Title:
Whose Heritage Are We Heralding?
Description:
A small ethnic minority from Northwestern @@NAME@@ is lobbying for the construction of a heritage center to celebrate their cultural efforts and contributions to the nation's history.
Validity
Valid for all nations
[option]"Our age-old traditions are an important piece of this nation's history," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, an esteemed elder of a tribe whose name you cannot pronounce, while wearing a ceremonial headdress and playing a drum made from @@ANIMAL@@ skins. "We should be free to celebrate with everybody the values I learned as a child. Paying for this out of public funds would go a small way towards repaying our people for the devastation brought upon our lands. And while we are talking repayment, the government should pony up for our tribe's education and healthcare too.''
[effect]minorities are outraged as the state endorses some cultures while publicly shunning others
[stats]taxes increase, civil rights decreases, culture increases, tourism increases, basket weaving increases, primitiveness increases, public health care increases, education increases
[option]"A heritage center doesn't go far enough," chimes in @@RANDOMNAME@@, the Anthropology Department Chair at @@CAPITAL@@ University. "These people need to be given whole portions of their land back where they can practice their traditions without the detrimental influences of our society imposed upon them. We must take great measures to right the wrongs that history has given them, even if it means giving back some public park lands.''
[effect]miles of public park lands are being confiscated as ethnic minorities are corralled onto reservations
[stats]civil rights decreases, environment decreases as a result of fewer public lands, authoritarianism increases, taxes decrease (fewer public lands to manage), primitiveness increases, culture increases
[option]''These people have done a lot for our nation's history, but so too have other cultures,'' states @@RANDOMNAME@@, coach of a local children's tee-ball team. ''Singling out this particular tribe would overlook the efforts of everybody. It would be better if you instead designated time periods on the calendar to celebrate the historical and cultural significance of each different group. That way everybody could equally be recognized for their efforts without getting their feelings hurt.''
[effect]nobody can keep track of which culture's heritage days are being celebrated on any given week
[stats]civil rights increases, averageness increases slightly, taxes increase, compassion increases
[option]''All this talk has me wondering what kind of substance they slipped into their peacepipes,'' argues @@RANDOMNAME@@, a controversial host of a local radio politics show. ''We don't need to spend any more money to solve this issue. After all, we already spent thirty eight and a half @@CURRENCY@@s for the rights to their ancestral lands all those years ago. The truth is, it doesn't matter if your skin is white, brown, black, yellow, red, or atomic chartreuse—in this nation we are all @@DEMONYM@@s.''
[effect]citizens are losing all sense of cultural heritage in favor of a more universal public identity
[stats]averageness increases greatly, political apathy increases, civil rights decreases, culture decreases, niceness increases, compassion increases
[option]''Those infidels are an eyesore to our great nation!'' yells @@RANDOMNAME@@, self proclaimed general of the @@NAME@@ Insurgency Movement. ''If that tribe's culture was so great, they would have put more effort into conserving it when we defeated them in the great war! It is high time we make those inferiors respect our superiority. A little adjustment to our military budget and we'll have our tanks at their doorstep in no time. It is they who need to recognize our culture—the one that defeated them so long ago, and will do so again!”
[effect]ethnic minorities are literally up in arms as a government funded genocide is underway
[stats]taxes increase, civil rights decrease significantly, political freedoms decrease, defense forces increase, ideological radicality increases, arms manufacturing increases, weaponization increases