The forming of the Thicket rebellion did a lot more for the women’s rights
movements than the government realized. It started further back then that,
though, when Ladytown was first conceived. These developments inspired a lot
of people in Aljabara, and made them question the roles they played in the
world. If these women were strong enough to fight for their rights, were
they strong enough to fight for everyone’s? That’s what one candidate to be
the eleventh, and ultimately final, president had in mind. They were a
republic, and there was nothing inherent about that which prevented them
from being completely equal. He didn’t even have to look at Earthan history
to understand that women should be treated fairly. The world had become
ridiculous, and he felt that it was his duty to correct it; to make things
better for the whole world, including members of the Thicket. He knew he
needed to be smart about it, though. Moderates had been running for
president since the beginning, and not one of them had ever won. The louder
and more absurd the candidate’s platform, the more votes they received. Even
in the early days, people were crying for change. It didn’t matter to them
whether the promised change was good for them or not; things just had to be
different than they were before. That was why no president had lasted more
than a single term so far. Presidential candidate Summerfield knew that he
wasn’t going to get a second term, because of the plans he had for his
tenure, but he assumed it would at least last for the whole five years.
Unfortunately, he came on too strong. During his campaign, he was louder
than his opponent by far, and often didn’t even let him speak during
debates. People liked that about him, that he wasn’t willing to even listen
to the other side of an argument. Even those who were in favor of the things
that his opponent claimed liked to hear Summerfield blather on. He was
interesting, and exciting, and most importantly, he was new. So that won him
the seat, but he wasn’t able to hold on to it, because the people quickly
learned that he had been lying the whole time.
He began to pass executive order after executive order, changing the way
people lived their lives. At first, this was okay. He was overruling
everything that the representative congress was trying to do, and people
still appreciated this behavior. Once people were used to his tactics, he
started trying to slip in other things under the radar. He gave permission
for a wife to travel to the store alone, as long as she made it quick, and
her husband would be waiting for her when she returned. He increased the
maximum age a young woman was allowed to be before her father had to hand
her off to a husband. He even tried to let mothers raise their own children
without constant male supervision, but people were not happy with this. This
was the last straw, and they recalled him for it. He was the
shortest-lasting president in history, having only been in office for a few
months. He went down in history as the planet’s first and only execution.
Though an awful place, they at least had a law against capital punishment,
which they only waived for this one exception. People weren’t happy about
this either, but there was nothing they could do about it. Sekundas Poppet
Drumpf was President Summerfield’s second-in-command, and instead of pushing
for a new election, or a promotion, he just declared himself the new leader.
Sekundas was now simply the highest ranking official in the government. That
was when the world turned to shit.
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