A few days ago, I published an article titled The Contradiction of Populism. In it, I predicted a dark future for DemocracyCraft. I thought that the WPR and the strike leaders would ride their wave of popularity to total political dominance, pass disastrous acts like the Deposit Tax, kill the banks, and hyper-inflate the economy.

However, I was wrong. That didn't happen. instead, Multiman won with 298-vote landslide and completely outmaneuvered the WPR.

This is how it happened. This is how the WPR died.

1. The Rejection of the Revolution

For weeks, the WPR elite treated the massive influx of new players as simple pawns. They assumed that if they created a massive spectacule of a "revolution" centered around themselves, the new players would blindly follow them.

When it became clear Multiman was winning, the WPR leadership panicked. They published last-minute, mathematically debunked hit-pieces, trying to frame Multiman as an "exploiter" for paying new players $150 per campaign ad.

But the new players saw right through the hypocrisy. Multiman was offering them actual jobs and an actual economy. They chose the candidate who promised to make the game fun.

2. Political Outmaneuvering

Multiman's cabinet appointed xXTheoryXx as the new Secretary of Commerce, even though he was the WPR Speaker of the House and author of disastrous anti-bank bills. Why? By accepting an Executive cabinet position, Theory was constitutionally forced to resign from the House of Representatives. Multiman stripped the WPR, made him a subordinate employee, and tasked him with doing "unsexy" backend paperwork.

3. The Legislative Farce

If the 298-vote landslide wasn't enough of a defeat, the WPR's incompetence was put on full display with the veto with what was supposed to be the crowning achievement of their "revolution": The 'No Mixing Politics and Staff Act'.

This was the bill that supposedly justified the entire strike. Yet, when it reached the President’s desk, Technofied vetoed it.

When the WPR fought to remove End from power for their political agenda, they thought putting Tech in sole control meant he would be able to fully support them as the WPR-aligned owner. But they (and I) were wrong, he used their strike to consolidate control, broke a deal with the "tyrant" co-owner to not cause any actual ownership issues, and then prevented the WPR from using the same weapon against him. It was a masterclass in political maneuvering that left the WPR with absolutely nothing.

4. The Era of Industry

So, what happens now?

I wrote that technocratic reform and deep economic gameplay would never work on DemocracyCraft with Tech being a WPR-aligned owner.

Multiman's platform is to completely overhaul the economy of the server, just like we had wanted. He is promising to implement resource sinks to create demand for raw materials. He is promising to embrace industrial production via future plugins like electricity. He is abandoning the anti-bank taxes in favor of plot-area property taxes. He is setting up a Sovereign Wealth Fund to invest in new businesses.

I believe Tech is going to fully cooperate with Multiman to make the industrial dream into a reality. The Restoration Party's dream won, accidentally, through no effort of our own. We fully support Multiman in his efforts to rebuild this server.

First we mine. Then we craft.