Article 27: Campaigning
This is part 27 of a series. Go to the 1st Paper for the first part.
Daily Blurb
March 16, 1779
We would like to show support for every one who is running and has sumbitted
There has been much campaigning recently. Many different people have expressed a desire to run again. Here we have talked to many of those people and heard tier stories and what they promise to do.
Will Cepik
I was a poor boy from the poor province of Artkin. But, I have gotten a job at the Daily Blurb. I was then able to help you and devote my time to helping Vision. I helped show that Artkin can produce great people. When the revolution was just beginning I helped call you. I sounded the warning bells. I may not have been the one that alerted you all to the problem, but I was the one that encouraged many of you to act. I showed you that we could all work together to overthrow the yoke of the aristocracy. Not one of you has any reason to doubt my loyalty. Unlike Jamile King, I will not let power overtake me. I will not support the aristocracy. After all, I was the one who torched the People’s Advocate. I didn’t stand by and let the people of Vision be oppressed. I was there for you. And I will be there for you in the future. Others may also be worthy. This is just me being the people’s humble servant/ Visions humble servant. The people are all in power now. These elections will be a sign of that, a sign that the people decide. It is a sign that we can all revolt and force our leaders to change.
With me as part of the council, we can continue on our path towards an egalitarian utopia. We will make a place where there are no longer any poor. We will all be well fed we will all be equals. All except for those who have revoked their rights. People such as the old aristocracy and the rich shall have no place in our new government. All of you have realized this. That is why we pressured the old government to let us track down Mordon Genette. He is still here, he may even be working for the old aristocrats. We cannot allow him to walk free. I promise, that if I am elected, I will devote the majority of our resources towards finding and capturing the last remnant of the aristocracy.
Professor Stricket
I came from the province of Bagzida. We were relatively rich. We were the primary engine of the economy, we hold many of the people of Vision, and we produced many of the smartest graduates of the Goldwater School of Thinking. Yet, we were never given much power. Our contributions were ignored. Currently, I am running for public office. I will make sure that the aristocrats will no longer hold sway over Bagzida. We are smart, we are strong. We will never again let people ignore us simply because they are rich or because they are powerful. I will make sure that everyone remembers why they need Bagzida, and I will make sure everyone remembers why they cannot trust the old aristocracy. I will make sure that the rich and people like Mordon Genette are found and captured. They pose too great a risk to us and our bright future.
You all can trust me. I will continue to respect the sanctity of government and, more importantly, the sanctity of Vision. I will not let power corrupt me. I know this because I was one of the first to sound the alarms. I talked with the people at Money Watch. I helped to bring to light the problems that would appear if we rejoined the Eastern Empire. The Letters of Utopia, some of the most influential, important, and, dare I say, sacred, pieces of writings in the history of Vision, mentioned me. I will be there for everyone. I promise. I will not distort my own bright legacy.
Samantha Key
We must all stand together. We have had dangerous, terrible times in the past. But, we still need hope. We have starved and we have fought. The two main things that helped us all through that is hope, hope, and community. We all need to work together, to be there for your fellow man. We must all be strong. We cannot fall if we trust each other and if we all continue together. Vision is strong, Vision is beautiful, not because we try to force egalitarian ideas upon it, but because of the people within it. We have been blinded by lies. Jamile King was not a traitor. Morning Star has told us this. Instead, we must all band together. There are so many provinces, so many people. We are all here. We are all together. It is our hope that binds us together. That was why I started the Golden Spoon. We need to help each other. We all must devote ourselves to helping others, even those that we may perceive to be wrong or to be different. We must all focus on the community.
I offered to be a member of the council, not because I think I am worthy, but because I want to serve Vision. The Golden Spoon will still thrive without me, I have left it in the hands of capable teens. I taught them, and I trust them. I wish to run because I believe that as councilwomen I can help. I want to serve Vision in whatever way possible. I want to serve the people of Vision. I believe that we can all make Vision a better place is we just work together. We need to focus on the community.
We see that Vision has never been perfect. Yet, even so, we must not taint our memory of Vision. Our forefathers first rose up in revolt against the Eastern Empire. Whatever may have happened later, it was for freedom. It was for liberty. We know that some had ulterior motives, we know now that some would be oppressed and denied their rights. Yet, even so, it all only slightly diminishes the beauty of that moment. When our forefathers, and even members of our communities still with us, decided that even the barest taste of freedom and liberty were worth any amount of suffering if they failed. That was a beautiful moment. Now, it is time to continue so that maybe we will be able to make our beautiful moment.
I realize that many people have listed their province, I don’t want to do that. We need to realize that it doesn’t matter whether we are from a province or whether we are from the capital, we are all a part of Vision. We must all work together. WE are the people of Vision. We need to do this, together.
Eliza Wellington
Our last government was too soft. We focused on things that we should have left for later. We first started with the freedoms of the press and speech. We should have instead focused on stamping out the last remnants of the old aristocracy. I was hampered by the traitor Jamile King.
As part of the new government, I will ensure that the famine ends. I will make sure that everyone is well fed. After all, Vision is a place for the common man. I will not let Vision starve. As art of a new government, I will not be constrained by reactionaries and traitors such as Jamile King. I will not let people such as Mordon Genette go free. I will not be seduced y treacherous thoughts. I will keep my focus on the people of Vision. I will make sure that everyone is fed.
As I have said before, I am a radical. Vision is a place of radicals. Together, we can make Vision bright. We have a bright future up ahead. With me as a member of the council, I promise that we will crush the last remnants of the aristocracy. Not only that but we will elevate all other people. We will make Vision egalitarian. We will make this happen at any cost. This was why we were founded, we were founded to be about the basic people. All other people could go to rot. The council must about Vision. Other people, mainly aristocrats and the rich, do not need to be supported. We must put the every-day citizen of Vision first.
You all know that you can trust me. I have shown that I am against corruption. I have fought. I have led, and I will continue to fight and lead. I have shown that I am loyal, not only to Vision but also to the ideals of Vision. When I fought, it was for all of us, the people, the true heirs of Vision. We must continue in our pursuit of Vision. We cannot stop. We must continue. And on and on. We will not stop until Vision is egalitarian, and anything not egalitarian had been stomped on and squashed.
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