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12-17-2010, 05:20 AM | #1 (permalink) |
Juicious Maximus III
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The Political Future of Mankind In Your Hands!
So, this is a thought experiment.
The worldwide human population has some potential looming problems. War, climate threats and, likely, overpopulation which brings with it problems like epidemics and famine. Suppose that you got total power to change the political situation anywhere in the world. What would you do in order to ensure mankind's survival into the future? Of course, the details of any real "solution" to all this could take the minds of many smartypants to figure out and certainly more space than you get in a post to write down, so you don't have to sort out the solutions to all out problems in one post or be meticulous with details. But let's see some suggestions for change.
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12-17-2010, 05:51 AM | #2 (permalink) |
Juicious Maximus III
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Just to try and get the ball rolling ever so slightly ..
I think ignorance is a huge problem in the world, so one of the things I would like to try to achieve would be to have a proper education for all children in the civilized parts of our world, an education which also teaches science and critical thinking so that people are taught to question science, religion, culture and so on. How you'd get money to build schools and get an education for everyone in the world would require some re-allocation of worldly resources that I haven't really solved just yet.
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12-17-2010, 06:03 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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Since I'm from the US, this is skewed towards American presidential politics, but here are my ideas, such as they are:
Rule #1: Any person who expresses a strong desire to become a political leader is immediately disqualified. People who desire power are the ones who abuse power. Let's start electing smart people instead of powerful people. Which brings me to: Rule #2: All presidential candidates must have a graduate level degree from an accredited university. Rule #3: No candidate may spend more than $10,000 on their campaign. Enough of this election buying bull****. Rule #4: All political parties are abolished. That way voters have to pay attention to the words and actions of candidates rather than just ticking the box of the person who claims to belong to their favorite party. Rule #5: Citizens must either vote or actively waive their right to vote. Anyone who willingly abstains from voting faces a significant tax penalty every year until the next major election. That's all I have for now...
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Dat's Der Bunny!
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If the world is in turmoil, it is most certainly a time when a strong, inspiring leader is needed, and if you prevent anyone with a strong desire to lead from leading, you stop that from happening. It would be better, in my opinion, to Lower the salary of positions of power: That way, those who are in it for money and power will be more likely to go the capitalist route of business, where they can earn as much as they can get their hands on, leaving those who actually want to make a difference to the Government. Yes, you'll still get a certain amount of power abusers, but less, and if you wish to stop them entirely, preventing ambitious people from being president is like abstaining from sex in order to avoid having a disabled child. Quote:
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I can see where you're coming from with these ideas, and in an ideal world it might work, but the world will never be ideal. We are humanity, and we have to work with what we are, not what we'd like us to be.
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