On American Democracy and Suffrage

Greece has, in the last several months, entered a period of high morale and increased economic activity. Though this "golden age" of prosperity cannot be expected to last forever it has nonetheless buoyed the spirits of the citizenry as rumors of new advanced enemy tactics and weaponry sought to darken our souls.

However, this time is not without dissent. Recently Spokesman John Jefferyson of the Occupied American Territory has been seeking a Senate hearing on the topic of American Suffrage. Jefferyson is a former Assemblyman under the unique and peculiar laws of Greece's republican government that allowed for "politically pledged" territories of the Greater Greek Coalition to be seated in the lower house, the Assembly of Citizens. His seat was disbanded with the defection of the American government to the Founder led war effort, though with several of his colleagues he remained in Sparta, stating, "We [the former Assemblymen] choose to remain loyal to the American ideal, and our Carolingian brothers, rather than return home to aid the tyrant Drib and our traitorous new 'American government.'"

Referring to one another as "Spokesmen of the American Ideal," Jefferyson and his two colleagues (a decided minority of the American bloc, most of whom returned to Washington in the weeks after WarningU2's defection) have occasionally petitioned the Greek government on matters that they deem especially important to American interests. They were particularly vociferous in advocating a peaceful coup that would put American territory under Greek command. When at last an army was dispatched to seize control of Washington and mainland America, they protested that its commanders were too violent and killed too many Americans in what should have been "a peaceful welcoming of fellow citizens," and when it became clear that the American cities were not to be assimilated into the Greek state they expressed fury at being "silenced."

"Have American Greeks not bled in Carolingia? In Wei? In our own fields and cities? Have American Greeks not proved loyal to our own ideals? To those of Greece's Republic? And to those of America's past? We DEMAND to be seated once again. And we shall not be PLACATED with mere token seats in the Assembly! WE SHALL BE SENATORS!"

Jefferyson has recently distributed a pamphlet entitled "On American Democracy and Suffrage."
The pamphlet argues:

- That the Greek government should politically assimilate the former American cities, and that special elections should immediately be held to seat Senators and Assemblymen from those territories.

- That said Senators and Assemblymen should organize in Washington rather than Greece, and that the Greek Republic should recognize dual capital cities.

- That officials in Hawaii should find and arrest WarningU2 -- not seen since abdicating his government in exile some weeks ago -- to be put on trial for Treason against America and Greece.

- That the American government-in-exile should pledge loyalty to Washington.

- That the Greek government should be disolved and reformed in a way that more directly appoints leaders from the people, according to a formula that would seat nearly three times the number of Americans that it would under the current methods (assuming that America were suddenly seated in the Senate).

Jeffyson's ideas provoke more scorn than admiration. Many in America still bristle at the "occupation" of their land. However, there is indication that most American citizens would prefer their country be a fully recognized member of the Greek state, and the Citizenship And Enlistment offices in Washington have stopped accepting new applications for Greek Citizenship due to lack of resources to process the vast numbers received in the short year they have been open.

While Jefferyson himself may represent a fringe element of American political thinking, there is no denying that some of his ideas have traction with different groups. Most Greek citizens are torn between admiring his loyalty to Greece and scorning what they see as a dangerous desire for more personal clout. American opinions vary from vilifying him as a traitor to America to celebrating him as America's lone champion for "forgotten American ideals."