Read the poll question. If you would, talk about what you would do with it? how would you rule? This is serious, so don't just say "OMG I would kill everyone".
Yes, and turn the country into a democrasy
High, Russia is already a democracy.
I would take it, for sure. I would rule as a dictator but not necesarily a tyrannical one. I'd make sure money goes where it needs to be, while still maintianing everything else. I'd make the country an economical powerhouse. I would pour a lot of money into education programs, every citizen would have to attend 16 years of schooling (that includes collge).
and lastly, Id make sure I would stay in power till the day I died. Then the leader to replace me would have already been picked by me prior to my death.
You say this now, but think logically. If you were truly given that much power, the power would corrupt your mind.
And we all know what happens with a corrupt mind right? Bad bad bad choices.
I'd rule in a 1984-ish fashion, if possible. Just so I could stay in power as long as I could.
Yes, I'd turn my people into the Valhallen 31st regiment from WarHammer 40k.
I'm such a nerd.. Anyway, I would.
Yes, and I'd change the whole country to an Anarchist society. If implimented correctly, it'd be a utopian society.
If I were offered a dictatorship to Russia.. I'd take it, who wouldn't? I'd get alot of money for myself, set up a demcracy, then leave with the ton of money. I don't feel like running the largest country on Earth.
Utopia, greek for nowhere. I just find that funny.
I'd make a democracy, but not after i have some fun... (Bye bye africa, and the worlds aids population goes down 75%!!!) xD Jk,
I'd make a democracy
heh i dont know what i would do as a dictator but i would do it
You people are

ing psycho's. This was a serious post.
Personally I like Spirit_of_the_Slient's idea. I really wouldn't want to have to run a country for long, so yeah I'd make some money, take it, and leave.
Yeah, this isn't really a serious discussion at all...
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Anyways, I would take the power and become their greatest leader ever with my infinite wisdom and surpreme judgement. I'd set up a website where people could voice their opinions in an easy fashion. I'd get lots of loving from the females.
and the entire country would weep at my death.
DT_BK was giving russia as an example... But even so, I don't know understand why you'd turn it into a decmocracy unless you know you were going to be a crappy leader anyways. If I didn't have a worthy enough successor to take my place, only then might I think of changing the government. The weakness of democracy is that nothing ever gets done... If all the people in power keep getting replaced, work profiency suffers. I know the governemnt spends most of it's time fooling around with the whole idea > bill > law system. It prevents, what, laws that the people don't want being passed? It prevents like all laws being passed. My infinite wisdom won't need any power checking from some old guys who only care about their own personal beliefs, not the people they represent.
QUOTE(High @ Dec 18 2004, 04:44 PM)
Yes, and turn the country into a democrasy
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you forget that democracy has been tried already.
and you wouldn't be handed a dicatorship, you'd be handed whatever it is they have right now and create a dictatorship.
Oh I would certainly take it. Russia, a former nuclear power, could be the place I need to facilitate my takeover of the rest of the world.
NOT kidding.
I know it would corrupt my mind quickly.... But I would want to take power away from all groups. When groups such as religions or terrorist networks or something gain too much power, they start to take control of people. If they can't do anything, things would be a lot better. I also wouldn't take any prejudice crap. ANyone against a certain culture or something would find themself mysteriously in an accident of some sort....
I would also want to improve the economy, perhaps restart it. A capitalist money society ends up with unequal power, and a socialist/communist society results in a lack of work with no reward system and stuff. Everything would be screwed so I'd just take control and keep certain boundaries on the economy. Such as welfare to poor people but I'd have them really encouraged to work harder because the welfare would be enough to stop them from dying from scurvy and that's it....
Problem is if you take over the world from Russia, the US is gonna get erally pissed. If you try to take over the world from the US, Russia and North Korea will be really pissed. You'd have to do it from some island with anti nuke missile defnese things and take over everything so everyone is pissed. That's what I'd do anyways..., since if everyone is nuked, there aren't many people left to rule, unless you kill all the people who screw everything up and stand in your way....
If you nuked the ice caps, the world would flood. You wouldn't need to nuke all the countries.
-I would Get back Communism...
-Rebuild The URSS Empire...
-Retake the position of the "The most Powerfull country on the world"...
-Take usa and drop bush into a cargo to a goulag...
-Give the usa to the canada...
-Take control over the earth...
-Drop any polluant away from the earth...
-Build many park...
-Instore peace threat...
-kill all criminal...
And I will finish my breakfast...
And a 'goulag' would be...?
Don't take the position, because due to today's complex web of so many different philosophies, regardless of WHAT you do, the media can turn you into a tyrant. You will be assassinated before you know what hit you (suicide bomber, bullet, knife, etc.)!
I would hire like 500000 women who had no aids or anything like that and do some quintuplets²²²²²²².
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his is serious, so don't just say "OMG I would kill everyone".

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Don't take the position, because due to today's complex web of so many different philosophies, regardless of WHAT you do, the media can turn you into a tyrant. You will be assassinated before you know what hit you (suicide bomber, bullet, knife, etc.)!
Hey, They killed John F. Kenedey Because he was for peace... Why they don't kill Bush!
You know, My father telled me something about those "president" They are muppet... Who have the real control? "Men with Money" ....there is no president... Only the "men with Money" rule the world...
The powerful rich people in the aprties have the power. Probably why some republicans got pissed when Schwarzzenager (or however the heck you spell it =\ ) supported stem cell research and didn't listen to everything that aws wanted of him. other than that, most political people
are puppets.
I think I should take over, and change everything around when everyone else's economy crashed and stuff. The United States of Canada, wooot! Would make people angry though =\ . I probably would be shot before I got to do anything but if I lived (please work 'power overwhelming'), then I would try to improve the Russian economy. Changing it back into the USSR would piss a lot of people off and spark a nuclear war most likely.

, erm, I mean =\ .
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If you nuked the ice caps, the world would flood. You wouldn't need to nuke all the countries.
But the ice caps are big, would take a lot of nukes to melt it. You'd have to find big pressure points and stuff, and nuke the crap out of them, then hope the west and east shelf collapse. Can you say sea level up by 80 meters.

RUSSIA IS TURNING FASCIST, JUST WAIT...