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Bill: Anti-Gated CommunityAct of April 2196
Details
Submitted by[?]: Proletariat Revolution 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: February 2197
Description[?]:
| We are all born equal. We all die equal. But, in life social status prevents equality. By allowing for gated communities to exist, social inequality continues to reign supreme and those of the proletariat are slighted because they aren't afforded the same luxury as those with the wealth. By tearing down these physical walls, we can reinforce that no person is superior to another simply because of an artificial barrier known as 'social status'. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning gated communities.
Old value:: Both the government and the private sector can set up gated communities.
Current: No gated communities are allowed.
Proposed: No gated communities are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:09:55, March 07, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Anti-Gated CommunityAct of April 2196 |
| Message | AM AAP disgarees... strangely, for much the same reason the AM PF suggests as justification. Some people WANT to live together, without external intrusion. That is something a gated community can do. We dislike the idea of CLASS-defined communities as much as the AM PF, which is why we PUSHED for the allowance for government-established communities... which do NOT have to be delineated by something as amorphous as 'social standing'. |
| Date | 19:49:03, March 07, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Anti-Gated CommunityAct of April 2196 |
| Message | Even so... there will be a bias and the government still has the structural social issue where it would exclude the proletariat for reasons that may seem arbitrary. After all, even if government owned, people will push to 'keep out' others even if it is public. |
| Date | 20:45:00, March 07, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Anti-Gated CommunityAct of April 2196 |
| Message | We oppose this attempt to disallow the owners of land its usage. As long as the residents are in voluntary association, there is no reason why they should not be allowed to do what they like with their land. Under a strict reading of this law, I can't put up a picket fence around my back yard. |
| Date | 22:43:55, March 07, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Anti-Gated CommunityAct of April 2196 |
| Message | So, you're saying that one person's house is a community? *insert sarcastic eyeroll* I'm sorry, but that logic is reducto ad absurdium. There is a difference between stopping someone from living next to you and fencing off your private property. |
| Date | 09:34:04, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Liberal Party | To | Debating the Anti-Gated CommunityAct of April 2196 |
| Message | This bill is illogical, the rich will continue to live in rich areas, the poor in poor areas, the tearing down of physicals walls will no doubt leave pretty much the same system of social status in place, whilst increasing the level of crime in neighbourhoods that were formerly gated. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 91 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 410 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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