Here was the end of the second Democratic Republic, and the beginning of the
Solar Democratic Republic. What was the difference? Well, while a lot of
things were different than before, and a lot more was deliberately changed to
fit the theme, it wasn’t any more or less democratic than it was before. Of
course, laws and policies were constantly changing, so it could not
technically be said that the government was the same today as it was four
decades ago, but that could be said for any organized region. In 2204, the
rogue world of Durus finally stopped being rogue, after the however many
hundreds of millions of years it likely spent wandering the interstellar void.
It was now orbiting the 70 Ophiuchi binary star system, and though its orbit
was artificially generated using powers and technology, they finally had a
home. The Durune felt safe, independent, and empowered. They no longer relied
on unwitting aid from Earth, but were taking care of themselves using all the
resources they had at their disposal. No one could be sure who came up with
the idea first, but it sparked at some point before arrival day, and the
people voted on it during the 2205 elections. Changing the name of their
government was more of a symbolic gesture than anything, but that didn’t mean
it was stupid, or pointless. There was no doubt that this was the dawn of a
new era; just as dramatic as the shift from the Adhocracy to the Mage
Protectorate, or phallocratic Republic to the Provisional Government. They had
to acknowledge that things were a lot different now, not simply because they
believed they were, but because society was adapting to its new environment.
Laws had to be passed to account for their new star system. These were not
controversial, or even more progressive, but they did need to decide on them
if they were going to survive the first full orbit, which would take years
to complete. They changed other things about their government too, like
renaming the head of state Luminator Prime, and having officials dress up in
special clothing that apported photons of light from the center of their new
suns. It was symbolic, but still important. Some were worried that it was
doomed to be short-lived. They read a lot more into the symbolism, but
suggesting the phrase itself was as if bookending their journey. Solocracy,
they argued, could be considered a combination of the words Solar and
Democracy. Obviously that had nothing to do with it, and it was merely a
linguistic coincidence. Unfortunately, those people turned out to be right, in
a way. The Solar Democracy did not last forever, or at least its defining
characteristic didn’t. The people of Durus did not know this, however, as laws
had been passed overtime which regulated what secrets seers were allowed to
reveal, and which they were not. For now, they celebrated, because it took a
lot of work, but they came together to get this done, and nothing would have
happened without this sense of unity.
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Thursday, November 5, 2020
Microstory 1489: Solar Democracy
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