No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world xiao @sh.itjust.works 2 mo. ago

If you could substract* a leader from this world which one would you choose ?

Please let us know the reason !

*Just snapping your fingers, no violence

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I would retroactively subtract Ronald Ragen.
- Not how you spell his name, but I'll allow the disrespect to his name. Probably shouldn't have capitolized his name though....
  
  Not how you spell "capitalized", and I won't allow you to disrespect an innocent word.
  
  It's always so fun when a pedant jumps into a thread.
Putin
Wait... Are we guaranteed that whoever comes next won't be as bad? Because, things can always get worse that's for sure
- If things can always get worse then the corollary is that things can always get better too
  
  Maybe when the horrible people see that a horrible person just melted away into nothingness after some rando snapped their fingers they might change their tune
Can't I just do all? Pretty please
- Just hold Ctrl while you click them.
  
  Ctrl+A to save you plenty of clicks.
  
  I'ma hold shift
- I'll admit, it would be pretty tempting. If I had the godlike power to scrap this iteration of the planet and just start over, I think I would.
  
  I would also, minus the 'start over' part.
Does "World's Richest Man" count as a leader? Because I'm struggling to think of any negatives to him being suddenly substracted from the world.

Also, TIL that substracted is a valid, albeit obsolete, variant of subtract.
If you are talking about nation state leaders, I'm struggling to think of one where they don't just end up getting replaced with someone similar - Putin turning to magic dust doesn't suddenly dismantle the structure that allows for a dictator, so another dictator will slide into the void. Same with Trump - American politics doesn't stop being insane just cos he's not around, and now that people know/think that a politician of his style can win, there will be a queue to cynical imitators ready to go.

I'm less familiar with Indian politics, but I don't think the BJP suddenly loses its power if Modi disappeared. Israel will still have it's hard right nationalist core without Netanyahu. North Korea will find another Kim.

I guess my thesis is "focus on systems, not people"
Reagan
Rupert Murdoch
Netyanuh
Either Netanyahu or Putin
McConnel.
Capitalism

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