Poll: If you had the ability to take over the world would you?

[shootthebandit]

Hell no, that is way too much responsibility. I can barely remember days my bins get collected nevermind trying to sort the whole worlds shit out

I honestly dont understand why people seek power, power is over-rated and theres too much pressure to go with it. I seek an easy life with no stress

change the question to, "would you take over a small-mid sized Caribbean island with ample supply of rum, coconuts and delicious crabs/shrimp?" And I change my answer to a yes in a heartbeat

 

[fenrizz]

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Yes, without a doubt.

Task 1: Cut all military spending by 100%
Task 2: Divert all that money to NASA
Task 3: Close ALL coal, gas and oil power plants and replace with renewable and nuclear while throwing money at nuclear fusion until it works.
Task 4: Start transitioning from fossil fuels to electric/hydrogen powered cars and boats/ships.
Task 5: End the war on drugs.
Task 6: Universal, free health care for all inhabitants on earth.
Task 7: 3 weeks paid vacation for all workers.

Should hopefully make the world a slightly better place.

On military spending, what about all those who have already served and are merely collecting their benefits? What about those who are a few years from military retirement?
I swear Im not patronizing; it's just I know a lot of people that believe that veterans shouldn't receive any benefits after their service.

Those who are already retired will obviously still keep any benefits/pensions they already have.
Those a few years from retirement will be offered early retirement, and those that have valuable expertise will be offered jobs at NASA.

While I don't share the American love of military and veterans I don't aim to screw people over.
Besides, that is not even close to the largest of the military money pits.

EDIT:
Hell, if what I read and see in the media is correct then I'd probably do far more for the veterans than is being done today.

 

[Hagi]

Nope.

I'd get frustrated in about 3 days... who am I kidding? 3 hours.

Then I'd say fuck it and launch the world's nuclear arsenal at itself.

It wouldn't end well for anyone involved.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I'll eliminate all weaponry on Earth and rule via legions of UFC warriors riding on horseback. Ultimate Fighting Calvary.

Step two, dispose of all chocolate milk and destroy all production of it.


Ummm... I don't know what else. I'll figure it out when I get there.

 

[MHR]

No. Ruling the world sounds like work.

Ruling it wrong would be as easy as you want it to be. I would try to avoid doing that, so no.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Keeping the world under my rule would be a logistics nightmare and I not only loath the thought of being in charge, I wouldn't trust people to be lead by me for very long. No, I don't want to rule. I don't want to be in charge of anything more substantial than my own life and yet I can't help but feel I wouldn't even want that much responsibility.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

...No not if...When. *ahem*

Sorry what I meant to way was no, not at all. It sounds like an awful job. Yep, can't see how you could have any fun with that one.

 

[Splitzi]

No way... sounds like way to much work. I'd just set up a monthly tithe system and everyone can have their freedoms left alone.

 

[jademunky]

By which I mean you know for a fact that if you tried you would absolutely succeed. You absolutely CANNOT lose no matter what your tactics are. Not even if your plan is "Resist arrest from a cop over something incredibly minor in one spot until the situation escalates to the point that it makes worldwide news and they realize that can't do anything about you". Would you take over the world? How would you do it and what would you do with your rule?

Tempting but no.

That would mean that the buck stops with me. I would be responsible if the trains did not run on time. I have to make the call to raise or lower interest rates. Decide whether the budget has room for infrastructure improvements. Decide whether or not growing the economy is more important than carbon emission caps. I have to decide if government research dollars need to go to new technologies or if I should support the softer sciences. I have to decide whether crime needs a more delicate rehabilitative touch or if more prisons need to be built.

Ever play the game "fate of the world"? Its HARD!

But the worst part? If I were democratically elected I could at least point the finger back at the idiots who elected me in the first place but since I am a dictator in this situation, there is NOBODY else to blame but me.

