(September 15, 2016 at 9:12 am)Crossless1 Wrote:(September 15, 2016 at 6:39 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: I believe most people are idiots.
I believe the world needs to be pressured into adapting to a world government.
I believe such a government should have unlimited powers over all of its citizens. I don't believe in equal political rights, but I do believe in an imperfect democracy in which political powers are delegated based on intellectual merit and popularity. I don't believe in representatives, at least not in the traditional sense. We already have the technology to allow for anyone to become a statesman. We only have to put our minds and hearts into using it.
I believe in the obliteration of the distinction between private and public. What I am advocating resurfaces as an instantaneous embodiment of both in their most extreme forms.
I believe you would not be anywhere near the top of the heap in your strange scenario, despite your well documented sense of supreme intellectual prowess. I believe you would be surprised at how miserable you would be in such a situation.
Oh, wait. I'm supposed to present a controversial view.
Never mind.
Quite the contrary. The lower I were on the list, the happier I would be.