Shudders in MoRA
Goodness no!
Before the MoE, MoC, and MoM existed, it was under one roof; the MoRA.
The MoRA was the very definition of a bloated and uncontrollable monster. A minister was often elected based on the promise that they would get a whole bunch of stuff done only to actually focus on a small part of the mission of the ministry. The internal structure of the ministry didn’t work too well either, as the hierarchy that was established was very engrained and resistant to change and wanted to preserve the status quo (aka do nothing) than do lots of work. To be clear, that isn’t a bad thing (well, it kinda is), but the system created that mood.
The MoRA split was the work of numerous compromises, fights, hurt feelings, and several, several proposals. The result was the three ministries I named at the beginning. I think the biggest takeaway from the split was that where we once found ourselves with a bloated and uncontrollable monster, we found ourselves with ministries with not enough on their plates. On paper, all the ministries had a lot to do, but as has been revealed, inactivity is prevalent, particularly in the MoE, because everything is largely automated.
Abolishing MoM has not had a measurable impact on the region, and I do not think that reintegrating MoE and MoC would have a major impact either. The split showed us that not everything needs to go under the “executive umbrella” if it doesn’t have to do with the Assembly. We can, and should, spin all of these autonomous pet projects into their own program, perhaps with some dedicated discourse space or discord channels (I’ll let Glen decide that one
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At the end of the day, MoE would be left with the engagement of the new citizens, and MoC would be left with planning cultural events. Perhaps that is where we should stop, or perhaps the merge happens because they are similar enough already.
So, basically, if elected, I will look into the feasibility of such a move and work with the MoC to determine if such actions can be reasonably done.