Labor Party

*Not to be confused with the Farmer-Laborer Party.*

The **Labor Party** was a left-wing political party that ran for the Renminzhi, or National Assembly of Zhongguo. It was founded as the **Farmer-Labor Party** on March 28th, 2021; however, it was renamed to avoid confusion with the later founded Labor-Farmer Party, which proceeded to accidently change its name to Farmer-Laborer, causing much confusion. Despite never winning any elections, the party was significant as it posed itself as the main alternative, or rival, to MintyMichael and the LFP in the First Zhongguo National Assembly Election and the Second Zhongguo National Assembly Election in District 1.

## Platform

The Labor Party is laid out by its platform as a social-democratic party. It supported policies such as economic stimulus, public works, civil rights, fairer elections, liberal interventionism, and more autonomy for the Jeimei.

### First Manifesto

After the First National Assembly Election was announced on March 28th, 2021 and the Labor Party was founded, AbolishSuburbs promptly wrote out an official manifesto, laying out policies and goals as:

* *"Economic stimulus through a direct 20 diamond transfer to all Zhongguoer citizens who wish to have it and through public works projects.*
* *Investment of time and resources to public works projects as previously stated. These include the construction of new railroads, train stations, pedestrian roads, and ender chest stations "ATMs" in each section of every city.*
* *The long-term implementation of a welfare system / centralized charity network in which we give all new players who join Zhongguo good gear, tools, food, and blocks to start off their ventures as members of the nation.*
* *A Civil Rights act which will guarantee social equality and justice among all genders, races, and people of certain sexual orientations. This would also effectively ban discrimination of people based on the characteristics listed previously.*
* *The construction of a public villager trading hall that can be used by everyone in the nation.*
* *Increased autonomy of the Jeimei while simultaneously granting them more representation in government; continue to maintain a strong relationship between them and Zhongguo.*
* *A more interventionist foreign policy, which entails setting up more diplomatic relationships with other countries while taking more action against aggressive rivals and those who seem to be a threat to the Mappercraft server as a whole.*
* *ABOLITION OF ALL SUBURBS; NO MORE DETATCHED SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING/ZONING*
* *A guarantee by the Labor Party and myself to uphold the will of the National Assembly and the Emperor if they wish to go against certain sections of our platform."*

### Second Manifesto

The manifesto that the Labor Party put forth for the Second National Assembly Election laid out largely the same platform used for the First Election. What was notable about this is the omission of the 20 diamond stimulus policy the party previously supported and the addition of an approval voting policy for future elections. In addition, the Manifesto took direct aim at the incumbent, MintyMichael, as he was the main opponent in the election. The manifesto went as such:

*"We have all seen how MintyMichael's grift has landed us at in regards to the Zhongguo National Assembly. His rule as representative of Suirenzhen is embarassing; the only time he posits good policy is when he pressured to through mass pinging of him on Discord. I want this to change, and that is why I am running as representative of District 1. I want to change the status quo through policies such as:*

* *Creation of a recall process of representatives if more than half of their constituents express mass disapproval of their rule.*
* *Implementation of approval voting for election of representatives instead of first-past-the-post voting. This allows for greater say and more fair outcomes in elections.*
* *Continuing to build upon upon the fabric of the national works programs put in place by the National Assembly.*
* *The long-term implementation of a welfare system / centralized charity network in which we give all new players who join Zhongguo good gear, tools, food, and blocks to start off their ventures as members of the nation.*
* *A Civil Rights act which will guarantee social equality and justice among all genders, races, and people of certain sexual orientations. This would also effectively ban discrimination of people based on the characteristics listed previously.*
* *The construction of a public villager trading hall that can be used by everyone in the nation.*
* *Continue to maintain a strong relationship between the Jeimei and Zhongguo. They should maintain the right to declare war on other nations as they are independent.*
* *A more interventionist foreign policy, which entails setting up more diplomatic relationships with other countries while taking more action against aggressive rivals and those who seem to be a threat to the Mappercraft server as a whole.*
* *A guarantee by the Labor Party and myself to uphold the will of the National Assembly and the Emperor if they wish to go against certain sections of our platform."*

## Elections

### First National Assembly Election

The First Zhongguo National Assembly Election was announced on March 28th, 2021 by Emperor Sikorskiii; he declared that the election would be held three days later on March 31st and that all elections beyond that point would occur every two weeks. Even though AbolishSuburbs resided in Mingguo, he nonetheless aspired to run in the upcoming election. Eventually, he was able to run for District 1 (Suirenzhen East), as he temporarily changed his residency to an upper-floor residential property he owned that was in the district's borders. AbolishSuburbs then submitted his form to run and coincidingly founded the Labor Party to complement his pro-worker, social-democratic agenda. On March 29th, he and his party would join the Democratic League, an alliance of political parties and candidates that upheld support of parliamentarianism, by the invitation of FlamingArrow06.

As the election came closer, AbolishSuburbs would realize his two main opponents in the way of victory: Farmer-Laborer Party candidate MintyMichael and independent owen250708. However, as owen250708 seemed to be the least popular choice out of the three candidates vying for MA of District 1, AbolishSuburbs put most of the focus of his campaign in smearing MintyMichael and presenting himself as the better alternative. He would achieve this mainly through campaign posters and attempts to persuade residents of the district.

In spite of the Emperor's initial announcement, voting began for the National Assembly Election one day earlier than expected on March 30th at ~23:30 EST. The District 1 Election would be the final election to be called by *The Suirenzhen Star*, revealing its contentiousness. Despite AbolishSuburb's arduous efforts, MintyMichael was officially declared the winner of the District 1 election the next day on March 31st at 22:31 EST. Out of the six votes tallied, MintyMichael received three votes, those being from himself, AquaAsdf, and HyperDoesMC; AbolishSuburbs received two votes, those being from himself and ShotsVII; and owen250708 received one vote, that being from himself only. The narrow loss upset AbolishSuburbs, though it would not dissuade him from running for National Assembly again.

### Second National Assembly Election

The Second Zhongguo National Assembly Election was announced on April 18th, 2021 to occur four days later on April 22nd. The new electoral districts would also be announced. AbolishSuburbs, seeing this as a chance to redeem himself of his previous loss, ran again for District 1 (Suirenzhen) under the Labor Party ticket. It would once again be a two-way race, with his opponents being incumbent Farmer-Laborer Party candidate MintyMichael and independent jid. AbolishSuburbs largely employed the same tactics as last time, though he dialed back his slander campaign against MintyMichael. The main issue concerning AbolishSuburb's candidancy was the controversy surrounding his decision to declare war on California and a growing conspiracy detailing his supposedly nefarious motives.

Voting began on time for the National Assembly Election on April 22nd at around ~08:30 EST. Similar to last election, the District 1 race was the final race to be called by *The Suirenzhen Star*, alongside the District 2 race. At 23:05 EST the same day, MintyMichael would be declared winner of the District 1 election once more, this time by a landslide. Out of the six votes tallied, MintyMichael received four votes, those being from himself, AquaAsdf, HyperDoesMC, and agnius06; AbolishSuburbs received one vote, that being from himself only; and jid received one vote, that being from himself only.

## Notes

1. ↑ Although the election was supposed to take place the week prior on April 14th, it was delayed due to issues pertaining to the server.