The solution to all the world's problems

[Kuchinawa212]

um... who does the farming and the hard stressful manufacturing jobs and shit if everyone's drugged out?

Yes exactly. This is what I'm getting at OP. It would crumble upon it's self since no one would do anything!

I should think farmers and manual labourers would do the farming and manual labour... Just a guess.

No they wouldn't they were stoned out of their heads. You need people to think clearly when they do their jobs. Sure they don't need to take drugs. But they would to just "unwind" and they become addicted. and once addicted you can expect the same amount of output from them. And the if you can't expect the same amount of output a dictatorship can't run well as there are little to no resources that can be used

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

um... who does the farming and the hard stressful manufacturing jobs and shit if everyone's drugged out?

Yes exactly. This is what I'm getting at OP. It would crumble upon it's self since no on would do anything!

I should think farmers and manual labourers would do the farming and manual labour... Just a guess.

DRUGS BAD, DRUGS VERY BAD. DRUGS MAKE YOU STUPID. DRUGS DO NOT SOLVE STUFF, THEY MAKE STUFF WORSE.

I agree with you. Don't take drugs and I'm sure you'll succeed in life much more than the potheads and the alcoholics. I'm being 100% sincere.
The fundamental idea I'm trying to preach here is not 'take drugs' it's 'fuckin chill out'.

GOd almighty you contradict yourself so much. your theory wasn't "chill the fuck out" it was "Chill the fuck out, or take drugs until you have". Drugs are bad. But the way you originaly put it, drugs are the ultimate problem solver. no they arn't.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

Well that's kinda like what we're trying to do, except you gonna find the terrorists first.

 

[riskroWe]

Use common sense here.

You through that out the window the minute you started saying drugs fix everything.

I don't recall saying that. I said that everybody needs to relax, and that this could be achieved if a druggo was put in charge.

If this whole thread was just a joke, you chose a real sensitive subject. And notice how nobody is laughing

I'm laughing. I'm lmfao.

Not because it's a joke, I just love the irony of how worked up everybody is getting over a thread telling you that all you need to do is calm down.

 

[KaiRai]

It would not end very well.

Like so many threads that say they can solve world problems with half baked solutions.

I'm not sure if the half baked thing was a pun then, but if it was, good show my good man

Agreed though, there is no single solution to the worlds problems, just like there is no scientific theory to explain all forces (Regardless of what it says in Final theory by Mark Alpert, on the off chance any of you have read it)

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Use common sense here.

You through that out the window the minute you started saying drugs fix everything.

I don't recall saying that. I said that everybody needs to relax, and that this could be achieved if a druggo was put in charge.

OOH OOH but you said you found out the The Solution of all the worlds problems! Remember that? And you said that was due to use of drugs as a punishment, and legalizing it for public use.

 

[Pegghead]

well, I imagine he'd replace all the countries vital crop farms with marijuana plantations, there would be alot more accidents such as car crashes, there would be alot more health problems and sure everyone could relax but to get things done does not involve relaxation. You know, I read a book once and there was a part in it talking about this fictitious Mayan civilisation which made amazing chocolate. They only ever ate the chocolate because it tasted so wonderful, naturally the chocolate wasn't enough nourishment, so eventually they didn't even have the strength to make more chocolate, so all they could do was lay there and die. Hey, another good example could be from that movie Serenity where

Spoiler

They land on the planet and discover that the drug they used in the terraformation process to make people more relaxed made people either lose the will to do anything anymore, or turn into those ballistic warrior people.

 

[Dwarfman]

I'm laughing. I'm lmfao.

Not because it's a joke, I just love the irony of how worked up everybody is getting over a thread telling you that all you need to do is calm down.

Actually I'm quite calm at the moment. It's my day off. It's sunny, the birds aren't chirping too loudly...

However. If you didn't want to start a debate up, then why start one? If all you wanted was a thread telling people they should probably calm down then you should have posted that instead.

 

[The_Echo]

This is a terrible idea.

Like many ideas, this may look good in concept (which it doesn't), but it would not execute well.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

I'm laughing. I'm lmfao.

Not because it's a joke, I just love the irony of how worked up everybody is getting over a thread telling you that all you need to do is calm down.

Actually I'm quite calm at the moment. It's my day off. It's sunny, the birds aren't chirping too loudly...

However. If you didn't want to start a debate up, then why start one? If all you wanted was a thread telling people they should probably calm down then you should have posted that instead.

Because, my friend, he can be summed up in one picture.

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He created a topic that drew attention and caused massive amount of responses to it

 

[Toaster Hunter]

People who should never "just relax" or take drugs, ever:
Police
paramedics
nurses
doctors
surgeons
firefighters
military personnel
truck drivers
train drivers
pilots
air traffic controllers
farmers
fishermen
hunters
miners
manufactures
engineers
construction workers
politicians
diplomats
stock brokers
accountants
athletes
people with cars
people with bikes
people crossing the street

Actually, everyone doingh virtually anything outside their homes.

 

[klakkat]

I'm fairly certain anything else I could say has been said already, so I will just say, no, that's retarded. You're basically making anarchy compulsory, and then giving it speed and meth.

 

[riskroWe]

I'm pretty sure George Orwell in 1984 - although I haven't read the book so I can't quote directly - depicted Big Brother using passive inducing drugs as well as mind control techniques to ensure a docile population. Incidently 1984 is also a book on HOW NOT TO RUN THE WORLD!

