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The pass can be used for tickets to the cinema, museum and theatre, or to buy books, art materials, dance courses and instruments or an online subscription. Am
by mellosouls 5y ago
The pass can be used for tickets to the cinema, museum and theatre, or to buy books, art materials, dance courses and instruments or an online subscription.
Am I being cynical in thinking the "culture" they use it on will be dominated by cinema and online and streaming stuff?
This sounds like a good initiative but I am not sure how helpful it is bundling in theatre, museum etc with more mass-market-friendly entertainment options. I note the classic French prohibition on some of the more American (ie. popular) digital choices though.
- my_usernam3 5y agoI do think you're being a bit overly cynical. Many kids will find a way to liquidate their money and buy cannabis. I know this, because that's what I would have done. However, unlike software engineering, policy shouldn't be made to cover all the corner cases.
- dfxm12 5y agoI think you're just being cynical in thinking that it matters. As much as this is meant to promote French culture, it's seems like it's more meant to just give kids some money to spend on recreational stuff they might not otherwise be able to enjoy.
- tomcooks 5y agoI totally agree with you, same thing happened in Italy and I believe that a state should sponsor "good" culture, especially when they use public money to do that. But then again, I don't think I'd like to see how a state that chooses which culture is good and bad develops, let alone live in it. Maybe the trick is to give this kind of money to people that are a bit older than 18? For sure I'd push for the bonus to be used on local culture, and not foreign .