Were I Dictator of the World... (931 hits)
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Submitted by Tokerson (View user info) at 2005-02-18 17:48:42 EST
Note: I am well aware that I will undoubtedly never become the Dictator of the World, for starters. This is merely the outline of my agenda were I ever to somehow attain such a prestigious position.
I am not an idealist. For this reason, I will say that, were I really Dictator of the world, while my intentions would most likely be in the best interests of the world, I undoubtedly would succumb to corruption and evil at some point, and waver from my overall goals. Humans are greedy, ambitious and evil creatures by nature that crave power, and, as much as I would love to think otherwise, I am no exception. Power is the worst possible thing to give to a human; it's like a wonderful drug that's very addictive. However, I will outline for you what I'd ideally do in such a position.
In a mere few thousand years, which is a blink of the eye in terms of the geographical world, we, as a species, have brought the Earth far too close to destruction, and have done far too many horrendous atrocities to be worthy of the privilege that is existence. In my reign, I would increase study in the field of virology and use this science to breed a virus that would sterilize humans. After infecting the entire world's population via tainted drinking water and food, and with the guarantee that I would not release a drop of the immunization unless my demands of our species were met, I would either force humans into extinction, or into a strict regiment of respect for the environment and other life forms. No one would be spared. Scientists cannot be certain of an exact rate, but know that the current extinction rate is between one thousand and ten thousand times what it naturally should be. Humans do not deserve life, as we've already taken so much.
I would reroute human dependency on oil to more unconventional and environmentally friendly methods, Ethanol fuels and electric cars, for example. The Kyoto accord would be scraped; the production of greenhouse gases would drop not to 90% of 1990's levels, but to as little as physically possible, or, in other words, 0%. I would destroy the concept of currency and do nothing to resurrect what would most definitely be the dead economy.
Hunting and fishing for sport would be outlawed, and those caught illegally doing so would be publicly executed, most likely via the traditional method of the guillotine in the town or city square. IN the event that you've read the book 1984, I can say that Poachers would be vaporized quite similarly to the way political prisoners were in said book, and Poachers of any endangered species would not vaporized in secret, oh no, they would be forcibly hunted down either by whatever animal they themselves were hunting, or, if what they were hunting wasn't a deadly animal, by trained soldiers in a large coliseum that would have demanded attendance. Telescreens would also be used as in 1984 to ensure the complete and unwavering obedience of my agenda. My rule would be a terrible one for humans, but undoubtedly the best thing to happen to the planet since the dawn of our abusive species.
Religion would naturally be outlawed and punishable by death. Certain religions would not be banned; Buddhism, Wicca, Voodoo, and any other nature-oriented or self-improving religions would be the lucky ones. Any religion that glorifies some foreign or unknown entity would be banned unless that particular God or Goddess could be proven, without a doubt, to exist via scientific or logical methods.
After smiting the species from the face of the Earth, I would leave it in fit condition for Mother Nature to fix, over time, the environmental damage we've dealt, and for plants and animals to slowly encroach into our cities and settlements. Millions of years later, hopefully, we'll be completely forgotten and our presence will only be hinted at from what will then be post-historic fossils.
I am human and capable of emotion, yes, and doing these things would most likely lead me to insanity or depression to the extent of committing suicide, but it must be done. These actions would be done in the best interest of existence, and not from the biased pro-human perspective.
Do these actions mean I am a horrible person? Most likely, but if I don't kill us all, I'm positive it's only a matter of time before a collective effort of everyone, instead of just me, does it.
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-02-20 20:00:12 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Pfft. I'm an environmentalist. Choke.
Submitted by Tom (user info) at 2005-02-18 18:06:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
What's in JonnyX's ass today?
Submitted by DemonJack (user info) at 2005-02-18 18:00:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Sell me your soul and it shall be granted. Come on. You obviously don't need it, so hand it over you sick, poor, psycho.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-02-18 17:55:09 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I've got a better idea - why don't you just kill yourself?
That would be better.