Recently I have come to the conclusion that the only hope for a sane government in my country is by me personally taking control, and shaping things how I see fit. For this to work, I'd need absolute, unlimited powers. This got me thinking, why not share the idea? Let's imagine you have been given absolute, total control over the whole planet. What would you do? What measures would you take to put the world right?
I'll go first:
Step one: the media will be taken over. All existing newspapers will be shut down, except the ones I agree with. Publications I dislike will be either closed down completely, or placed under new management and taken in a totally different direction. All newspapers will be required to publish stories conveying the correct values. Stories that I dislike (such as those that spread ignorance, prejudice, fear and other forms of stupidity) will be banned. My preferences, values and interests will be promoted.
Step two: The public will be educated by massive information campaigns on subjects that I think are important. Bias and misinformation will be challenged and defeated. Facts will replace ignorance, as sunlight replaces darkness.
Step three: Extremist ideologies will be mercilessly hunted down and destroyed. The cancer of Wahhabism will be eliminated. ISIS will be eliminated. The Taliban will be eliminated. The Republican party in America will be eliminated. Right wing parties and groups in every country will be eliminated. Etc.
Step four: The state of Israel will be completely reformed. In its place, a united Palestine will be restored. All Palestinian refugees will be given their land back and allowed to return. All property will be returned to its rightful owners. The illegal Israeli wall will be demolished. All current and former Israeli politicians and military units will be investigated; those found guilty of war crimes will be put on trial, sentenced and punished according to the full penalty of law. Israeli people will be allowed to stay, as long as they respect equal rights for everyone, i.e the two populations become one single country with equal rights for all citizens.
Step five: The governments of nearly every country on the planet are run by incompetent fools and corrupt, self-serving swines. They will all be removed from office, placed on trial and punished, according to the full penalty of law. The same applies to former government ministers as well, especially George Bush and Tony Blair.
Step six: School education will be completely overhauled. Children everywhere will be taught the correct values: peace, tolerance and all that good stuff. They will also learn things that are actually useful for their lives; irrelevant subjects will be removed and relegated to higher education, where specialists can choose to pursue it.
Step seven: Any person who drives dangerously in a public area will immediately lose their licence.
Step eight: any person who litters will be severely punished. Litter is not acceptable people: put it in the bin!
Step nine: Popular culture is a load of horse shite. From now on, all movies, all music, all tv shows and all magazines and websites will be required to produce intelligent content with some kind of artistic merit. Movies, music, etc that I dislike will be banned. Themes and values that I like will be promoted. We'll have an end to shallow, vacuous celebrities that lack talent; proper artists will be celebrated instead.
Step ten: Free pizza for everyone!
That'll do for now! What about you? What measures would you take if you ruled the world?