Also a TV series Blake's7 depicted the use of atmospheric and viral passification, basically turning everyone that wasn't part of the regime into 'cattle'.

Yes, obviously forcing drugs on the people isn't a good thing to do. But a leader would only do that if he had aspirations of consolidating his power. The idea is that our leader, rather than being 'benevolent', is just 'too lazy and unassuming' to do any of that.

I understand that what your implying is that the dictatorship is a nice and peaceful one and would only do it to the 'bad guys' but stop and think. Some of the horrible things happening in the world right now are because people are trying to dictate their nice and peaceful views upon others are when they are horrible they claim they are only doing it to the bad guys!

Yes that's a common criticism of dictator states, and an oft-proposed solution to that problem is if the dictator is 'benevolent' and only remains in power because he puts the people first and they love and support him. But just as you said, the most saintly dictator is still corruptible in that he can force his will on the people even when they disagree with him. The whole purpose of my OP is that if our dictator had no aspirations of power, he wouldn't be corruptible. Hence the druggo.

The other question you need to ask is what happens if someone who isn't your benevilant junkie overthrows said junkie and takes over?

Nobody will support someone trying to overthrow a dictator who isn't oppressive. The people are already free to do anything they want. The idea is: anyone who has a problem with the freedom of other people is doped until they shut the hell up. lol

I should think farmers and manual labourers would do the farming and manual labour... Just a guess.

No they wouldn't they were stoned out of their heads. You need people to think clearly when they do their jobs. Sure they don't need to take drugs. But they would to just "unwind" and they become addicted. and once addicted you can expect the same amount of output from them. And the if you can't expect the same amount of output a dictatorship can't run well as there are little to no resources that can be used

They can take drugs if they want to, but if it affects their performance at work then they either stop taking them or they lose their job.
It's really very simple...

DRUGS BAD, DRUGS VERY BAD. DRUGS MAKE YOU STUPID. DRUGS DO NOT SOLVE STUFF, THEY MAKE STUFF WORSE.

I agree with you. Don't take drugs and I'm sure you'll succeed in life much more than the potheads and the alcoholics. I'm being 100% sincere.
The fundamental idea I'm trying to preach here is not 'take drugs' it's 'fuckin chill out'.

GOd almighty you contradict yourself so much. your theory wasn't "chill the fuck out" it was "Chill the fuck out, or take drugs until you have". Drugs are bad. But the way you originaly put it, drugs are the ultimate problem solver. no they arn't.

Keywords to look out for: "The fundamental idea".
You need to relax. Try some yoga.

 

[lacktheknack]

Yeah? NO. I avoid druggies for a freaking REASON, you know!

 

[Sewblon]

So...drug everone out?

NO! TERRIBLE IDEA! Everything would crash since everyone would just you know say "...man just fuck it" to everything! Nothing would get done and we'd all collapse upon our selves

Did you honestly think this was a good idea? I mean really? Uhhh let's drug everone out man then if they start to get all up tight we force 'em to be drugged out. And then we'd all just kill all of our brain cells too. Yeah so we'd just be a society of retards

What Kuchinawa said. The real solution to all of the worlds problems is to shut up and deal with them! Everyone in the world is unemployed? Shut up and deal with it! Nuclear war? Shut up and deal with it! An insane despot rules the world? Shut up and deal with it!

 

[riskroWe]

Oh, we're doing these are we.
Here's my version.
A party gains full control of a country therefore turning it into a fascist state, however the party opposes totalitarianism so doesn't care about what the public does as long as it's within the law, it doesn't make it illegal to oppose the governments work but won't allow any opposers to have any say in the governmen so freedom of speech is still allowed. The government cuts through all the red tape established by democracies and gets stuff done. The country decides to try and unite the world into one country and enters talks with like minded countries about merging their countries under one government. Over the decades the country merges other countries and eventually unites all of Europe except for russia which remained neutral.(Oh yeah, the fascist country is European by my preference) and creates the worlds largest superpower. Allied with the U.S.A. the nation invades multiple middle eastern countries due to impatiance and ambition on the fascist nations part.....

Aww it was all good until the leaders suddenly became ambitious.
That's what I'm trying to fight here.

 

[CK76]

Anyone else getting "Brave New World" vibes from the OP?

Soma anyone?

 

[Kuchinawa212]

I should think farmers and manual labourers would do the farming and manual labour... Just a guess.

No they wouldn't they were stoned out of their heads. You need people to think clearly when they do their jobs. Sure they don't need to take drugs. But they would to just "unwind" and they become addicted. and once addicted you can expect the same amount of output from them. And the if you can't expect the same amount of output a dictatorship can't run well as there are little to no resources that can be used

They can take drugs if they want to, but if it affects their performance at work then they either stop taking them or they lose their job.
It's really very simple...

Not in a dictatorship. You ignore that fact that for it to run properly they can be no problems. everything is getting everything equally. And what is equal is up to teh idiot in charge. If there is a large blow to food and manual labor then he can't ignore it, the systems falls upon it's self

 

[Nwabudike Morgan]

Shit like this makes me embarrassed to get high.

NOT ALL STONERS ARE MORONS LIKE THIS

 

[EvilMuffin094]

The punishment for 'taking yourself too seriously' would be a compulsory session of marijuana usage.

So, what if the person is deathly allergic to marijuana? I'm just a bit curious as to what would happen then.