ISSUE PROPOSITION; SUBJECT: DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION
Issue name: “Empty the Loony Bin?”
Validity: For all nations with a government and a prison system. For all nations that have incarceration. Not valid for nations that focus insanely on rehab. Not valid for nations that have abolished prison or prefer “community guidance”.
Description: @@NATION@@’s largest mental hospital, “Objective Healing and Care Repository for the Absurd and Paranoid of the @@TYPE@@”, has finally reached its full capacity. With the @@NAME@@ prison system preparing plans for a new institution, human rights activists are now campaigning not just to stop the construction, but to end the institutionalization policy of anyone deemed “insane”.
CHOICES:
[option]”It’s so horrible it breaks my heart.” sniffles @@RANDOMNAME@@, handing you a tissue. “I saw a poor soul who thought he was a vampire in there the other day. After being convicted for drinking the blood of a citizen, they locked him up in this horrible place, never again for him to see the light of the full moon…’ he breaks down in tears. “I can’t take it! It’s not right for the state to lock away people just because folks think they’re ‘crazy’! No, they’re just different, that’s all! Respect the rights of ‘different’ people and stop this madness! Deinstitutionalize @@NAME@@ and free the hostages! For their sake!”
[effect]the nation’s mental institutions have been shut down and their insane inmates now roam the streets
[stats]nation becomes more Liberal, Compassion up, Civil Rights up, Crime way up, Taxes slashed, Death by Murder up, Law and Order down, Healthcare down, "Death by Exposure" way up
[option]“Don’t listen to that guy. He’s just another sorry bleeding heart.” says @@RANDOMNAME@@, warden of the mental institute. “You must continue to allow us to lock up the insane, the paranoid, the mentally retarded, and the lumberjacks donning women’s clothing without hindrance! Without mental hospitals, these people would either be eating people on the streets or getting raped in normal criminal prison. Just give us more funds, all right?”
[effect]”funny farms” have become “funny plantations” now that the nation is greatly expanding its mental hospital system
[stats]Healthcare way up, Taxes up, crime slashed, Safety way up, Happiness up, "Death by Exposure" slashed
[option]“Why do we need funny farms anyway?” asks @@RANDOMNAME@@, local prison warden. “We should just lock the crazies in normal jail. It’s cheaper, easier, and still gets rid of people. It’s not like the people that think they’re Superman will beat up other inmates and cause prison riots. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?”
[effect]prisons are bathed in the blood of mentally deranged patients and convicted criminals that are always rioting
[stats]Taxes down, Civil Rights down, Cynicism up, “Death by Police Custody” up, Prisons up, nation becomes more Rightist, Death Rates up, “Death by Old Age” down, "Death by Exposure" slashed
[options]”Heh heh. Hey, here’s a brilliant idea!” laughs @@RANDOMNAME@@, an advisor of yours, while consistently trembling and rubbing his hands together. “Yeah. Why not institutionalize political dissidents! Ha ha! Yeah! Drag in anyone that questions you, ‘cause obviously, disagreeing with the great @@LEADER@@ of @@NAME@@ is a clear-cut case of TOTAL MENTAL INSANITY! We’ll teach ‘em, yeah, we’ll teach ‘em what’s right to think! Lock ‘em all up! PRAISE @@NAME@@! Ha ha! HA!” he throws back his head and cackles maniacally. “BA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!”
[effects]dissenting with the government is officially a mental disease
[stats]Law and Order up, Healthcare up, Apathy down, Corruption skyrockets, Political Freedoms slashed, nation becomes far more Authoritarian, Extremism up, nation takes political prisoners, Brainwashing up, nation becomes more evil, leader now “rules with an iron fist”, across the board crumbling of liberty, nation becomes more dictorial, Death Rate up, “Death by Old Age” down, "Death by Exposure" slashed
