Personal political philosophy aside, I think appearing socialistic might be unavoidable given the prompt.
Maximizing productivity and each person's earning potential comes to mind as the most effective way to guarantee leisure time and career mobility so every citizen can engage in artistic and humanities hobbies and careers. In such a system by age 40 a person could have degrees and training in both a STEM/business field and an arts/humanities field, either being an artist through their 20s before having the option to retrain into an engineer in their 30s or the other way around.
With tax revenue boosted by a generation of professionals, grants to support public arts endeavors would eventually help start up those careers. Murals on buildings, sculptures and statues, architectural marvels in cities or beautiful buildings at rural meeting places, perhaps even a project similar to the Дворец культуры undertaking from the Soviet era.
The final state of things I'd imagine working towards would be a country more full of opportunity, less full of suffering, maximized for each person's professional fulfillment and comfort. Each person would be able to see over the course of their lifetime a renewal of their city or town to a more beautiful and inviting space.
Personal political philosophy aside, I think appearing socialistic might be unavoidable given the prompt.
Maximizing productivity and each person's earning potential comes to mind as the most effective way to guarantee leisure time and career mobility so every citizen can engage in artistic and humanities hobbies and careers. In such a system by age 40 a person could have degrees and training in both a STEM/business field and an arts/humanities field, either being an artist through their 20s before having the option to retrain into an engineer in their 30s or the other way around.
With tax revenue boosted by a generation of professionals, grants to support public arts endeavors would eventually help start up those careers. Murals on buildings, sculptures and statues, architectural marvels in cities or beautiful buildings at rural meeting places, perhaps even a project similar to the Дворец культуры undertaking from the Soviet era.
The final state of things I'd imagine working towards would be a country more full of opportunity, less full of suffering, maximized for each person's professional fulfillment and comfort. Each person would be able to see over the course of their lifetime a renewal of their city or town to a more beautiful and inviting space.