A_B
09-09-2006, 02:46
Validif
{
Compulsery consumerist state == Yes
}
The issue
The citizens of @@NAME@@ are rather upset about the country's, "No shopping will get you a chopping" policy. After protests around the country broke out, your cabinet assembled to figure out how best to shut the public up.
[option]"I don't see what all the fuss is about." Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, plant manager of @@NAME@@'s @@CURRENCY@@ factory. "We're only asking the population as a whole to spend @@POPULATION@@ @@CURRENCY@@s a day. Divide that up per individual and I'd say what we're asking is pretty reasonable. This is what happens when we loosen our grip on society. If we enforced this law more strictly, they'd not only be more obidient, but they might just learn some respect for the law."
[effect]Government agents have been going door to door with "friendly reminders" that the mandatory shopping laws are still in effect.
[stats]Law enforcement up(some), size of government up(a lot), civil rights down(some), economy up(some), crime down(some), taxes up(some), happiness down(some), apathy down(a lot)
[option]"You know my underling here has a point." Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, your treasury secretary. "We do only ask that @@POPULATION@@ @@CURRENCY@@s be spent per day by our people as a whole, and that isn't too much to ask. In fact, if we triple that, it still wouldn't be too much to ask. While we're at it, let's give our people an official 'warning' that we can do whatever we like. Because we run the country and they don't."
[effect]Disgruntled citizens are being forced at gunpoint to obey the new increase in forced consumerism.
[stats]Law enforcement up(a lot), size of government up(some), civil rights down(a lot), political freedoms down(some), economy up(a lot), crime up(a little), Happiness down(a lot), apathy down(a lot)
/*Crime went up because of all the extra dissent. Political freedoms went down because of the "we run the country and they don't" bit. Size of government didn't go up as much because it's being enforced with police, not government agents*/
[option]"I have an idea" Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, your minister of propaganda. "If we just convinced the public that it's an alternative to other problems, such as higher taxes, and 'request' help from the corporations in their advertisements, who would be more than happy to help us, they may just stop thinking it's a problem. We might just convince the few dissenters out there whom we fail to catch to go along with it. Crime goes down, we get out of having to arrest people, and the economy benefits, it's win-win."
[effect]The government has seized control of the media in a campaign to settle the public down.
[stats]Size of government up(massive), crime down(a little), economy up(a little), economic freedom down(a little), happiness up(a little)
/*Corporations being forced to spew the governments propaganda, wether they want to or not, is a decrease in economic freedom. I didn't feel this would effect apathy at all*/
[option]"Heh, you know the @@CURRENCY@@ printer has an excellent point.", says, @@RANDOMNAME@@, your secretary of defense. "This is indeed what happens when we loosen our grip on the people. If we enacted martial law we'd usher in a new era of peace and quiet. Screw how the people feel about it, they won't have the guts to stand up to us when the law enforcers carry 50 cal sniper rifles with explosive rounds and fly around in harrier jets."
[effect]@@NAME@@'s citizens are frequently shot in their own homes when the government even suspects them of commiting a crime.
[stats]Size of government up(a lot), defense up(a lot), civil rights down(a whole lot), crime down(massive), happiness down(a whole lot), apathy down(a whole lot)
/*Not sure how this would effect law enforcement, or if it would. It didn't effect the economy because while the spending laws would be more obeyed, the "shot" citizens would balance that out.*/
[option]"You know, there is an effective way to shut the people up." says, @@RANDOMNAME@@, your secretary of education, "That is, actually give them what they want. We can't always listen to them, but is all this dissent worth getting each person to spend 1 @@CURRENCY@@ a day? Almost everyone spends more than that as it is so the economy won't really suffer too much from repealing this. Our economy is fine, we should be focusing on education instead."
[effect]Disgruntled corporate leaders have put up a massive ad campaign against the government for taxing it's citizens what it once forced them to spend.
