 4: Do Communist systems fail when it comes to vibrant immigration policies?
BOSCHE: A communist government may allow its leaders to become corrupt dictators.
O'NEILL: While, in theory, a democratic system has checks to admonish any politician!
BOSCOE: Communism does not account for individual liberties, so immigration is clumsy.
O'NEILL: That's why democratic societies offer healthier tourism industries.
STUDENT 1: Would a communist state be less likely to sponsor a state-lottery?
STUDENT 2: Would a communist state screen lottery-contestants more stringently?
STUDENT 3: Would a communist state allow dictators/emperors to grant 'gifts' to citizens?
STUDENT 4: What's the difference between lottery and charity?
BOSCHE: Stalin may have given gifts but he'd not be likely to condone lottery-revelry.
O'NEILL: Lottery is a socially-endorsed prize/gambling contest.
BOSCOE: Communist states (and socialist systems) do not regularly condone 'contests.'
O'NEILL: In a communist state, a 'contest' would most likely feed political rhetoric.
STUDENT 1: If democracy caters more to personal liberty, students should praise casinos.
STUDENT 2: True; Las Vegas, where the Oakland Raiders are relocating, is a 'liberty hub.'
STUDENT 3: A communist/socialist state would not philosophically 'benefit' from casinos.
STUDENT 4: Prof. Bosche/O'Neill mean to suggest that democracy is generally more 'ABCD.'
BOSCHE: Since you've learned a lot, we'll tell you our secret field-aliases.
O'NEILL: Bosche is actually 'Snake-Eyes' (USA), while I am actually 'Pythona' (UK).
BOSCHE: 'Snake-Eyes' and 'Pythona' are still 'war aliases.'
O'NEILL: We still expect you to refer to us as "Professor" in this classroom...
{Snake-Eyes & Pythona}
The Bosche/Snake-Eyes and O'Neill/Pythona USA-UK Democracy-Communism Classroom was considered a social and political success! Both the U.S. government and the U.K. government declared the classroom to be an achievement in bilateral democratic education. Since America was more of an individualistic society, while England was more of a customs society, critics feared that Snake-Eyes (Bosche) would be too 'dramatic' for Pythona (O'Neill) and, likewise, that Pythona would be too 'ornamental' for Snake-Eyes, but Bosche and O'Neill managed to coordinate etiquette with rationalism to generate a surprisingly illuminating classroom. Suddenly, America and England were friendlier towards each other than they had ever been in their histories. The U.S. and U.K. governments agreed to work together on a grand 'user-friendly super-computer project' designed to make networking more intelligible. Ain't negotiation grand?
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