Imagine you became Eternal Leader / President for Life / Revolutionary in Chief of a dictatorship. Who would be your modern-day inspiration and why?
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EDIT: Take this thread with a grain of salt, of course. ;)
Ugh! If that happened I'd hate it - resign if I could, I don;t know what if I couldn't. That would be just too grotesque!
-clash
heheheheheh...:steeringwheel:
Now I'M running the show....
Frankly, none of these are cold-bloodedly evil enough to rival what I'd be like if I were in charge... :pundit:
Quote from: VellorianFrankly, none of these are cold-bloodedly evil enough to rival what I'd be like if I were in charge... :pundit:
Well, I picked living dictators. Past "candidates" could have included Idi Amin, Bokassa of Central Africa, Papa Doc Duvalier, etc.
Kim Jong Il is just a fluffy white cat and doomsday laser away from being my favorite nutjob dictator ever.
pfft- Our own GWB is just a coup away from holding the all time title.
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Nah. No style. You could say a lot about the other candidates. Take Gadaffi. Sure, he's got the harem of female bodyguards. But man, ever see pictures of them? It's all shapeless military uniforms. Where's the kevlar-reinforced latex jumpsuits that mold to every curve? Where are the jetskis equipped with machine guns and rocket pods? Turkmenbashi is one of the few who gets it when it comes to production values. Forget ubiquitous photographs of the dictator. Old school. Giant gold statues that revolves so it always faces the sun is a sign the Great Leader believes in providing entertainment value for his subjects.
Does anyone suspect that Kim Jong Il is, in fact, deliberately modeling himself on the Bond villains? He is a huge film fan with an appetite for Western movies. Maybe he actually wants to be Dr. No...
BTW, there's a book out there called _Dictator Style_ that showcases the...er...home decorating taste of various dictators. Turns out that the appallingly bad taste discovered in Saddam Hussein's palaces isn't an isolated case. Somehow, dictators tend to be either very bourgeois or else have an affinity for stoners-with-an-airbrushed-Valkyrie-on-the-van art.
Andrew
Gaddafi occasionally even makes sense. What kind of an insane dictator is that?
RPGPundit
If I had to choose any of those nutjobs, I guess I'd go with Castro.
I love his hat.
Quote from: RPGPunditGaddafi occasionally even makes sense. What kind of an insane dictator is that?
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Sounds like another "dear leader" we know around these parts! :D
Sweet Jesus, I knew there was a reason I liked the guy!
RPGPundit
Quote from: mattormegKim Jong Il is just a fluffy white cat and doomsday laser away from being my favorite nutjob dictator ever.
QFT, my man...QFT
I really don't get the sense of a "benificent" dictator from any of these nut-jobs. I mean ... is it too comic-book of me to vote for Victor von Doom? Setting aside the armor, mongo-technology, etc., he's got that undying paternal love for the people of Latveria.
That ... that's powerful stuff there. I'll definitely want to emulate that.
Y'know, I got nothing at all against the list used in the poll...
I just wanted to comment on how the 'Other' Catagory is now the clear leader by a comfortable margin...
And that just ain't right. If I was an insane benevolent dictator there wouldn't be an 'other' catagory. Of course, if I were the BD then there'd be only the one choice...me!;)
Turkmenbashi is out. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6198983.stm) A heart attack killed him on Wednesday.
In other news, Kim Jong-il is giving karaoke machines to his troops (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6199603.stm), in an effort to boost morale.
Damn, that's a shame too... Turkmenbashi was really just getting started on world wide fame, too. Just think what he could have accomplished in the 'Dear Leader' catagory if we'd given him a few more years and another dozen or so tanks....
Quote from: JongWKIn other news, Kim Jong-il is giving karaoke machines to his troops (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6199603.stm), in an effort to boost morale.
See..ya gotta give KJI some props for being bugfuck nutz....
but, I'm hesistating slightly on picking him over Putin after the Polonium incident...that really boosted Putin's stock in Bond Villain, Inc.
Dear Leader Update: Putin celebrates "glorious" spy service. (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/20/putin.kgb.reut/index.html)
"Good job, guys! Just don't spread too much Polonium next time..."
I had faith in the beginning for Putin, which is why I put my vote there. See, he's the stealth villian, the one that you keep thinking isn't all that, until BAM, he hits you with some exotic poison that gives you mere days to live, just long enough to know just how bad he fucked you..
Still, Turkmenbashi... how shall I miss his Golden statue that always faced the sun, the Father of the Turkmen indeed... eclipsed sadly by good buddy Kim...
Mark Four
(The computer from The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted)
Individual Mutualism seems like a pretty sound political and economic philosophy.
I'll certainly choose Fidel. I mean, not only is he a dictator, but he also has half the world believing he's such a "freedom fighter" and a champion of his people.
That, and Cuba doesn't know winter!!