What would your dictatorship be like?

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Rorschach said:
Sweet, more racism and misogyny.

I didn't mean 1950s politics or mindset, but everything would look like the 50s, everyone would be dressed like in the 50s. Consumer technology would be turned back to that of the 70s with a few exceptions. Cell phones and computers would be completely gone though.
 
Free internetz for everyone. Gotta keep people happy. Also would listen to people, within reason. Again, gotta keep people happy. Or at least content. Token democratically elected advisory council might be useful for this purpose.
I would run it as strict meritocracy, assuming i'd have a good way to determine merit.
A lot of communistic/socialistic things would be implemented, universal healthcare, education etc, all the good stuff. Assuming i'd get to rule Finland, starting from how things are now, i wouldn't have to change many things, reducing redutant anti-customer byrocracy would be important though.
Genetics research would be pretty free, along with many other fields. Gotta advance humankind.
No planned economy naturally, doesn't really work.
So what's in it for me?
I'd have a nice palace built for me. And... umm. Well that would be mostly to be a symbol of something. Not many things i want for myself, quite a lot things i want to do for humankind though.

EDIT let's add a human breeding program, only volunteers though. (Think Bene Gesserit from Dune, something superhuman would be goal)
 
Stabbie said:
I didn't mean 1950s politics or mindset, but everything would look like the 50s, everyone would be dressed like in the 50s. Consumer technology would be turned back to that of the 70s with a few exceptions. Cell phones and computers would be completely gone though.


Would guns look the same? Because I'd use one to blow my brains out.
 
I would make my country self sufficient.

Grow our own food, make our own green electricity (example: the people going on a treadmill or whatever in the gym create power for the building, lots of windmills, solar panels on houses etc.) Green transport.
Everyone is able to study and learn (no insane student loans and things needed, just a fee that lets people think about taking a course or study in a serious way).
All immigrants are welcome if they wish to be part of the green community.
 
Lots of free stuff, simpler tax code, a huge move towards organic farming, and probably a smattering of politically motivated killings here and there.
 
Stabbie said:
I didn't mean 1950s politics or mindset, but everything would look like the 50s, everyone would be dressed like in the 50s. Consumer technology would be turned back to that of the 70s with a few exceptions. Cell phones and computers would be completely gone though.
I've always loved the look of the 30s. Men in suits and fedoras. I wish it was still common to wear a suit every day even when it didn't relate to work.
 
Do remember that you only see the wealthier oldies, there probably was a big difference between the ones being able to wear suits and the ones that couldn't. Think of all those suitless people polluting the street view :o.
 
cameron said:
No dogs.
No tips.
No circumcision.
No religion.
No clowns.
Enjoy your filthy, disease ridden, ugly penis.

Grinchy said:
I've always loved the look of the 30s. Men in suits and fedoras. I wish it was still common to wear a suit every day even when it didn't relate to work.
Yessss. Classy as fuck.
 
I would rule over the most diverse and happy country in the history of mankind.

Let's go over the basics (or my constitution):
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Basic democracy aside from my position (I write the constitution, the rest is up to them)

Humans sterilized at birth and given the choice to become fertile through reversal of sterilization at the age of 21. Sexual freedom is to be maximized, and thus any birth prevention tools are to be offered at no to a low cost by my government. With freedom comes responsibility, and thus the creation of a new individuals will come with a number of restrictions:

  • There is a hard upper limit of the number of children you might have - 1.5.
  • The creator of a child bear sole responsibility for said child, but may share responsibility equally with a volunteer.
  • If you have created a child, you are illegible for immortality but depending on available resources you might be granted an extended life span.

Children are to be taken at birth from the birther on the grounds that a new individual requires a blank starting condition for maximum fairness sake, neither helped nor hindered by their birth parents, and is to be reared in Homes by professionals in child psychology and development in order to maximize their potential and variation.
Once technology is advanced enough, children will be put in standard simulations perfectly raising them and released into the world at the age of 21.

Basic social security net to ensure that all citizens will have their basic needs fulfilled (safety through accommodation and security; good health through government issued free food, free exercise, and free healthcare; entertainment through free media streams) regardless of their situation on the condition, but utilize these services too often without paying back and you'll be placed in government care until you can be adapted into a contributing citizen.

As the life of an individual is irreplaceable, any and all steps will be taken to ensure that no one will die involuntarily. The majority of research will be focused on preventing age-related deaths and on improving the quality of life of all citizens.
Additionally, to seek out immortality for oneself will be the only capital offense of my country, in order to prevent it from becoming a class issue that will risk tearing apart society.

