September Constitution

*Note that this article is not an explanation of the **September Constitution**, for that see September Constitutionalism. This article is the constitution word for word.*

## War is Not Caused by Politics\*

Before I go to the constitution, I should explain to you why you should choose our side. This is this paragraph's quote: “War is not caused by Politics\*”. Though you may see the asterisk above, the quote still says: war was never caused by politics. The mentioned asterisk is to show that there are one or two exceptions to this statement.

Why? Because the real crisis is disagreement, toxicity, and many dictators. 2 out of the abundances of wars that the ATC had were political, the rest that you assumed were caused by speculation, and sides drawn by political parties. And those two were about eliminating political parties (that's why there is an asterisk).

You might say, “So you now admit that politics were the cause of wars” because I just said that the coalitions of the wars were drawn by political parties. No, I did not say that. Political parties are just groups of people who share the same beliefs.

So now you might say, “There is no use of politics”. There is a use in politics: democracy, and assembly. Wars can be prevented (mostly) by democracy, just some salty people, like me, wouldn't like it. And, an assembly can make people cooperate to make new laws.

So, before we end this introduction. If you still disagree with me, leave a note. I love a good debate.

## Council Communism

Council Communism, or ‘Sovietism’, is a system where the people elect a council of workers, or in this case editors, to a council called a Soviet. In the Alternate Territories Wiki (ATC), we shall have a system where the ATC community members elect good editors on the ATC to the ATC Soviet.

ATC Soviet members will then come together once a month to vote on new laws and ideas. The ATC Soviet will have to elect a leader annually called the ‘President of the ATC Soviet’, who is the *de facto* leader of the wiki. The President of the ATC Soviet is in charge of leading the ATC Soviet and can call an emergency meeting of the Soviet whenever needed.

After the President of the ATC Soviet is elected, the president will promote one user to be his or her vice. After the President of ATC Soviet is elected, another vote is to create the Secretary of the NLM.

Don’t let the name Soviet make us authoritarian. We disagree with most of the communist nations, like the USSR and North Korea. The ATC Soviet will be a libertarian-left council. Not all communists are Stalinists.

The ATC Soviet will be subdivided into various Political Soviets (also known as political parties). Every election will determine how many editors will be in the ATC Soviet, which is proportional to the vote percentage.

Anyone can create a Political Soviet, as long as they aren’t intentionally racist like the KKK or Neo-Nazis. One Political Soviet is not better than another. No admin, moderator, or president can forcefully disband a Political Soviet, however, it can be done with a poll.

## Political System

Rules are made in the ATC Soviet, which is then voted by the people. Rules, while not enforced, are simple morals that people are expected to follow. Though some can be enforced and lead to punishments, these rules should be universally accepted, and lead to no oppression.

The rules voted upon by the council are divided into 2 parts: Acts and Amendments. Acts are rules that are simple to implement, and amendments are much bigger rules that change most of the wiki.

Acts generally are wiki “guidelines” for editing procedures, drama management, and more. Though we don’t enforce acts, especially for editing procedures. We do say to follow them if you want. For drama cases, we advise people to follow them.

Amendments are wiki “rules” that people should follow. However, amendments come in different weights. Some amendments are really simple like “Don’t upload porn”, however, some are hard like corruption and drama laws.

To make sure wars don’t happen, every vote will have a 3-week debate before actually doing the vote.

## Preventing Authoritarianism

Authoritarianism is prevalent in the ATC, but making one person the *de facto* ruler of the ATC Soviet can and might lead to an authoritarian government. How can we prevent authoritarianism?

If you want to kick out a president, vice-president or the Secretary of the New Left Movement (NLM), a vote must have a 51/49 majority or more of the vote to have a chance to impeach a president. Then the president will go to court.

When any user is accused of doing a crime they will be subject to a free and fair trial. All users can participate in positions such as the:

* Judge
* Jury
* Defendant
* Prosecution
* *et cetera*…

The jury decides whether to vote against or for the punishment with the provided reason. If there are any biases, the judge can do *jury nullification* making the judge holding the power of the jury. All judges must use it 3 times per month to prevent misuse. However, when needed, the ban can be removed for the case with special permission from the ATC Soviet.

After the results of the court are in, the ATC Soviet will proceed with the punishment. If the person is innocent, the person will stay in power, with people looking into the ruler for 2 months. However, if the ruler is guilty, the person will get the punishment.

An emergency election is held, and after the election, the new person will get the empty position.

## Alpha's Law

Alpha’s Law is a fictional law made by AlphaBeta906, which says that “If a community is obsessed with one thing than what their community is made for, then it is no longer a community”. How can we prevent the ATC from leaning too much on politics? It's pretty complicated.

All political meetings must happen at the end of every month unless it is an emergency meeting. Drama and controversies will be handled in court and if the sides are political parties then it will become a debate in the ATC Soviet.

The ATC’s goal is to create a fictional multiverse rather than to make an “internet micronation” such as the Aerican Empire.

## Connection with the New Left Movement

Going back to preventing Authoritarianism, the New Left Movement (NLM) is an important factor. NLM is a Marxist organization created by Alpha and Patriot designed with the purpose of preventing admin corruption. Remember that the New Left Movement isn’t a political party.

When the September Constitution is in effect in the ATC, the NLM will become a governmental agency, which specializes in catching authoritarian rulers.

Except for the method stated in the section, “Preventing Authoritarianism”, the NLM can impeach a president. In the ATC Soviet, the Secretary of the NLM can create a vote to impeach a president.

## Political Parties

While the September Constitution is supportive of non-partisan politics, the constitution does guarantee the right to establish a political party. Remember that the New Left Movement is not a political party, and is more of a governing movement.

However, you can still establish a political party or movement and don’t have to be an NLM member to run in elections. The main limitation of establishing political parties is related to where your party is on the political spectrum.

Far-right and even some other right-wing beliefs are considered “unconstitutional”. Any party that has association to Racism, National Socialism, Fascism, Sexism, and all other discriminative ideologies are prohibited.

Politicians on the wiki are among the most important people as they help determine the leaders by influencing people’s vote. Anyone can become a politician on the wiki, all you do is join a political party to be considered one.

Each political party can make speeches, ally or unite with other parties. They can also participate in elections. No ATC moderator can end a political party by force, but if the political party ends by itself or if done with a poll to end it.

## Signatores

* *AlphaBeta906Alt*
* *MapOfFish*