# Would You Be The Leader of Humanity **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 1, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933 "2010-05-01T01:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/21 "2010-05-01T13:09:42Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I put yes. Why not? Well sure, _YOU_ should say yes. You’d do a great job. It’s just the rest of us that I worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/22 "2010-05-01T14:04:05Z")
Do I know who the first runner-up is before I make my choice? Because I don’t think I’d be the best possible choice for the job. But, no offense intended, I think I’d do a better job than Curtis would. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/23 "2010-05-01T14:08:47Z")
I voted “No”. It just wouldn’t work. The only way a one-world government could be effective, is without such an important figurehead. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/24 "2010-05-01T15:11:39Z")
Yes, if for no other reason than I could (presumably) choose my own successor, and resign. I wouldn’t trust the other jackasses of the world to pick someone on their own—probably the best they’d come up with would be a tie between Vladimir Putin and the Dalai Llama. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/25 "2010-05-01T15:43:08Z")
I’d do it, but I’d probably be unpopular as I’d do what was necessary for the good of everyone rather than what was palatable. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/26 "2010-05-01T15:49:58Z")
Absolutely. I’d be like Sarah Palin. I wouldn’t blink. The world need my Lordship. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/27 "2010-05-01T16:34:56Z")
Yay I broke the tie and yes pulls into the lead. So, who wants to work for me? I’m sure there are some key positions that I could fill from the wise posters here. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/28 "2010-05-01T16:37:13Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Yay I broke the tie and yes pulls into the lead. > > So, who wants to work for me? I’m sure there are some key positions that I could fill from the wise posters here. I was once banned from human research - Can I be Minister of Science? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/29 "2010-05-01T16:38:22Z")
Hell, no, I hate meetings! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/30 "2010-05-01T16:53:08Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Hell, no, I hate meetings! So make it your first order of business to ban all meetings. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/31 "2010-05-01T17:02:11Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > **Curtis** , my man…with all due respect, don’t you think maybe you oughta finish junior high before you take over the world? Ya gotta wait your turn, dude. Me and **Skald** been in line a lot longer than you. > 😃 You know very well I have no interest in actually **ruling** the world, **Oak**. Too much work. Well … I’d change gun laws to what you and I think are reasonable, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/32 "2010-05-01T17:03:13Z")
I think we should have a worldwide vote on this, and disqualify every single person who says they want to rule the earth. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/33 "2010-05-01T17:07:04Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I think we should have a worldwide vote on this, and disqualify every single person who says they want to rule the earth. I protest, as I might get pushed into the job in that case, and I would be so filled with rage at the prospect that I would probably massacre everyone in Europe, instead of merely the people of Wales as per my current plan. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/34 "2010-05-01T17:09:55Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > I certainly would as I believe that with humanity’s natural provincialism and division, a united world government is needed and I think only a few men can be visionary and wise enough to lead it. And you think you’re one of the few men who’s visionary and wise enough to lead the world? I would, of course. I would style the world as a cult of personality centered around myself. Whores and Lincolns for all my friends! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/35 "2010-05-01T17:19:20Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I protest, as I might get pushed into the job in that case, and I would be so filled with rage at the prospect that I would probably massacre everyone in Europe, instead of merely the people of Wales as per my current plan. Well, you have to keep your plans fluid. > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > And you think you’re one of the few men who’s visionary and wise enough to lead the world?\ **Curtis** has a certainty untainted by experience. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/36 "2010-05-01T17:35:40Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I would, of course. I would style the world as a cult of personality centered around myself. Whores and Lincolns for all my friends! Now I can’t help visualizing you as Belkar Bitterleaf. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/37 "2010-05-01T17:40:57Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Now I can’t help visualizing you as Belkar Bitterleaf. I’m a sexy, shoeless God of war! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/38 "2010-05-01T19:00:35Z")
[Related thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561653) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/39 "2010-05-02T03:34:22Z")
Yes, I’d do it, if I was elected to it. (I wouldn’t want some shadowy cabal to thrust me into it, and then kill me when I got too ornery or asked too many questions for their taste). If it was a democratic, pluralistic, federal world government under the rule of law with a market economy and civil liberties for all, then hell yeah, I’d do it! It’d be the challenge - and the chance - of a lifetime for a political junkie like me. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-the-leader-of-humanity/537933/40 "2010-05-02T03:35:58Z")
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