Democratic Socialists

The Democratic Socialists is a former party founded on 07.03.2021 in Harrapa as one of the initial parties of Nyrmod. It promoted democratic socialism, green progressivism, pacifism and workers rights. It dissolved on the 5/5/2021 after a restructuring of the Nyrmodian left, after that many of its members migrated to the New Popular Left.

It was a part of the Forward coalition with SDP and Greens. The coalition collaborated on common interests and negotiated deals as one. In the last election the three parties combined got the largest amount of seats, but were not able to form a government and agreed to split up a few days before DS' end.

It formed the first Nyrmodian government with its Forward allies, LDU, LUD and LNN. In it held the positions of Economic Affairs Minister (GerinJera), Speaker of the Senate (Paulp27 (He/Him)) and Ambassador to the USN (i0\_FLAVIO\_0i)

## PARTY HISTORY

### Founding

The party was founded as the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) in Harrapa, a small village in Southeastern Sheol on the 07/03/2021. It was influenced by its hometown's lavender fields in choosing its logo and official logo of purple. i0\_FLAVIO\_0i and Paulp27 (He/Him) were both original members of the party and ran unopposed, becoming the first Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson respectively. They are credited with being the founders of the Democratic Socialists as they exist today. The relationship between the two has been very stable, they immediately implemented policies that brought workplace democracy, being open to all ideas, cracking down on voter fraud, avoiding a competitive feeling within the party and letting individuals create their own roles around their interests. The party has not faced any internal instability, with the relationship between the two leaders and the others remaining very positive and open.

### Forward

While at first the DS leaders were somewhat skeptical of joining Forward, a coalition with the Greens and Social Democratic Party, fearing that the party's independence would be slowly erased, they soon changed their views and applied to join on 12.03.2021. Since its creation, Forward has arguably been the most stable coalition on Nyrmod and also the longest lasting one. While they have had many struggles, most of them came from the outside and it was proven through multiple polls that despite them DS members still wish to remain loyal to their allies. Part of Forward's success can be attributed to the parties' very similar ideologies, with all three broadly identifying as left-wing, with few members preferring the far-left or center-left.

There seems to be a perfect balance found within the coalition on how much collaboration there should be, there is no leadership system and no joint lists, but collaboration on bills and handling of negotiations as a single body. While some members of the Greens and SDP would prefer further integration, saying that as Forward seems to unanimously agree on most things so it would be beneficial overall, the DS firmly believes that the perfect balance has been found in between maintaining the identity of each party and working together on achieving common goals.

### First General Election

*Full first General Election results*

In the final results the DS was in seventh place and got 5 National Assembly seats and 1 Senate seat, along with the Speaker of the Senate. It was a slight disappointment for the party, which had anticipated a third/fourth place finish because of official opinion polls. The two main coalitions which were believed to have a chance at winning were Forward and the Liberal League, a joint list of socially liberal and libertarian parties. While neither one gained a majority, the LL was clearly going to be the leader in negotiations, which they decided to take on with the Pirate Party and Conservatives. Announcements about the creation of a government were made three times, all of which resulted in them falling apart. While it is unclear to the public why this happened, tension in between the three, especially between the LL and Conservatives, is believed to be a key factor.

The DS greatly criticised this government, as they believed that working with conservatives was immoral on behalf of the liberals. DS was the first to release leaked texts in which the Liberal Democratic Union was making a secret deal with the NCP in which they would support their senate speaker in exchange for political favours. It stained the image of the Liberal League and lowered their credibility. This brought on a big rivalry between the DS and LDU, more specifically between the leaders inks and i0\_FLAVIO\_0i, which frequently attacked each others' ideas on the server and on Instagram. This would eventually settle down as the LDU gradually became a center-left party after the LL's collapse and eventually became an ally of Forward. Both get well along together, however have a ''frenemies'' type of friendship.