DES, the superhero (no, really)

[Crescent Pulsar S]

Secret Santa!?

[Spokavriel]

Not santa. He wrote a Manifesto that has been reprinted in every language on Earth. And nearly 60% of the world appears to still be following his definition of progress.

[Crescent Pulsar S]

How do you know he isn't secretly Santa?

And what is his definition of progress? Seems like anyone else's idea of progress, outside of anything defined as American, is anti-American.

[Spokavriel]

You know the whole total democracy thing everyone equal with only equal stuff allowed and one vote each under a single supreme leader kind of thing. He called it something that translates to utopia. I have an original language copy in my black computer that isn't running right now.

[Crescent Pulsar S]

How does democracy go together with a supreme leader? Or is the leader a mutant burrito?

[Spokavriel]

Single vote one political office that can be voted on at all. No representatives just the one voted in leader. Everyone else in authority appointed by said leader. You know total democracy dictatorship.

[Crescent Pulsar S]

Huh. Not too far from one of the ways I'd do it. Too bad people demonize dictatorships because of human nature, since there's nothing wrong with the concept itself. Heck, people like figureheads, whether as a scapegoat of opponents or the crowning glory of their ideology/party.

[Spokavriel]

What is a Monarchy (Something loved in history) but a Dictatorship that gets passed down to the children of the current leader.

[Crescent Pulsar S]

Which isn't the same, although I think that dictators are liable to pass the reins to family members as well, if given the chance. I'd say that monarchy is worse because power is expected to pass down through the family, so the prospective rulers are born with entitlement, likely indoctrinated by their forebearer(s) (wow; neither spelling of that word is recognized by my spellchecker ;/), and are very unlikely to be sympathetic or empathetic to those they rule over. Power and authority, for them, is like answering the call of nature: why hate them for doing what comes naturally?

If I went the democratically-elected dictator route, I'd have them stay in office only so long as the population was satisfied that they were doing what they wanted them to do. The dictator can act freely, but the people hold the leash. The government's nature would basically put the people at the head of power, with the dictator acting on their behalf. (Which kind of defeats what makes a dictator a dictator, but I've no other reference to use to describe the type of government it is.) This mainly stems from my dislike of parties and multiple branches of government: there's too many cooks in the kitchen, and divided against each other on top of that, often serving based on profiling people rather than giving them a menu so they can pick whatever they feel like at the time.

Mind you, I don't have any more faith in the population doing any better than any leadership that consists of a comparatively-smaller group, entity or person. But most people like the idea of having (the) power, which is no wonder why so many leaders of history abuse their station. It just seems to be human nature that so many people who seek positions of power -- and get it -- are ones who are corrupted and morally bankrupt.

[Spokavriel]

/branches and parties are different. The branches worked before a president started making a whole second government inside the Executive branch. Both Ben Franklin and George Washington were opposed to party politics. What we have here is a damaged copy of a system that worked. Broken by the parties born of slavery.

[Crescent Pulsar S]

I know the branches are different, but they're all infested with party politics, which kind of defeats the purpose of a multi-branched government. And it doesn't help that at least two of the three branches are compromised by money and corporate interests. Regardless of which of those is responsible for it, if not all of the above, the legislative and executive branches don't so much as check and balance as butt heads. Because they're butt heads, now.

[J. St.C. Patrick]

D.E.S. an inspiration for fashion?

[Neko-]

Kill it with fire!



Wait... DES needs to die... Who cares about the dress/fashion bit...

*looks again*

Skip that... That fashion statement needs to die too...

[Crescent Pulsar S]

That's your answer to everything.

A parental unit: "How was your day at school?"

Neko-: "Kill it with fire!"

[Neko-]

Indeed... Fire answers all!

DES should cuddle up with Rapidash