# Conservatives: If there had to be a dictator, what would you want him/her to be like? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-if-there-had-to-be-a-dictator-what-would-you-want-him-her-to-be-like/925932 "2020-11-19T00:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-if-there-had-to-be-a-dictator-what-would-you-want-him-her-to-be-like/925932/18 "2020-11-21T02:33:03Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > And really, you **are** doing the equivalent of asking atheists what god they would like to believe in No, he isn’t - if you want to see what asking atheists what god they would like to believe in, look no further than right here: > [@Atheists: If there had to be a god, what would you want it to be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-if-there-had-to-be-a-god-what-would-you-want-it-to-be-like/922280): > > In the past, when there were such threads, some Dopers dodged the hypothetical by replying, “I don’t want there to be a god, period.” So - suppose we bypass that for a moment - if there had to be a god - no dodging this - what would you want it to be like? You get to choose the attributes of such a god. Would you prefer it be a god who creates the Universe but then leaves it to its own devices and does not do anything more? (the analogy of the “creator who winds up a watch and lets it tick”) W… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-if-there-had-to-be-a-dictator-what-would-you-want-him-her-to-be-like/925932)._