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Bill: The Media Renewal Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2042
Description[?]:
| to nationalize all media, televisions and radio. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | Left Communist Party | To | Debating the The Media Renewal Bill |
| Message | What's the point of voting now? The HUP cannot endorse this bill. Nationalism is one of the great evils of our time and we cannot allow it. (Did I just flip-flop?) |
| Date | not recorded | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the The Media Renewal Bill |
| Message | oops... yeah this will have to be voted again anyway... btw I don't think nationalizing the economy, the industry etc. does not necessairly have anything to do with nationalism. Socialism has nothing to do with nationalism (but everything with internationalism) and still has everything to do with ripping ther private means for production out of capitalist's hands and placed under workers control; as common and public ownership. |
| Date | not recorded | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the The Media Renewal Bill |
| Message | No - If the media is totally state controlled it means free speech is going to be limited. Other private companies are needed to allow criticsm of the government. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the The Media Renewal Bill |
| Message | On the contrary - private companies do not allow free speech - they're part of big companies and are never going to rapport in disfavor of the big companies, sya the capitalists. Public, nationalized media, placed under democratically worker's control, however, can bring forward every opinion living in the working class population (and the population of other oppressed classes). |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 99 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 85 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
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| Random quote: "The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximilien Robespierre |