If you became the "ultimate leader/dictator" of your countries, what changes would you make? I was thinking about this... If I became the ultimate dictator of the United States, I would do the following:
1. Legalize all illegal drugs - The U.S. has lost trillions of dollars on their "war on drugs" and that money has essentially been wasted. I see people smoking marijuana all the time. Our jails are filled with drug users (to the point where they actually have to release people early, to make more room for other inmates). Many crimes are related to dealing drugs. Prohibition was attempted in the 1920's in the U.S. and it failed. So has this. The biggest thing is simply the blundering of all this money. All drugs should be legal and regulated by the government, that was they can be taxed.
2. I would get rid of the voting age. Saying, "Oh you're 18 so now all of a sudden you're smart enough to make an informed decision" is ridiculous to me. Instead I would want to make a test that you have to pass in order to vote. If you can pass this basic test (it would be about the government and how it works), then I would allow you to vote. It's as simple as that. I'm sure that there's 12-year-olds that are smarter than many 60-year-olds out there.
3. I would get rid of many laws that have proved to be ridiculous and just a waste of money.
4. You can't say anything in this country without worrying about offending something. I would try as hard as I can to make everybody stop being so freakin' babyish...
That's just a few things that I would start with... I would make many other changes as well.
1. Legalize all illegal drugs - The U.S. has lost trillions of dollars on their "war on drugs" and that money has essentially been wasted. I see people smoking marijuana all the time. Our jails are filled with drug users (to the point where they actually have to release people early, to make more room for other inmates). Many crimes are related to dealing drugs. Prohibition was attempted in the 1920's in the U.S. and it failed. So has this. The biggest thing is simply the blundering of all this money. All drugs should be legal and regulated by the government, that was they can be taxed.
2. I would get rid of the voting age. Saying, "Oh you're 18 so now all of a sudden you're smart enough to make an informed decision" is ridiculous to me. Instead I would want to make a test that you have to pass in order to vote. If you can pass this basic test (it would be about the government and how it works), then I would allow you to vote. It's as simple as that. I'm sure that there's 12-year-olds that are smarter than many 60-year-olds out there.
3. I would get rid of many laws that have proved to be ridiculous and just a waste of money.
4. You can't say anything in this country without worrying about offending something. I would try as hard as I can to make everybody stop being so freakin' babyish...
That's just a few things that I would start with... I would make many other changes as well.
