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Bill: Free Culture
Details
Status[?]: passed
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 3405
Description[?]:
| The state should not enforce standards of art or subsidize culture. This can only lead to totalitarian suppression of "offensive" artwork or cultural monuments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Art subsidies
Old value:: The government subsidises artistic institutions and some artists on a case by case basis.
Current: The subsidisation of art is left to local governments.
Proposed: The government never subsidises or commissions art.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state encourages and funds private efforts towards the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: The state does not undertake any action towards the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Current: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Proposed: Books may only be obtained through private dealers.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of the viewing of movies.
Old value:: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) but these only apply to movie theaters.
Current: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) but these only apply to movie theaters.
Proposed: The viewing of movies is not regulated by the government.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning museum funding.
Old value:: The government gives monetary grants to organizations which have established or are looking to establish museums.
Current: The national government provides local governments with the funding to operate museums.
Proposed: The government does not fund or manage museums. This is left to the private sector.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 200 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 154 |
| Random fact: Real life-life nationalities, cultures or ethnicities should not be referenced in Particracy (eg. "German"). |
| Random quote: "A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise." - Niccolo Machiavelli |