If you ruled the world

[open mind]

.....what would you do?

(honestly motherfuckers)

[TheProsAndCons]

Eliminate those gosh darn jews, and force everyone to accept the Irish way of life, or die!......Hail Ireland!

[ropati]

quit. being in charge sucks

[Smeee]

If I had my own world, I'd build you an empire.

/lol

[Loyaltabk]

quit. being in charge sucks
yea. I'm a slacker, positions of power aren't for me

[thatwasamoment]

2 chicks at the same time

[cuzimlefthanded]

Eliminate those gosh darn jews, and force everyone to accept the Irish way of life, or die!......Hail Ireland!

Gingers will rule the world!

[nicwtor]

You'd need a license to breed to prevent stupid people from being born.

And I'd make sure that "Separation of Church and State" was emphasized more in the United States.

[Machu505]

Invade the Sun.

[caveBEAR]

You'd need a license to breed to prevent stupid people from being born.

And I'd make sure that "Separation of Church and State" was emphasized more in the United States.

:squint:

Anyone else see the irony here?

[Jake Gyllenhaal]

2 chicks at the same time

This. For me... Tina Fey & Amy Poehler

[nicwtor]

:squint:

Anyone else see the irony here?

They both have their reasons. So many things done politically are made by choice of religion. I wish people understood that religion and politics are separate.

And I can not stand people who have a lack of common sense. It's mainly to get rid of those people.

[caveBEAR]

They both have their reasons. So many things done politically are made by choice of religion. I wish people understood that religion and politics are separate.

And I can not stand people who have a lack of common sense. It's mainly to get rid of those people.

Seems like point 1 was all about taking away rights and point 2 was insuring that people got some rights. A little ironic to me.

[Roboman]

This. For me... Tina Fey & Amy Poehler

I like both of these women (well, at least Tina Fey), but jesus christ you could do so much better.

[Smash Adams]

We're going back to a barter system

[Jake Gyllenhaal]

I like both of these women (well, at least Tina Fey), but jesus christ you could do so much better.

I like older women

[saysmydoctor]

More beer summits.

[beazer32]

4EES5kLFFvg

[nicwtor]

Seems like point 1 was all about taking away rights and point 2 was insuring that people got some rights. A little ironic to me.

I'm not sure if I follow you on point two. I'm gonna emphasize a part of the Constitution that is already looked at in school but is only briefly discussed. I'm not sure where you see that as giving rights to some people.

[Mitch]

This. For me... Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
Since I can't choose just two, it'd be:

Tina Fey, Zooey Deschanel, and Audrey Horne.

[Mitch]

If I ruled the world, everybody would have to be able to spell properly. If they couldn't, I'd chop their fingers off.

[loveisdead]

Not enough Nas.
nMn2cCBwH18

[caveBEAR]

I'm not sure if I follow you on point two. I'm gonna emphasize a part of the Constitution that is already looked at in school but is only briefly discussed. I'm not sure where you see that as giving rights to some people.

Maybe it's just me then, but if I had to pick between a government that was connected to religion, or a government that decided who could breed, I'll choose the monarchy.

[TheProsAndCons]

Gingers will rule the world!

Hahahaha if I were to acctually rule the world, I'd make pepole realize that about 5-10% (the same as every other country(un-educated guess;-)) ) are acctually ginger, one of my friends plays football (soccer) for Ireland, and is ginger, but his parents are Italian and I'm pretty sure he was born there too, and another one of my friends parents are Irish (neither are ginger), but he was born in Germany, and he's the only one in his family who's ginger.....And everyone in Ireland treats gingers the exact same as they do in America....ugh I hate the American stereotype of Irish pepole beeing uneducated cave-men.....

/End rant :-)

[TheProsAndCons]

Maybe it's just me then, but if I had to pick between a government that was connected to religion, or a government that decided who could breed, I'll choose the monarchy.

One guy said a government that wasn't connected to religion
The other guy said a liscene to breed to prevent stupid pepole

So it would be a government connected to religion, or, a government that couldn't control breeding

or

A government not connencted to religion, or , a government that could contorl breeding?

[<*)))><]

Id hunt for the red ninja. Also create giant fighting robots so I can declare war on space so we can peace. Then once we have peace start another war in hopes to crash a giant space station into earth causing a never ending winter. Then everyone will have to live in space and peace will exist until I find another stupid reason to have a war.