[stats]education up(some), smartness up(some), civil rights set to - superb, taxes up(slight), apathy up(some), happiness down(some), crime up(some), economy down(a little)
/*Yep, removing the forced spending only to tax people pissed them off, whoops*/
{
Compulsery consumerist state == Yes
}
The issue
The citizens of @@NAME@@ are rather upset about the country's, "No shopping will get you a chopping" policy. After protests around the country broke out, your cabinet assembled to figure out how best to shut the public up.
[option]"I don't see what all the fuss is about." Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, plant manager of @@NAME@@'s @@CURRENCY@@ factory. "We're only asking the population as a whole to spend @@POPULATION@@ @@CURRENCY@@s a day. Divide that up per individual and I'd say what we're asking is pretty reasonable. This is what happens when we loosen our grip on society. If we enforced this law more strictly, they'd not only be more obidient, but they might just learn some respect for the law."
[effect]Government agents have been going door to door with "friendly reminders" that the mandatory shopping laws are still in effect.
[stats]Law enforcement up(some), size of government up(a lot), civil rights down(some), economy up(some), crime down(some), taxes up(some), happiness down(some), apathy down(a lot)
[option]"You know my underling here has a point." Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, your treasury secretary. "We do only ask that @@POPULATION@@ @@CURRENCY@@s be spent per day by our people as a whole, and that isn't too much to ask. In fact, if we triple that, it still wouldn't be too much to ask. While we're at it, let's give our people an official 'warning' that we can do whatever we like. Because we run the country and they don't."
[effect]Disgruntled citizens are being forced at gunpoint to obey the new increase in forced consumerism.
[stats]Law enforcement up(a lot), size of government up(some), civil rights down(a lot), political freedoms down(some), economy up(a lot), crime up(a little), Happiness down(a lot), apathy down(a lot)
/*Crime went up because of all the extra dissent. Political freedoms went down because of the "we run the country and they don't" bit. Size of government didn't go up as much because it's being enforced with police, not government agents*/
[option]"I have an idea" Says @@RANDOMNAME@@, your minister of propaganda. "If we just convinced the public that it's an alternative to other problems, such as higher taxes, and 'request' help from the corporations in their advertisements, who would be more than happy to help us, they may just stop thinking it's a problem. We might just convince the few dissenters out there whom we fail to catch to go along with it. Crime goes down, we get out of having to arrest people, and the economy benefits, it's win-win."
[effect]The government has seized control of the media in a campaign to settle the public down.
[stats]Size of government up(massive), crime down(a little), economy up(a little), economic freedom down(a little), happiness up(a little)
/*Corporations being forced to spew the governments propaganda, wether they want to or not, is a decrease in economic freedom. I didn't feel this would effect apathy at all*/
[option]"Heh, you know the @@CURRENCY@@ printer has an excellent point.", says, @@RANDOMNAME@@, your secretary of defense. "This is indeed what happens when we loosen our grip on the people. If we enacted martial law we'd usher in a new era of peace and quiet. Screw how the people feel about it, they won't have the guts to stand up to us when the law enforcers carry 50 cal sniper rifles with explosive rounds and fly around in harrier jets."
[effect]@@NAME@@'s citizens are frequently shot in their own homes when the government even suspects them of commiting a crime.
[stats]Size of government up(a lot), defense up(a lot), civil rights down(a whole lot), crime down(massive), happiness down(a whole lot), apathy down(a whole lot)
/*Not sure how this would effect law enforcement, or if it would. It didn't effect the economy because while the spending laws would be more obeyed, the "shot" citizens would balance that out.*/
[option]"You know, there is an effective way to shut the people up." says, @@RANDOMNAME@@, your secretary of education, "That is, actually give them what they want. We can't always listen to them, but is all this dissent worth getting each person to spend 1 @@CURRENCY@@ a day? Almost everyone spends more than that as it is so the economy won't really suffer too much from repealing this. Our economy is fine, we should be focusing on education instead."
[effect]Disgruntled corporate leaders have put up a massive ad campaign against the government for taxing it's citizens what it once forced them to spend.
[stats]education up(some), smartness up(some), civil rights set to - superb, taxes up(slight), apathy up(some), happiness down(some), crime up(some), economy down(a little)
/*Yep, removing the forced spending only to tax people pissed them off, whoops*/