Every single citizen will also be monitored through the Alibi System, or ALSYS. The fundamental principle of this system is that all citizens will be monitored at all time, but only in a passive form and never under direct surveillance. From birth and until the bones of a human has ceased to grow in size, we will carry numerous electronic devices (GPS devices, video/audio recorders, pressure sensitive clothing, and whatever we might come up with in the future) that will make sure that we are safe from danger and unwanted intrusion of our personal space - once we're old enough, these devices will be titanium fused to our bones and become an inseparable part of our being. Some attempt at redundancy will me made to safeguard citizens against technological failures, mostly in the form of public and private surveillance of the entire nation.

This system would in practice continuously record everything that is going on around you, and constantly submit an encrypted stream of data to automated alibi data centers that will only be accessed by in the event that your life is in danger, your health is threatened, you are suspected to be committing/have committed a crime, or being/have been the victim of a crime.

The only people capable of accessing this data will be people who have been selected for the least likelihood of abusing their position - and thus, steps will be taken to ensure them taking their vows seriously. Only members of society with no family connections, no social connections, no societal connections, will be eligible for being chosen and once these "Watchers" volunteer for the position they will undergo a chemical/physical/mental process that will attempt to destroy any ego or individuality they may possess, any desires or goals they might have, and any memories or relics of personality of their past lives.
Once A.I. is sophisticated enough, they will replace the Watchers.

Any sapient being capable of understanding the constitution will be accepted into my nation and earn the rights that follows from being a citizen in my nation - what species you belong to or what substrate you run on is completely irrelevant.
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Aside from the above, diversity will be promoted and citizens will be encouraged to be as diverse and different from each other as possible.
 
Where to start?

- You do not get full adult rights until you have completed high school. Basically, no dropping out if you ever want to engage in contracts, buy land, vote for local offices, get married etc. Also, businesses get to pay you less. Workers already in the system the year I came to power get grandfathered in.
- All income, including interest, capital gains and income from foreign sources is treated the same and taxed at the same rates
- Huge infrastructure spending. Roads, utilities, fast Internet. I want my country to be the place where people outsource services to when India and China get too expensive
- Companies that put their headquarters here can fund approved infrastructure upgrades, schools or hospitals in lieu of paying taxes
- The severity of punishment for white collar crimes is linked to the total value affected by the crime at a rate of 10:1 or 1 week per unit of median weekly income. A man who defrauds an insurance company for $500 gets a fine for $5000 or a week in jail (assuming median weekly income is a week). A man who robs pensions for $5,000,000 pays back $50,000,000 or 192 consecutive years in a maximum security f*ck-me-in-the-ass prison, but can have the sentence reduced by paying back a portion of the equivalent fine. Alternately, you can pay back all the money with interest, serve 20 years and have your ear clipped to show the world your crime.
- This applies to companies too. Companies that defraud the government and cannot pay back the fine get all their assets in the country nationalised outright
- Show trials and public punishment for corruption
- Retirement age indexed to average life expectancy in the year of your birth
- My birthday is a national holiday
 
my reign of power would be of a medium sized country filled with only women of all nationalities and from ages 18-40 ONLY. after 40 they are removed from the population. only myself and 20 of my male friends are they only men in the country. everyone gets a free home and education. my country would be called gafonia.
 
just and fair to every law abiding citizens, with the state supporting them in every way possible to become productive members of society
 
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I would have page 3 (nsfw) on every page.
And a day where people throw rotten tomatoes on each other in the streets, in all of the kingdom.

And I would legalize weed, LSD and ecstasy. It would be the happiest country in the world.
 
I'd probably be corrupted by power, try to steal/collect as much money/stuff/status as possible, and do everything I can to stay in power like all other dictators. You'd all probably do the same.
 
-I would make a modern day Colosseum and force my people to fight to the death.
-Start a war with the moon.
-Eliminate all squirrels.
-Turn my city into the prostitution capital of the world.
-Make an immense underground tunnel system that would span the entire city and would be several hundred feet underground.
-Force a percentage my people to live in the underground tunnel and city system. They would forever been known as the mole people.
 
Dreams-Visions said:
gonna need you to be more detailed about that because us black folk didn't enjoy the 50s.

It's more about the looks and sounds of the 50s and the lack of cell phones and computers which made communication a whole lot different back then. It was much more limited to local communication but then again people were a lot closer.

Check out these pictures and you'll know what I mean.
 
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