If you could substract* a leader from this world which one would you choose ?

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• Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would retroactively subtract Ronald Ragen.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not how you spell his name, but I’ll allow the disrespect to his name. Probably shouldn’t have capitolized his name though…

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    • odium@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not how you spell “capitalized”, and I won’t allow you to disrespect an innocent word.

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    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s always so fun when a pedant jumps into a thread.

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• Drunemeton@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Putin

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• Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wait… Are we guaranteed that whoever comes next won’t be as bad? Because, things can always get worse that’s for sure

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  • Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If things can always get worse then the corollary is that things can always get better too

    Maybe when the horrible people see that a horrible person just melted away into nothingness after some rando snapped their fingers they might change their tune

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• Apepollo11@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Does “World’s Richest Man” count as a leader? Because I’m struggling to think of any negatives to him being suddenly substracted from the world.

  Also, TIL that substracted is a valid, albeit obsolete, variant of subtract.

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• SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can’t I just do all? Pretty please

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just hold Ctrl while you click them.

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    • kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ctrl+A to save you plenty of clicks.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ma hold shift

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  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll admit, it would be pretty tempting. If I had the godlike power to scrap this iteration of the planet and just start over, I think I would.

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    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would also, minus the ‘start over’ part.

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• RegalPotoo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you are talking about nation state leaders, I’m struggling to think of one where they don’t just end up getting replaced with someone similar - Putin turning to magic dust doesn’t suddenly dismantle the structure that allows for a dictator, so another dictator will slide into the void. Same with Trump - American politics doesn’t stop being insane just cos he’s not around, and now that people know/think that a politician of his style can win, there will be a queue to cynical imitators ready to go.

  I’m less familiar with Indian politics, but I don’t think the BJP suddenly loses its power of Modi disappeared. Israel will still have it’s hard right nationalist core without Netanyahu. North Korea will find another Kim.

  I guess my thesis is “focus on systems, not people”

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• tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Reagan

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• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Rupert Murdoch

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• kionite231@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Netyanuh

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• K1nsey6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Capitalism

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• theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Either Netanyahu or Putin

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  McConnel.

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