[caveBEAR]

One guy said a government that wasn't connected to religion
The other guy said a liscene to breed to prevent stupid pepole

So it would be a government connected to religion, or, a government that couldn't control breeding

or

A government not connencted to religion, or , a government that could contorl breeding?

Uh...

You'd need a license to breed to prevent stupid people from being born.

And I'd make sure that "Separation of Church and State" was emphasized more in the United States.

That's one person's post, and it includes the word 'and' not 'or'.

[TheProsAndCons]

Uh...



That's one person's post, and it includes the word 'and' not 'or'.

Got confused about the two people part haha
But you're the one that said or, I wasn't refuring to there post, was refuring to yours.

[Love As Arson]

I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out.
-Eugene Debs

[Neo Cassady]

Seas would rise when I gave the word.

[Scrandon]

2 chicks at the same time

So that's what your job is supposed to be right?

[jessicalynn-xx]

2 chicks at the same time

LOLLLLLL

Is this a reference to Office Space? Please say yes.

[Debut_Fin]

put housing on mars and move like 80% of the population there

[saysmydoctor]

I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out.
-Eugene Debs
I understand the sentiment, but I do not agree with him on this.

[The Indigo]

I'd get rid of money. According to Biggie, this will significantly lessen the amount of problems.

Whoever said they'd stop people from breeding, you do know stupidity isn't hereditary, right?

[The Indigo]

They both have their reasons. So many things done politically are made by choice of religion. I wish people understood that religion and politics are separate.

And I can not stand people who have a lack of common sense. It's mainly to get rid of those people.
You're basically advocating genocide. On a practical basis, do you know how many people in the world wouldn't even be able to read the test or afford whatever taxes it would no doubt cost to administer this kind of test, which I imagine would be administered on request by people wanting to breed (which means it could have to be given out one time every year or so to every family in the world).

Not trying to ruin the fun of the thread. Just sayin'.

[doritoz]

Give all the idiots a brand new religion, put an end to poverty, uncleanliness and toil, promote equality in all of my decisions with a quick wink of the eye and a "God you must be joking!"

[WakingTheMisery]

Nothing.

[saysmydoctor]

Nothing.
Typical.

[WakingTheMisery]

Typical.

If I ruled the world, the only thing I would need is body guards who are well off. I'd be like the queen of England; a rich figure head who does squat.

[GuitarR0cker1]

I'd do too much.

[crimsonandclovr]

seriously. nap time.

[nicwtor]

You're basically advocating genocide. On a practical basis, do you know how many people in the world wouldn't even be able to read the test or afford whatever taxes it would no doubt cost to administer this kind of test, which I imagine would be administered on request by people wanting to breed (which means it could have to be given out one time every year or so to every family in the world).

Not trying to ruin the fun of the thread. Just sayin'.

I kinda expected I'd get a few people going all serious on it but it was honestly just a joke.

The focus on Separation of Church and State in American schools was serious though.

[PmCarlay]

Gingers will rule the world!
WIN! <--for I am one.







Legalize marijuana Errywhere...duh.

[Scrandon]

I kinda expected I'd get a few people going all serious on it but it was honestly just a joke.

The focus on Separation of Church and State in American schools was serious though.

Don't go talking about all of America when you say it needs to be more secular. My school was fine, I was preached absolutely no religion, you might be overreacting based on your school.

[introduction]

kill all humans!

[ropati]

kill all humans!



does that include yourself?

[Metal Now]

Legalise it.

Also, instead of education, have a list of books you have to have read by 18. That'd do it.

[nicwtor]

Don't go talking about all of America when you say it needs to be more secular. My school was fine, I was preached absolutely no religion, you might be overreacting based on your school.

I'm not talking about just my school. It seems like a lot of decisions that people make regarding politics involve religion.

[Cameronisonfire]

Legalize it maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.
Build a space ship to go to deep space. And last but not least...
http://www.keepaa.com/images/anon/2009/200903/20090309/aa6cf8895e0b5ddcbeef9bffd3c867ce.jp g

[bung]

We'd all be living underwater, saying hello when we leave and goodbye when we arrive.

[Theseventhson]

Ban the goatee.

[Love As Arson]

I understand the sentiment, but I do not agree with him on this.

Fair enough. But, I would not want to rule the world. I'd rather be a part of something which came from the bottom.

