It's good to be king.

I wouldn't be able to handle those kinds of expectations and hopes of literally billions of people.

Now, if I could be like an ethereal god-king, then omg, kneel to Your Worship. ;P Authority backed up by divinity is too much of a fun trope for me to resist.
 
I would not be one to aspire to be Queen of the World.

However if, hypothetically, they were to just randomly single me out and make me Queen of The World; I might abuse my authority to right some egregious human rights violations around the planet. I'd probably fire about a hundred or so petty dictators and eliminate some more civilized but corrupt rulers or officials in different places.

I'd institute a hard enforcement of all basic rights; basically outlawing all forms of discrimination against people for things they are. So basically I'd port in the best of all of the civilized western laws regarding those things; toss out the crap or shitty exceptions I'm looking at you states with RFRAs and basically make it difficult on anyone who wants to discriminate against others.

I'd probably make a metric ton of enemies in doing so but I'd also line up laws around the world regarding things like copyright, trademark and such and put a stop to all the ridiculousness that is the current sorry state that is the entertainment industry now in regards to digital media and availability around the world. Basically; I'd make it illegal to make something available online only to certain geographic areas. I'd also make it illegal to pursue someone for piracy if the content isn't/wasn't readily available through accessible legitimate/legal means in their geographical area. If you want to retain your rights globally you have to distribute it globally or not discourage when people obtain it on their own. Software Licenses would require offline license authentication mechanisms; these must be present from the release to manufacturing and you may "prefer" online authentication; but there should be NO REDUCTION in functionality of the software because of it. Software Patents would be abolished; file a copyright. It's no different than a song or a movie; you only have rights if someone is outright ripping off your hard work; not if they stole your idea! Patents themselves would be severely crippled and only granted to real, specific innovative products which are ostensibly unique in design and are doing something in which the patented product or method is the only scientifically proven way possible to do so. Patents would not be granted until someone actually is ready to begin mass-manufacturing. Patents would not be allowed to cover "Industry Standard" things; if it becomes a standard, you lose the patent, but you are still allowed to collect some reasonable royalties.

I would also declare worldwide Net Neutrality; and require that all ISPs and network providers not charge by the (Kilo/Mega/Giga)byte. All service access packages would be required by law to be unlimited in nature. You can sell your service at various speeds at or above the minimum requirement of 1MB/s (8mbps).

I would also require regulation of public utilities, including internet access; but I'd leave that up to the countries themselves to decide what the fair prices are. I'd step in though if there was serious and obvious corruption in that decision though.

I'd outlaw the Death Penalty for non-violent crimes, or for violation of religious prohibitions. Otherwise the usage of Death Penalty is up to countries to decide in their own jurisdictions.

I'd probably borrow a few amendments from the US constitution; namely the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and borrow a few clauses from other amendments where they could apply. I would also likely import a number of similar things from other constitutions or doctrines from things like the Bill of Rights and more.

In essence; I'd view my power as one that upholds the right of the individuals and to check the individual governments when they do excessive harm to those rights without the permission of those under their jurisdiction.
 
Too much effort to become the ruler of the world. To be honest if I were to do anything it would give free food away or something... idk?
 
Knowing myself, if I were ruler of the world, the world would probably be destroyed within a week thanks to some screw-up or another.

And I kind of like the world, so no thanks.
 
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