If I had to rule? I would probably try my hardest to emulate Lord Vetinari from Discworld. Make sure that today looks pretty-much like yesterday and tomorrow looks pretty-much like today. Try to be as hands-off as possible and let individuals run their lives and businesses as they always have. Also follow the cardinal rule "Vimes, never build a dungeon that you would not mind spending a night in yourself. The world would be a much more pleasant place if more people remembered that."

 

[zerragonoss]

You know taking over the world does sound like fun, I might give that a try. I would especially enjoy the looks on peoples faces when I tell them I just took over the world for the heck of it, and am stepping down as world leader right after I got the job. After that I could than go on to fulfill my true life goal of killing everybody by finding the secret to immortality and destroying it. I may or may not just be a massive troll.

 

[Signa]

My instinct is to say hell no, but that means I'd probably be the best damn leader the world has ever seen, if I'm using Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy logic. I doubt I'd be able to solve the world's problems as a leader, but I'm beginning to think that I could at least do a better job than those that make it their profession.

 

[jademunky]

personally I'd crack down on religous fundamentalism and have Science be the ONLY basis for discision making plus all cultural qualms would be banned.

Speaking as a passive-aggressive-quasi-militant-atheist, this is probably one of the best reasons not to have one person ruling the world.

 

[Rebel_Raven]

Yeah, I would. Thing is, I don't want to, really. My mindset is the sort of the person most deserving of power is the person that doesn't want it.

So how I'd get there would probably be some odd wave of support that gets me into power.

I'd largely be boring, and try to make the world a better place, with a focus on technology. Inspired by Star trek, I'd try to point the world towards growing that way.

Sadly, being a person of chaos, I don't have much of a plan, consistency, or a set course, just the destination.

 

[FPLOON]

Yes... But, then tell people to continue on with their lives while I "secretly" start making minor changes that would end up changing how modern economic practices are presented on a global scale...

Then again, I don't think any of that would make my waifu-sempai notice me in the slightest... >.>

 

[chadachada123]

Yeah, sure, I'd do it.

I'd make us into a technocracy after stamping out hunger and preventable disease.

Imagine: Other than research/development, teaching, and maintenance, our sufficiently-advanced robots would take care of most-everything. Then, we would journey to the stars. By making us a technocracy, the majority of the problems involving politicians would be eliminated by the time my reign ends.

(Since the OP said any strategy is allowed, war would already be gone by the time I came to power, because reasons)

 

[Pr0]

No one man can run the world, it is a childish power fantasy that, unfortunately, too many grown men have never outgrown...and is largely responsible for the state of the world in general.

In reality, the genesis of a single leading ideology always spawns anti-ideologies, so to take over the world is simply to lose it in the very same process...it just may not be readily apparent.

 

[infohippie]

Task 7: 3 weeks paid vacation for all workers.

While I agree with the reforms you suggest, I have to ask why only three weeks vacation? In much of the world, four weeks or even six are standard. Where I am from, Australia, four weeks per year is standard minimum but we also have about ten or twelve public holidays through the year, too.

 

[JimB]

If I had the power to take over the world, then I believe I would have a moral obligation to use that power for good as best I understand it. That would mean a light touch. Some things--America's completely shameless garbage production and China's slave labor factory-prisons, for example--would need to be changed without regard for how tyrannical it would seem, but mostly I'd feel compelled to leave the world to sort itself out. My power does not come with the wisdom or foresight to understand every system I'd be dicking around in, and I can guarantee that even the meddlings I think are absolutely necessary no matter the cost would have horrible, unintended consequences.

 

[fenrizz]

Task 7: 3 weeks paid vacation for all workers.

While I agree with the reforms you suggest, I have to ask why only three weeks vacation? In much of the world, four weeks or even six are standard. Where I am from, Australia, four weeks per year is standard minimum but we also have about ten or twelve public holidays through the year, too.

Indeed.
In Norway 5 weeks is the standard, though this is unpaid.
But my main reason for setting it to 3 weeks was to ease the transition in counries where this is not common from before.

But you are right, 4 weeks it is!