Using coercion, cunning deception, and blatant lies, the two teams shall compete to see which team can pass the most laws that benefit the most owners (by fooling the most fans).
3.0 Allegiance
Players must emphatically claim they work for the fans. Players can accuse other players of working for the owners, but must never admit that all players work for their owners. Any player actually attempting to work for the fans shall face a rigged primary challenge next election, and/or be severely penalized using various tactics outlined in Appendix III.
4.0 General Play
Players compete as team members and as individuals to see who can transfer the most dollars from the fans' pockets to the owners' pockets. Obviously some of the fans' dollars must be spent for their benefit (otherwise they'd revolt), but points are scored by the team that can regularly minimize this wasteful loss of owner profits.
5.0 Mischief Mechanisms
To prevent either team from passing laws that might benefit the fans, the well-established policies and procedures described in Appendix IV shall be used. These "mischief mechanisms" include such things as the filibuster, rigged standing committees (that can easily kill any "unfavorable" legislation without a floor vote), and other such mechanisms specifically designed to neutralize any rogue players who attempt legislation that might actually benefit the fans.
10.0 Game Strategies
Foreword
Since all players must claim they work for the fans while actually working for the owners, all game strategies must involve some form of deception. The game is essentially a contest to determine which of the two teams is best at lying to the fans.
Thus the basic game strategy underlying all other strategies is to recruit people highly skilled at lying as team members, and then to judiciously appoint the best-of-the-best liars to fill key team positions. For example, the Speaker of the House should probably be the very best liar on the team since (as head of the "people's chamber") that player must adamantly claim to represent the best interests of the fans (while blatantly doing just the opposite).
10.1 Never answer the actual question
If asked if you take money from big oil, drone on about how you support (or don't support) wind energy subsidies.
10.2 Always point out your shady actions are legal
Don't be tricked into
discussing the morality of your actions, simply point out it's legal ("Yes, I
hid millions in the
10.4 Always be vague when expressing opinions
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