No. Party Manifesto

## Introduction

The "No. Party Manifesto" was a document created by Senate Leaders Charles Fendere (L - CI) and George Bal (C - ME), and President Pro Tempore John Eld (C - BC) declaring President Razdan Tanaka and the newly created Union Party as dangerous and explaining why they will not support this new leadership under any circumstances. Many historians largely conclude that that the Union Party's newly obtained House Majority in the 2282 Midterm Election and rising dominance in the Senate is what triggered the Senatorial leaders' fear of the Union Party, as they did not want Tanaka to control the entirety of the US government. Psychologists also attribute much of the extreme mentality toward the Unity Party as President Pro Tempore Eld's heightened paranoia from PTSD.

The three men presented this newly created platform on March 15, 2283 in Washington DC. It is largely accepted that on this day, the Liberty and Commawatch Parties merged into the No. Party: The sole party to combat the Union agenda.

## Content

"In the victory of great men, many enjoy the fruits of what has come without remembrance of what has been. 'Tis much easier, after all, to indulge in the present than to fear the past in contemplation that it may one day again be the future. Human nature is not to expect anything of the future other than what we currently possess; and by applying the known present to our future, we grant ourselves security theatre by eliminating, in our limited minds, the reality of the unknown.

Yet denial and fear of reality diminishes not reality's existence. We may allege that an event cannot occur due to our lack of ability in fathoming it fitting in with our current lives. Yet as Copernicus discovered, Earth is not the Universe's center, but instead a small planet orbiting a small star 100,000 light years from the center of one galaxy; reality does not revolve around us, nor our conceptions. The future is unknown whether one likes it or not.

For 68 years, these United States of America have experienced democratic prosperity. We have all the rights our forefathers promised and select all our governors. We give all sides a fair opportunity and are civil in our discourse; various Presidents have forfeit their own power so our population's totality has a say in all branches of government. We, the People of the United States, rule the United States. Many who have grown up and grown old in our state of republic bear the impression that this truth is unwavering; they've known no different over the course of their lives, so how *should* they go about concluding all of what they know can collapse just as simply as it rose? From no fault of their own, their lives blind them.

Yet although 68 years is a time in which individuals can grow from young to old, it is to history nothing more than a blink; all created in 68 years can just as easily be torn down once history opens its eyes once more; and those who lived to see history's eyes open before the blink possess sight.

Such is the case of President Pro Tempore John Eld. Born in 2203, Eld experienced not freedom on his birth, but persecution; not a people's nation, but an aspiring emperor's dominion. At age five, Eld witnessed the mutilation of his father and enslavement of his mother. Placed into Thorton Echevarria's Education Camps, he would face the crack of the Imperialists' hot, metal whips; he would watch as all in isolation and excruciating suffering for seven years until freed and rehabilitated by the Commawatch.

To forget the past is to lower one's guard; to lower one's guard is to prompt thieves to take all one holds dear.

Although frightening to admit, what we think of as the United States's present is quickly being rendered a relic of an old era. To let the people rule, Presidents of the Commawatch and Liberty era recused themselves in their own power so our leadership would be composed of diverse ideologies. Not only has the current President of the United States failed to uphold this noble tradition, yet has taken upon himself to:

* Exploit the platform given him by President Kirby to oust his predecessor despite Mr. President Kirby's selfless dedication toward the American people at his own expense, and despite owing Mr. President Kirby a great deal for his power and platform.
* Declare he will use "any power vested in the Presidency" (Tanaka) to institute his agenda.
* And exert his aspirations on our people's national legislature, sending his cronies into office by splitting the vote of the parties dedicated to true service.

Such are not the actions of a man seeking to serve the public. Let us not forget either what this President wishes to attain. According to his party's charter, "the Union Party seeks to form a global union entitled the 'United States of Earth'. Such a union will be led by the United States of America, as the President of the United States so too will serve as President of Earth" (Tanaka 2). In short, he wishes to extend his own nation's power to a larger union. Let us remember that we have seen this ambition before; and let us recall the outcomes:

* Quinton Kaminski's yearn to unify the world's governments plunged our nation into economic crisis and drew funds away from the American people.
* Genghis Khan's "unification" of Asia and Eastern Europe led to the slaughter of 40 million lives.
* Adolf Hitler's plans for world domination led to the Second World War and the slaughter of over 11 million lives.
* Pura Malum's creation of the Federal Republic of Europe, through similar tactics the President speaks of utilizing, led to the Fourth World War, absolute annihilation of modern civilization, and the death of over 90% of the world's population.

Strong unions are nothing short of consolidation of control; a means for tyrants to exert their devastating power on a mass scale. It should therefore be unsurprising that what they have always led to is devastation.

Not only are we straying, in the present, from governance of, by, and for the people which led us out of oppression, yet we are trending toward the very patterns which lead to utter devastation.

To these trends, to the current President of the United States; the man who acts only for his own control; the entities which induce suffering: We unify against your tactics into one assemblage and resolve in one response: **No.**

Our party holds the following as vital ultimatums:

* ***No*** **union.**
* ***No*** **compromise.**
* ***No* backing down.**

In Valentine Kirby's citizenship, his generosity, and true leadership, the current President exploited; plundered the benefits from the people's martyr and wore his clothes, the clothes of the Presidency, while butchering the very concept of leadership. In doing so, he has declared war on the American people. In Kirby's valiance, he lost at the first battle of this war; proven that the only way for future men of his nature to win is for us to take up our arms and fight back in the present. Great was the cooperative, selfless governance of Commawatch and Liberty, yet just as the Western European powers suffered in cooperating with Hitler, so too will we suffer in cooperating with evil men. We face not political opponents but enemies. The current President and his unions are to be treated as nothing less and nothing more.

The sooner our deadly future is defeated, the sooner our prosperous, free present is solidified."

## Effects and Aftermath

In the Presidential Election of 2284, incumbent President Razdan Tanaka described the No. Party's allegations as "conspiratorial fear mongering with no basis beyond loose speculation"; he explained that he was not a tyrant simply for using Presidential powers the Constitution entitles him to, nor was he looking to exert control simply for wanting a global union.

As it resulted, the No. Party was indeed wrong in its predictions; neither President Tanaka nor any Union President succeeding him took any action comparable to a dictator, nor did the United States of Earth on its eventual formation commit any atrocities. In fact, it was instead No. President Tyree Castaneeda who oppressed Union supporters and who justified his actions with the No. Party Manifesto's demonizing rhetoric.