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Straw Poll: Alt-Centre Leader
Hillary Clinton wearing a fake mustache, Senator from New York
Rall Reagore, freakish hybrid Vice Governor of Calisee
The game theory guy, Senator from Twitter
Jim Webb, Scourge of Vietnam
The 'Donald Drumpf' bit, segment from HBO
Communist Pepe, Meme from the left-wing version of /pol/
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Fallen Hamprince
Nov 12, 2016

We've heard an increasing amount on social media about the 'alt-left', but as of yet their members and policies are well defined. Let's pool our brainpower and tweetpower to start building this movement.

Suggested starting points for alt-centre policies:

  • Mandatory metrication, enforced under pain of death.
  • Gigantic gilded art-deco eagles to be installed at every Planned Parenthood in the country.
  • Alexander Hamilton to be venerated as Glorious Patriarch of the Fatherland in new musical theatre-based personality cult.
  • Immediate, forcible and uncompensated nationalization of the railway system and privatization of the highway system.
  • Dig a canal between Mexico and Canada, make Iowa pay.
  • Re-legalize slavery for humans, ban slavery for animals.
  • Legalize muslim prayer in schools.
  • Legalize marijuana but dispensaries can refuse to sell to gays.

Looking forward to your comments and suggestions all!

Heil Marx

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Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

punish the rich harshly by making them pay .001% more in taxes

only threaten to though, we can't actually do that

Fallen Hamprince
Nov 12, 2016

Yinlock posted:

punish the rich harshly by making them pay .001% more in taxes

only threaten to though, we can't actually do that

this is the alt-centre thread friend, you have to think a little more extreme than that

more like: 90% tax on all income above 200,000 earned by janitors

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy
Pass a law banning charters but no require standardized testing every two weeks and ban teachers unions.

Fallen Hamprince
Nov 12, 2016

Crowsbeak posted:

Pass a law banning charters but no require standardized testing every two weeks and ban teachers unions.

Teacher's unionization mandatory for all teachers from pre-K to higher-ed but wages are capped at $9.95 per hour and teachers are not permitted to leave their classroom ever except for bathroom breaks and childbirth.

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


the dirtbag center

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


all hopped up on adderall and expensive craft beer

Fallen Hamprince
Nov 12, 2016

Public officials will be sworn into office using the most recent issue of Reader's Digest

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Grand Prize Winner
Feb 19, 2007


That which is not mandatory is forbidden.
That which is not forbidden is mandatory.

Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
demographic requirements on top shelf income tax, tax is 99% until it fits demographics.

Grand Prize Winner
Feb 19, 2007


Reclassify the bottom three income quintiles - they are no longer citizens but "poverts".

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
I've got two words for you guys, just two words:

MEANS TESTING

Grand Prize Winner
Feb 19, 2007


LETHAL MEANS TESTING

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

Grand Prize Winner posted:

LETHAL MEANS TESTING

LETHAL MEANS TESTING ON ANIMALS

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


you might say im radical... radically reasonable

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

quote:

Reforming mandatory minimum sentencing. Excessive federal mandatory minimum sentences keep nonviolent drug offenders in prison for too long—and have increased racial inequality in our criminal justice system.

Cutting mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses in half.

Boom. How about that for some hard-hitting centrist policy?

MizPiz
May 29, 2013

by Athanatos

Fallen Hamprince
Nov 12, 2016

Mean Testing: Healthcare is free but the ER nurses scowl at you so you only go if it's a real emergency.

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.
Mandatory gay marriage imo

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

ate poo poo on live tv posted:

Boom. How about that for some hard-hitting centrist policy?

Hold on, what about the rate of repeat offenders?

Should double the mandatory minimum on repeat offenses so that it encourages them not to commit the same crime twice.

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

Fallen Hamprince posted:

this is the alt-centre thread friend, you have to think a little more extreme than that

more like: 90% tax on all income above 200,000 earned by janitors

threatening to do that is pretty extreme, for the center

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

god, a lot of you suck at being centrists

how about we take those three strikes and you're out laws that everybody hates, and get rid of them

but we want to keep criminals off the streets, so let's make it four strikes and you're out

rebuild our communities, but keep our streets safe

Calibanibal
Aug 25, 2015

im socially centrist, but economically centrist

pass a mincome law, but then enact a flat tax for the exact same amount so the program is budget-neutral

Calibanibal has issued a correction as of 07:41 on Jan 12, 2017

Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

redneck nazgul posted:

god, a lot of you suck at being centrists

how about we take those three strikes and you're out laws that everybody hates, and get rid of them

but we want to keep criminals off the streets, so let's make it four strikes and you're out

rebuild our communities, but keep our streets safe

Centrists gotta keep those prisons full, what about the correction workers union?

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

you'll love my new bill, "The Right to Work For a Fair Wage Act", where i raise the minimum wage to $12 per hour, but makes union membership non-compulsory for the entire 50 states

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

free healthcare for completely healthy people and nobody else

Missingnoleader
Mar 10, 2014

All Movies are mandated to be subject to audience testing for children! Every movie must be PG-13 or else.

Grand Prize Winner
Feb 19, 2007


Missingnoleader posted:

All Movies are mandated to be subject to audience testing for children! Every movie must be PG-13 or else.

sir, you go too far


execute all those who Go Too Far

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011
Lemmie hit cha with: $12 minimum wage, but only for fast food workers, only in cities over 150K populations, and only if the worker is not an adolescent living with a guardian(this is waived if the worker is an adolescent who is a parent that is not living with an adult guardian), or currently enrolled as a full-time student at a community or state college. If the worker is under the latter category, the difference between the wage paid and the $12 wage is instead directly deducted from the tuition paid at the school.

There. That oughta pass.

tower time
Jul 30, 2008




- Divert the Mississippi river to Las Vegas and Los Angeles
- 8 most populous states now control electoral votes of neighboring states through vassals
- Race now determined by economic status, "white" buy-in starts at $100k/yr
- Stop recruiting soldiers, divert all military spending to drones
- Police union receives one free small ice cream cone coupon redeemable at local Dairy Queen (tm) locations for every officer not involved in a fatal shooting in that calendar year. Coupons paid for out of retirement fund.

Ace of Baes
Jul 7, 1977
Free Public Community College for bi-racial single parents working 40 hours or more a week.

Princess Di
Apr 23, 2016

by zen death robot
Accept the smooth transition of power
Accept the New Democratic narrative: Stop Talking About The Racism Stupid
Hoard desperately while putting physical distance between you and minorities.
Make certain to put distance between your children and minorities.
Higher taxes are fine, as long as they aren't taxing you.
Waiting forever for policy to reflect the needs of the poor and working class is now acceptable, since you are neither poor nor working class.

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

For every shooting the perpetrator will be forced to write a 3 page essay about how he or she is very sorry

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
Tax credits for anyone who thinks up new tax credit ideas

Healthcare vouchers

Toll road vouchers

Private security vouchers

Vouchers Vouchers

ScrubLeague
Feb 11, 2007

Nap Ghost

dont dox me

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

the essay requirement is voided if the perpetrator is rich

if they are rich and white then the victim's family must write an essay instead

Peel
Dec 3, 2007

This is the centre.

This is the centre beyond the centre. You can call it the 'radical centre.'



And this

Darkman Fanpage
Jul 4, 2012
[in extremely centrist voice] you're poor AND white??? UGHh go die!

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tower time
Jul 30, 2008




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