This paper explores the phenomenon of impersonal passives in Dutch and German, focusing on the theoretical issues surrounding their nature and the validity of the Motivated Chomage Law. The author argues that impersonal passives universally involve a dummy advancing from 2 to 1, rather than a demotion of the initial 1 to 2. This advancement analysis is supported by the Unaccusative Hypothesis, which posits that certain intransitive clauses have an initial 2 but no initial 1. The paper also discusses the Final 1 Law, which states that clauses with final unaccusative strata are ungrammatical, and the l-Advancement Exclusiveness Law, which prohibits multiple advancements to 1. The author provides evidence from Dutch and Turkish to support the advancement analysis, showing that impersonal passives of initially unaccusative clauses are ungrammatical, while those of initially unergative clauses are grammatical. The paper concludes by discussing the interaction of impersonal passives with inversion constructions, further supporting the advancement analysis.This paper explores the phenomenon of impersonal passives in Dutch and German, focusing on the theoretical issues surrounding their nature and the validity of the Motivated Chomage Law. The author argues that impersonal passives universally involve a dummy advancing from 2 to 1, rather than a demotion of the initial 1 to 2. This advancement analysis is supported by the Unaccusative Hypothesis, which posits that certain intransitive clauses have an initial 2 but no initial 1. The paper also discusses the Final 1 Law, which states that clauses with final unaccusative strata are ungrammatical, and the l-Advancement Exclusiveness Law, which prohibits multiple advancements to 1. The author provides evidence from Dutch and Turkish to support the advancement analysis, showing that impersonal passives of initially unaccusative clauses are ungrammatical, while those of initially unergative clauses are grammatical. The paper concludes by discussing the interaction of impersonal passives with inversion constructions, further supporting the advancement analysis.