[saysmydoctor]

Fair enough. But, I would not want to rule the world. I'd rather be a part of something which came from the bottom.
Same, but I don't see what's wrong with having someone to inspire everyone else. I don't see a leader as necessarily a bad thing.

[Love As Arson]

Same, but I don't see what's wrong with having someone to inspire everyone else. I don't see a leader as necessarily a bad thing.
It is the difference between a leader that is a part of the movement and someone who is expected to achieve goals singlehandedly.

[caveBEAR]

It is the difference between a leader that is a part of the movement and someone who is expected to achieve goals singlehandedly.

So the original quote asserts that the leader came from outside the group he is expected to lead? (Am I following correctly?)

[GeeBee]

FOA4ixV-3jU

[saysmydoctor]

It is the difference between a leader that is a part of the movement and someone who is expected to achieve goals singlehandedly.
I was trying to say this but couldn't phrase it.

[Echo Park]

I'd fill it with wealth and desire

[Love As Arson]

So the original quote asserts that the leader came from outside the group he is expected to lead? (Am I following correctly?)
Full quote:

Too long have the workers of the world waited for some Moses to lead them out of bondage. He has not come; he never will come. I would not lead you out if I could; for if you could be led out, you could be led back again. (Applause.) I would have you make up your minds that there is nothing that you cannot do for yourselves. You do not need the capitalist. He could not exist an instant without you. You would just begin to live without him. (Laughter and prolonged applause.) You do everything and he has everything; and some of you imagine that if it were not for him you would have no work. As a matter of fact, he does not employ you at all; you employ him to take from you what you produce, and he faithfully sticks to his task. If you can stand it, he can: and if you don't change this relation, I am sure he won't. You make the automobile, he rides in it. If it were not for you, he would walk; and if it were not for him, you would ride.

http://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/works/1905/industrial.htm

[zion the lion]

Like the ultimate dictatorship? I'd take away every human's reproductive abilities so that we could just end this thing now.
But really...
Switch the last three countries to the metric system
ban space colonization (not exploration)
raise the bare minimum standards for education and medicine world wide

At first I'd do something about the health and safety standards in refugee camps.
So clearly I'd just do the obvious shit.

[DCfreak]

I would give the UN ultimate power directly underneath me, forming one giant world controlling government.
I would drastically change each "country" and devide the world up into large states that could then be broken down into smaller regions.
I would force the world to learn one specific language (doesnt have to be english, and people don't have to lose their culture, but I would want eveyrone to at least know a basic language).
I would attempt to solve world hunger by removing all meat industries and forcing everyone to becoming a vegitarian. We should be able to grow a lot more food for a lot more people if we werent so caught up on raising livestock. (No, I am not a vegitarian, but it makes so much more sense).
I would run the world as a social democracy (if possible) and hopefully would be able to give health care and food to everyone at some standard that they could afford.
I would impose repoductive laws in certain states, until the population can balance itself out.

/took this more seriously than others, Definitely posted before I lurked.

[GeeBee]

Like the ultimate dictatorship? I'd take away every human's reproductive abilities so that we could just end this thing now.
But really...
Switch the last three countries to the metric system
ban space colonization (not exploration)
raise the bare minimum standards for education and medicine world wide

At first I'd do something about the health and safety standards in refugee camps.
So clearly I'd just do the obvious shit.

Yeah, health, schools...regulating space colonization...the OBVIOUS shit. :rolleyes:

[.invisible ink.]

I would give the UN ultimate power directly underneath me, forming one giant world controlling government.
I would drastically change each "country" and devide the world up into large states that could then be broken down into smaller regions.
I would force the world to learn one specific language (doesnt have to be english, and people don't have to lose their culture, but I would want eveyrone to at least know a basic language).
I would attempt to solve world hunger by removing all meat industries and forcing everyone to becoming a vegitarian. We should be able to grow a lot more food for a lot more people if we werent so caught up on raising livestock. (No, I am not a vegitarian, but it makes so much more sense).
I would run the world as a social democracy (if possible) and hopefully would be able to give health care and food to everyone at some standard that they could afford.
I would impose repoductive laws in certain states, until the population can balance itself out.

/took this more seriously than others, Definitely posted before I lurked.

wow. what about one giant world-controlling government actually sounds good to you? there seems to be a hell of a lot of forcing going on in your regime. this is why i'm anti-government. i just can't wrap my head around the idea that we should all be robots under one centralized command.

