In America, too many people take for granted the freedom we have to choose what economic activity we will or will not engage in (except for socialized medical insurance and public schooling - both of which are government mandated - i.e. socialist systems). Consider what it would be like to live in a country where a religious-political system like Islam controlled a government and forbade anyone from going to the movies.
"Saudi Arabia on Monday lifted a decades-long ban on cinemas, part of a series of social reforms by the powerful crown prince that are shaking up the ultra-conservative kingdom."Commercial cinemas will be allowed to operate in the kingdom as of early 2018, for the first time in more than 35 years," the culture and information ministry said in a statement, adding that the government will begin licensing cinemas immediately.
Reviving cinemas would represent a paradigm shift in the kingdom, which is promoting entertainment as part of a sweeping reform plan dubbed "Vision 2030", despite opposition from [Islamic religious] conservatives.
"This marks a watershed moment in the development of the cultural economy in the kingdom," information minister Awwad Alawwad said in the statement."