Ameroskepticism in Superior

  

Ameroskepticism in Superior is a social and political movement in Superior that encompasses a wide range of positions generally centered around criticism and/or opposition towards the Conference of American States and Superior's continued membership within the organization. Ameroskepticism, like in many other countries, encompasses a wide array of criticisms and opposition to the CAS, ranging from opposition to certain institutions or policies to outright opposition to the existence of the organization as a whole. Always present in Superian politics, Ameroskepticism would become a major ideology within Superior during the early 2000s, becoming an official policy of a number of major political parties. In a 2020 poll conducted by the Institute of American Research, a total of 42% of Superians supported continued membership within the CAS.

Ameroskepticism in Superior emerged following the establishment of the Conference of American States in 1966. As a founding member of the organization, a majority of Superians supported the CAS throughout remaining portion of the twentieth century, with a total of 68% of Superians supporting continued membership in 1999. Along with that, support for the CAS translate beyond party boundaries, with major parties such as the Liberal Democratic Party and the Conservative Party officially supporting the organization. However, the early 2000s would see a sharp decline in support for the Conference of American States, accelerated by Ameroskeptic politicians such as Alexander Harper and Otto Shaffer. Superian opinion on the CAS would reach a turning point in 2018, when the American Parliament voted enact sweeping regulations on the natural energy industry, the largest employer in Superior, resulting in the closing of many energy companies in Superior. This, along with a 2019 American Court of Justice order to halt construction on the Northern Lights Pipeline with Manitoba, resulting in the election of Ameroskeptic parties to the American Parliament in 2020, and calls for a referendum on Superior's continued membership within the organization.

While not bound to any particular ideology, Ameroskepticism is generally associated with conservatism, libertarianism, and nationalism, in line with current trends across member states of the Conference of American States. Despite this, many on the Superian left, typically libertarian-aligned socialists, have espoused Ameroskeptic beliefs. Calls for Superior's hypothetical withdrawal from the Conference of American States has been dubbed "Supexit" (a portmanteau of the words "Superior" and "Exit") and have been backed by major political parties, such as the United Conservative Party and Constitution and Unionist Party, and major organization, such as Pass the Wright Act, Leave Superior, and the National Council for Economic Independence. Ameroskepticism is opposed by American unionism, which also has a movement within Superior.

History

Superior is a founding member of the Conference of American States, alongside the Kingdom of Sierra, Alaska, Astoria, and Manitoba, being an original signer of the Treaty of Seattle in 1966. Prior to that, Superior was a founding member of the Organization of American States, the predecessor of the CAS established through the Treaty of Riverside in 1959, and the North American Defense Organization, which was established following the conclusion of the Great War. The establishment of the CAS occurred during the Cold War, in which Superior and other western nations stood in opposition to the United Commonwealth and its allies across the globe. As such, the formation of a union between North American states that would work alongside the Northern Treaty Organization to combat Continental influence and aggression was seen as extremely beneficial to the people of Superior, still angered by the nation's humiliation at the hands of the Continentals during the Great War.

From the organization's establishment to the early 2000s, Ameroskepticism in Superior was considered an extremely fringe ideology. At the time, the major parties of Superior, which included the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, and Farmer Laborites, were extremely supportive of the Conference of American States, with both the Liberal Democrats and Farmer Laborites supporting American integration and the formation of a North American Union. As the Cold War in full swing, Ameroskeptics were commonly associated with Continental sympathizers by politicians, as opposition to the organization was mostly inaccurately viewed as an endorsement of Continental supremacy. However, as the Cold War began to end, the association between Ameroskeptics and Continental sympathizers would begin to disappear as Ameroskepticism became more accepted within Superian politics.

Lobbying groups and parliamentary groups

• Conservative Study Conference
• Popular Conference
• New Christian Democrats
• Constitutional and Unionist Study Group
• New Right Conference

Ameroskeptic political parties and entities

• United Conservative Party
• Constitution and Unionist Party
• Libertarian Party
• National Landonist Party
• Loyalist Party
• Leave Superior
• Pass the Wright Act
• Referendum V
• National Council for Economic Independence
• Superians for Independence and Self-Reliance

See also

• Ameroskepticism
  • Ameroskepticism in the Kingdom of Sierra
  • Ameroskepticism in Astoria
• Supexit
• Presidency of Alexander Harper
• Presidency of Isaac Dillon