I wouldn't go back in time and shoot Hitler, as that is just trading a known variable for unknown one, and given how close we came to losing that is not a chance I'd wonna take. Instead I would go back further, probably 1770s and I would convince Louis the 16th to have me pose as his son and act the ideal French heir, and openly endorse enlightenment ideals. Then when cunt died I would take power and work to form France into a stable democracy based on enlightenment principles. Thus adverting the french revolution and Napoleonic wars whilst encouraging enlightenment and equality. As a result these value would spread all that much quicker thus sowing the seeds for an end to colonialism and a rise of democracy far quicker while being to maintain power by the advancement and wealth that an empowered middle class creates. The spreading of these ideals earlier would undermine imperialist authority and prevent the reorganization of Europe after the Napoleonic wars thus circumventing WWI while still slowly ending imperialism (namely by calling all colonials French citizens and giving the same voting rights and education.)
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
