Post by Heikki Toivonen on Oct 12, 2005 2:48:33 GMT -5
Red Infinity has good and bad characteristics, here is an overview of the world...
Government The world is ruled by Red Infinity, a sort of communist dictatorship. Red Infinity is the name of the party that rules the world, as well as the world government itself. Independent nations no longer exist. The world is united under Red Infinity.
Red Infinity has a poor human rights record. It controls the media, kills or arrests rebels within Red Infinity and outside of Red Infinity, there are huge forced labor camps and projects. Dissent of any kind is not tolerated.
There are elections, but the only party that a person can vote for is Red Infinity and the candidates are selected by the party.
The party is bureaucratic, and, being a party member, especially a high ranking one, affords a person many luxuries such as better health care, education, cars, apartments, and so on.
Almost everyone in the world is a member of Red Infinity because of the benefits that it affords them.
Economics
The economy is controlled by Red Infinity, and planned entirely by the Ministry of Economics working with other ministries. The Ministry decides what will be produced based on estimates of consumption and need. Sometimes this estimates fall short, and there are shortages as a result.
Economic distribution, production, and supply are all controlled by Red Infinity.
Although there are downsides to this top down planning, the world is actually much more equitable than under capitalism. That is, although living standards have decreased dramatically for Europe and the United States, they have increased tremendously for the third world. So, development has evened out. There are few rich people, and far fewer poor people. There are no haves and have nots. There are instead a mass of people who have a little.
Never the less, there have been severe famines and shortages when economic plans have failed.
It should also be noted that unemployment is almost non existent.
Education
Education is universal. That means that all people can attend pre school to graduate school for free. The only catch is only party members can take advantage of this. So, all political or religious rebels are disallowed from at least higher education.
Because of this, illiteracy is almost unknown.
Health Care
Health care is also universal. That means all people have equal access to health care. Red Infinity actually has an advanced health care system and has eradicated many diseases which plagued the developing world.
The only downside to the health care system is long waits, occasional shortages, and that you must be a member of the party to access it.
Religion
Red Infinity is fervently atheist and actively destroys churches, mosques, temples, synagogues, etc. and arrests, and sometimes kills those who follow any religion. Because of this, the majority of the people in the world are now atheist, and, those who are not, are either dead, or in prison.
The League of the Godless is the Ministry in charge of putting down religious activity.
All religious activity is illegal.
Media, information and the Arts
There is one state controlled TV and radio station, which is of course biased toward Red Infinity. The internet is controlled, and usually limited to only the most trusted party members. The arts are also controlled by Red Infinity.
All information, art, entertainment, etc. is controlled and produced by Red Infinity members.
Any underground art, literature, media, etc. is illegal.
Transportation
Most people do not own cars, and there is a 7 year waiting list for cars. Only higher ups in Red Infinity have cars.
Although there are fewer cars on the road, the public transportation is widely used, and serves larger areas, with more routes, and much cheaper fares.
Also, each street has teleportation booths, which are inexpensive to use, and allow a person to teleport to wherever they wish in the world by using a code.
The booths are monitored by Red Infinity to track the travel of rebels.
Holidays and Leisure
The biggest holiday of the year is May Day, where there are large parades and celebrations. All religious holidays have been banned.
Workers are allowed more time off from work than under capitalism.
Languages Chinese (Mandarin) and Russian are the major languages of the world. English is also widely spoken.
Government The world is ruled by Red Infinity, a sort of communist dictatorship. Red Infinity is the name of the party that rules the world, as well as the world government itself. Independent nations no longer exist. The world is united under Red Infinity.
Red Infinity has a poor human rights record. It controls the media, kills or arrests rebels within Red Infinity and outside of Red Infinity, there are huge forced labor camps and projects. Dissent of any kind is not tolerated.
There are elections, but the only party that a person can vote for is Red Infinity and the candidates are selected by the party.
The party is bureaucratic, and, being a party member, especially a high ranking one, affords a person many luxuries such as better health care, education, cars, apartments, and so on.
Almost everyone in the world is a member of Red Infinity because of the benefits that it affords them.
Economics
The economy is controlled by Red Infinity, and planned entirely by the Ministry of Economics working with other ministries. The Ministry decides what will be produced based on estimates of consumption and need. Sometimes this estimates fall short, and there are shortages as a result.
Economic distribution, production, and supply are all controlled by Red Infinity.
Although there are downsides to this top down planning, the world is actually much more equitable than under capitalism. That is, although living standards have decreased dramatically for Europe and the United States, they have increased tremendously for the third world. So, development has evened out. There are few rich people, and far fewer poor people. There are no haves and have nots. There are instead a mass of people who have a little.
Never the less, there have been severe famines and shortages when economic plans have failed.
It should also be noted that unemployment is almost non existent.
Education
Education is universal. That means that all people can attend pre school to graduate school for free. The only catch is only party members can take advantage of this. So, all political or religious rebels are disallowed from at least higher education.
Because of this, illiteracy is almost unknown.
Health Care
Health care is also universal. That means all people have equal access to health care. Red Infinity actually has an advanced health care system and has eradicated many diseases which plagued the developing world.
The only downside to the health care system is long waits, occasional shortages, and that you must be a member of the party to access it.
Religion
Red Infinity is fervently atheist and actively destroys churches, mosques, temples, synagogues, etc. and arrests, and sometimes kills those who follow any religion. Because of this, the majority of the people in the world are now atheist, and, those who are not, are either dead, or in prison.
The League of the Godless is the Ministry in charge of putting down religious activity.
All religious activity is illegal.
Media, information and the Arts
There is one state controlled TV and radio station, which is of course biased toward Red Infinity. The internet is controlled, and usually limited to only the most trusted party members. The arts are also controlled by Red Infinity.
All information, art, entertainment, etc. is controlled and produced by Red Infinity members.
Any underground art, literature, media, etc. is illegal.
Transportation
Most people do not own cars, and there is a 7 year waiting list for cars. Only higher ups in Red Infinity have cars.
Although there are fewer cars on the road, the public transportation is widely used, and serves larger areas, with more routes, and much cheaper fares.
Also, each street has teleportation booths, which are inexpensive to use, and allow a person to teleport to wherever they wish in the world by using a code.
The booths are monitored by Red Infinity to track the travel of rebels.
Holidays and Leisure
The biggest holiday of the year is May Day, where there are large parades and celebrations. All religious holidays have been banned.
Workers are allowed more time off from work than under capitalism.
Languages Chinese (Mandarin) and Russian are the major languages of the world. English is also widely spoken.
