No way! Even with the best intentions, I would make a mess of everything. I just couldn’t handle coordinating all the different types of people in this world with different values, goals, etc.
-PrayHarder
Day 1: Let’s solve problems.
Day 2: Wow are there a lot of problems.
Day 3: Why won’t you work with me to solve problems?
Day 4: Nothing is going to plan.
Day 5: Humans are the source of our problems. We must eliminate the source of problems.
Too many divergent people with divergent wants/needs. I’m for a more hands off and let’s all be nice approach. But seems many are looking for a strongman type leader. And others yet are looking to burn it all down.
Ayyy
In all seriousness, some societies benefit from a strong-arm authority keeping them in line while others suffer. In the Persian empire for example, it was necessary to use brutal methods to keep the ethnically diverse population from acting up, and we saw the same thing with Saddam Hussein. Other societies like modern-day nation states thrive in more democratic power structures. BTW, I disavow scaphism, etc.
I would be an absolute dictator. The Benedictine way would be enforced strictly. No one would be happy. Much better to have someone that would be humble enough to share power.
If I ran it, no congress, not judiciary, no committees, no constitution or other structural document, and nobody but my own judgment, yea, I’d love to run the show. I’d follow one tenet I’ve learned from Paul; “examine all things, keep that which is good…”
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