[miapiv89]

I would put a limit on each person only having 3 children per lifetime.. and you can't loophole the system by marrying someone else and thinking now you can have three more kids. No, you better make those three count.

[GeeBee]

I would put a limit on each person only having 3 children per lifetime.. and you can't loophole the system by marrying someone else and thinking now you can have three more kids. No, you better make those three count.

That's a tad extreme. I think a head-tax is fair, but regulating reproduction is a bit much.

[saysmydoctor]

I would give the UN ultimate power directly underneath me, forming one giant world controlling government.
I would drastically change each "country" and devide the world up into large states that could then be broken down into smaller regions.
I would force the world to learn one specific language (doesnt have to be english, and people don't have to lose their culture, but I would want eveyrone to at least know a basic language).
I would attempt to solve world hunger by removing all meat industries and forcing everyone to becoming a vegitarian. We should be able to grow a lot more food for a lot more people if we werent so caught up on raising livestock. (No, I am not a vegitarian, but it makes so much more sense).
I would run the world as a social democracy (if possible) and hopefully would be able to give health care and food to everyone at some standard that they could afford.
I would impose repoductive laws in certain states, until the population can balance itself out.

/took this more seriously than others, Definitely posted before I lurked.
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[Theseventhson]

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I like that he spelled vegetarian wrong.

[DCfreak]

meh, fail is fail

but its kind of hard to really view any democratic principles in "ruling the world."
Spellcheck should be my friend, if I used it.

[miapiv89]

That's a tad extreme. I think a head-tax is fair, but regulating reproduction is a bit much.

I didn't think about being fair, people would still feel the need to have too many children with a head tax. But in all seriousness, there are too many people in the world.

[GeeBee]

I didn't think about being fair, people would still feel the need to have too many children with a head tax. But in all seriousness, there are too many people in the world.

Haha, no argument there.

[Formatfun]

If I had my own world, I'd build you an empire.

/lol
lol

I don't know what I'd do. Be really rich I guess and live in a huge mansion with many guards.

[CatalinaCaper]

I would order the excruciating torture of that guy spamming the site.

[Machu505]

I'd exile Michael Bay to a comet.

[drzafs]

If I ruled the earth, I'd sail ships over seas untill sundown. Then I'd return to walk these streets alone.

[ZzyzxScarecrow]

I'm not talking about just my school. It seems like a lot of decisions that people make regarding politics involve religion.
do you understand what the separation of church in state was originally intended to be? because based on this, it doesn't seem like it. a person's religion is the lense through which they see life. you can't turn it on and off... so obviously "religious" people will make political decisions based on their beliefs, and there's nothing inherently wrong with that- "involvement" of religion in political decisions isn't what the separation of church and state is supposed to prevent.

[introduction]

does that include yourself?

never said i was human.

[zion the lion]

Yeah, health, schools...regulating space colonization...the OBVIOUS shit. :rolleyes:

I forgot that my normal and your guy's normal are two different things. It seemed obvious to me though.

[Deadbolt23]

Make combovers necessary.

[ropati]

never said i was human.



are you spam?

[RushAndAPush]

Free Ice-cream!!!!!

[Jennurna Gray]

I hear Jerusalem bells ringing, Roman Catholic choirs are singing, be my mirror, my sword, my sheild, missionaries are in a foreign feild. For some reason I can't explain, I know St Peter will call my name. Never an honest word, but that was when I ruled the world.

[Jennurna Gray]

Free Ice-cream!!!!!
Win.

[tottivillarossi]

I'd reduce the rape count by forcing women to yield more easily.

[introduction]

are you spam?

no...i am your father. search your feelings. you know it to be true.

[acemvivere]

Take a good look at what exactly I've come to "rule" by flying around the world in eighty days.

Order every single person in the world to just shut the hell up, and go to sleep for an entire day.

In the midst of that global nap - abdicate.

[apoemtothedead]

Legalize it maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.
Build a space ship to go to deep space. And last but not least...
http://www.keepaa.com/images/anon/2009/200903/20090309/aa6cf8895e0b5ddcbeef9bffd3c867ce.jp g
Gotta nuke somebody.

[Alou]

Try to spread the concept of tolerance around. Because I'm getting intolerant of intolerant people.

[Tead42]

I'd fill it with wealth and desire
A glorious past to admire?

