If I ruled the world...

[Easy-X]

One single change or focus to change the world. Sensible suggestions please, not "free hand-jobs on the NHS" you filthy beasts!

For example: I'd aim to make energy free or as near free as possible. More nuclear, more solar, more wind, more gas if necessary (although I wouldn't go as far as coal) instead throwing it away on hot nurses and lube free at point of use healthcare.

If energy was free everything else would be cheaper, including healthcare. Daft things like water in plastic bottles would go as there'd be no excuse not to use and recycle glass. Winter fuel payments would become redundant as would half the social security budget. And while no one would pay for electricity, business taxes would be proportional to energy usage - gotta pay for it all somehow! - encouraging industry to be more energy efficient
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[FF68]

If I ruled the world? Mmm. Interesting thought/debate. Firstly, I think I would make it mandatory for everyone to get along and respect each other as a priority and I would make that law punishable by death.

[to v or not to v]

burn it all down.
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[BanditsHigh]

I'd wipe the human race out ... no more damage to the planet, no more energy problems, food problems, health problems, suffering, enslavement etc.

We are a cancerous growth on the planet and nothing we do will stop the damage we are doing, well unless we massively reduce the population, which isn't going to happen until the next world war breaks out, which it will at some point when we start fighting over dwindling resources!

[MarJay]

I'm not one of these anarchist anti capitalists but...

I'd definitely remove capitalism as best I could. I'd keep the system of money we have at the moment, but I'd disable people from acruing billions of pounds or dollars. Any excess people make I'd tax and give to the NHS. I'd want the same for the US and other places where the healthcare system is for profit. Why?

Well, in the US a lot unseen unthought about issues arise from needing health insurance. Most people get their insurance through their jobs, so there are hardly any self employed people in the US. It's a tiny tiny percentage. People stick with jobs they absolutely hate because they might lose the insurance, not just for them, but for their whole family too. People take absolute crap from their bosses, bad payrises, terrible conditions because they cannot afford to privately purchase medical insurance and need it for their kids or sometimes sick relatives.

I'd also make sure that everyone had at least a room to stay in, and could eat at least basic food. The idea of universal income has been scoffed at a lot, but if it was not too high, and allowed people to get the basics and live in a room or two it would solve a lot of poverty issues.

Nobody needs a billion dollars or pounds. Nobody can earn that using any concept of an hourly wage or salary. It's essentially taken by paper transactions relating to an asset or intellectual property that is not *worth* that amount of money. Take JK Rowling. She wrote Harry Potter and because of the IP laws and popularity of the character and stories, she now lives on a yacht and bankrolls legal challenges that stop people from being who they want to be. That shouldn't happen. She should absolutely be able to become a millionaire from writing a few stories. She should not have been able to earn more money than any human can realistically spend in their lifetime.

It would also stop undue influence of the rich in politics. If it were done globally it would probably stop a lot of people trafficking too.

Humans need to look at things as less transactional on a big picture scale I think, but we're inherently selfish and probably won't ever be able to reach that sadly.
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[A100man]

[andys675]

[MarJay]

[panrider_uk]

If the playing field were made level again then some would save/invest and some would spend/waste and we'd be right back where we are now.
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[Easy-X]

[MarJay]

[hellkat]

Celebrities must be made to provide free shags to gladsome busty boomer-mamas* on the NHS.

My consultant of the week is Dr Schwarzenegger.




*But not anyone who has a face like a bucket full of arseholes like this blue-haired harridan that popped up in my ads at the bottom of the page today. Even Arnold doesn't deserve that.
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[hellkat]

OK that wasn't very serious.

I'll try to think of something that isn't (a) too hippy, (b) too capitalist or (c) too socialist ... or doesn't make me sound like Jacinda Ardern.

Tough call...

#illbeback
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[Polarbear]

When I was at college a lecturer told me how real equality worked. He said we collect all the money in the country and share it out equally. Then when I have spent my share we collect all the money in and share it out equally again. Can't see much wrong with that.

Seriously -

I would implement the universal income and tell people, that's it. Not one penny more from the state. I'd get rid of all the departments we wouldn't need then. It would probably save more with the amount of civil servants, council departments and quangos we could get rid of.

Oh, and just to show I'm still the lovable fascist you all know, boat migrants and immigrants would have to become citizens and work for at least a year before being allowed to claim it.
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[Asharin]

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[Robby]

I would team up with Marjay.

The question is about ruling the world, which means it's possible to set and enforce a global tax policy and a global defence policy. So that makes it possible to have no more billionaires, and no more wars using anything more significant than a gang armed with cricket bats and kitchen knives.

I would gradually introduce a basic safety net for those places where it is lacking, making access to food, shelter and healthcare a human right. That, combined with a lack of war, would probably satisfy people who complain about immigration. Few people want to leave their home country if the conditions there are good enough to stay.

If I get to have a scifi handwave as well, then superconductors fix the fossil fuel problem. There is always enough sun and wind to power the planet, the problem is distribution. Superconductors solve this problem. The hydrogen fetishists get to have their hydrogen, it isn't a problem if the energy to make it is dirt cheap.

Corruption is dealt with in a non-flashy way. Corrupt officials are named and shamed, assets taken away, and they get to start from zero as an average citizen of their country. This removes the incentive to keep doubling down, as happens when the alternatives are life in prison or death.

[Easy-X]

I did start with "One single change..." to try and keep it simple You could have saved a lot of time and just said "I'd execute anyone with any talent"
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[TbirdX]

Religion outlawed, flat earthers, moon landing conspiracists, 911 nuts rounded up and shot, littering made an executionable offence, the world space exploration program started, anyone who says fusion power is just around the corner made to watch coronation St episodes until it is, David Thorpe to get a (world) knighthood and keys to the world, free healthcare for all.
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[hellkat]

Panda-shaped hot water bottles for everybody!



Ok, motorcycle-shaped ones, then

Edit: Consultant of the week: Hugh Grant (older version)
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[MarJay]

[Easy-X]

Define "billionaire" and define "fair share".

Most people define wealth in terms of total not liquid assets, but taxing people based on non-liquid assets - often with a speculative rather than real value - instead of income means they have to sell their assets to pay their taxes. Great plan, ask a farmer And they have to sell them when the government says not when the return is optimal.

"Fair share" - is it fair some people pay nothing in taxes and get all their housing, food, medical and educational needs provided by the State and others pay out almost half their income and take nothing? Very strange definition of fair.

I agree asset accumulation has got out of hand but sending a message "don't achieve, don't be successful" doesn't sound like a great long-term plan I haven't got an answer as yet but previously rich people tended to blow their wads on charity and the arts so maybe encourage more of that.

As to avoiding taxes, who doesn't? Or conversely, who volunteers to pay more taxes? Almost no one. Why is that? Could it be that the "return on investment" in government institutions is seen as so poor the only way to get the money is by pointing guns at people?
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[TheBikerStig]

Speed limits wouldn't be limits, at least not in the way they are now. To be penalized for speeding, an actual element of danger would need to be shown. So speeding in town is obviously risky and you'd get penalized in the usual way. Doing a ton on an empty motorway? You can't be penalized unless there were other factors involved.

Speed limits fuckin grip my shit.

If speed cameras can measure your speed they can measure distance. They do fuck all about tailgators which are very dangerous. Makes you wonder don't it.
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[MarJay]

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