[journeyhayes]

if i ruled the world hmm the world would always smell like the hollister store, NO homeless people at all!!! rain sour patch watermelons everyday

[caveBEAR]

if i ruled the world hmm the world would always smell like the hollister store, NO homeless people at all!!! rain sour patch watermelons everyday

Why would you even wander into a forum called 'Politics'? Is this the kind of A-Game you plan on bringing to all the threads in here?

[live.]

I'd put Stewart/Colbert on Fox News and all of Fox News on Comedy Central.

[caveBEAR]

:lol:

[journeyhayes]

Why would you even wander into a forum called 'Politics'? Is this the kind of A-Game you plan on bringing to all the threads in here?
no duh!!!! dumb ass

[SLoT]

If I ruled the world it would start out tyrannical while I set things up and rid the world of as much evil as possible. Then it would be a neverending quest for some sort of overall peace. Yes it's broad, but it's too deep to go into any further and essentially those are my overall goals, so everything I do specifically is just a point on the map of the overall picture.

[caveBEAR]

If I ruled the world it would start out tyrannical while I set things up and rid the world of as much evil as possible. Then it would be a neverending quest for some sort of overall peace. Yes it's broad, but it's too deep to go into any further and essentially those are my overall goals, so everything I do specifically is just a point on the map of the overall picture.

I couldn't see this plan going wrong anywhere... :-|

[SLoT]

I couldn't see this plan going wrong anywhere... :-|
Like I said, too broad to get into. It would break down into countless rearrangings/breakdowns/build ups of corporations, prison systems, schooling, military, farming, housing, drugs (all of them, pharmaceuticals included), medical, monetary, etc... This is why I kept it broad. I've thought about this since I was in high school. And me and my best friend have regular talks about the effects of trying to reform a society, usually it's just America we're dealing with, but in this case (for this thread specifically) it's the entire world. If you're trying to create the "perfect" world it's never going to happen, but that wasn't what the original question of the thread was. In the end if I ruled the world, nothing would be the same for anyone, period.

[caveBEAR]

Like I said, too broad to get into. It would break down into countless rearrangings/breakdowns/build ups of corporations, prison systems, schooling, military, farming, housing, drugs (all of them, pharmaceuticals included), medical, monetary, etc... This is why I kept it broad. I've thought about this since I was in high school. And me and my best friend have regular talks about the effects of trying to reform a society, usually it's just America we're dealing with, but in this case (for this thread specifically) it's the entire world. If you're trying to create the "perfect" world it's never going to happen, but that wasn't what the original question of the thread was. In the end if I ruled the world, nothing would be the same for anyone, period.

That's all well and good, but when you
start out tyrannical

you aren't going to have a good situation on your hands.

[SLoT]

That's all well and good, but when you


you aren't going to have a good situation on your hands.
I realize this, but then again I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

[caveBEAR]

I realize this, but then again I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Not before the oppressed throw you off it.


Tyranny doesn't work even under the best intentions because not everyone's goals are identical.

[SLoT]

Not before the oppressed throw you off it.


Tyranny doesn't work even under the best intentions because not everyone's goals are identical.
Well luckily for us this isn't really happening, and like I've said since the beginning I'm keeping it broad. I know not everyone has identical goals, but I've also said, if I was the ruler of the world nothing would be the same. I really meant that. I'm not saying it would be a great place to live or that people would adore me, my goal though would be to try and find some common peace between everyone I can. I'm a 24 year old photographer from Dunedin Florida, I'm obviously not equipped, or nearly smart enough to run the world.

[thursday727]

I dunno about the world but if i was President i'd.

legalize marijuana / end the drug war
legalize or decriminalize all other victimless crimes
keep the internet free from censorship
end federal reserve
end income tax
flat sales tax and tarrifs
end the irs
end DHS
end CIA use Open Source intelligence
bring home all our overseas troops /close all overseas bases
anmesty for illegal immigrants while closing the border.
election reform/ end left-right paradigm.

[loveisdead]

I had no idea Ron Paul was a member of this website.

[Animalhill]

I had no idea Ron Paul was a member of this website.
:-d

[thursday727]

did you guys hear about how Bernie Sanders fucking ruined Ron Paul's audit the Fed bill last minute?
same day the market dropped 1000 points from "market manipulation" hmmmmmmmmmm....

[BornUnderPunches]

i would buy all the candy in the world