How would I go about turning my school into a dictatorship ran by me???

[Gwedin]

"Dictatorships are totes..."

I stopped reading there.

No.
No.
No.
NO!

[Ky]

(01-14-2014 10:13 AM)Gwedin Wrote:  "Dictatorships are totes..."

I stopped reading there.

No.
No.
No.
NO!

You totes cray-cray

[Missile]

While you are planning to take over the world, I made a alliance with the combine overwatch, the covanant, and the glatatic empire. Once I done conquering the adromma galaxy, guess who's next milky way residents? And your planets covered with guns can't stop me ether.

[brainiac3397]

Made alliance with the Borg.

Resistance is futile.

[James Comey]

I've always had an obsession over running a gigantic empire. I don't know, that kind of stuff has always managed to appeal to me. Anyone here play Supreme Ruler 2020 or the Geo-Political Simulator games?

[brainiac3397]

Im always had the obsession of smelling napalm in the morning, then standing on a balconey during the afternoon as my subjects below applause, cheer and bow before me while Im dressed in an awesome robe wearing, then watching my army march into formation during the evening, the enjoy the sound of gun fire and the flickering lights of explosions and rockets at nightt as my enemy is pounded into submission.

[James Comey]

I've always wanted to stand outside on the porch of my palace, with an allied foreign leader standing right next to me to celebrate my military victories. The entire army of the nation is in front of the National Square, and they chant "URA!!!!!!" and then some awesome military music plays. If I had to play a song, it would be this one:



Watch on YouTube

[brainiac3397]

Id have them play the Imperial March.

And other times, Id like some men to hum/chant the Sith theme(Id post vid but on mobile its a pain).

[Dirtbikemike]

I think you already failed at doing this. Instead of organizing and planning everything, you've already looked to others for help. Clearly not characteristics shown by Hitler who rose to power by his own abilities and without help.

[brainiac3397]

I think I pointed that out on the first page.

Then we devolved into our galactic domination fantasies.

Then I had a renewed interest in creating a massive droid army.

[Gwedin]

Then I interjected on the grounds that droids are homo gay fags.

[brainiac3397]

Sorry, cant hear you. The mechanical clanking of 1 billion battle droids is pretty loud. Dont even botheryelling when they open fire.

And for comic relief(at least comical for me. Not so funny when you're the one dying) I made them sound like those silly droids from Star Wars. Unfortunately for you, they arent as stupid as they sound.

[Gwedin]

However smart they are, my point still stands. Droids are homo gay fags.

[brainiac3397]

I wonder if your opinion can remain if you're dead? Or does your opinion die too?

[Gwedin]

Darth Nihilus doesn't simply "die".

[brainiac3397]

Funny. He died purty easy last I checked. Now Sidious is a guy who dont die.

[Gwedin]

Check again.

[Ky]

Hey guys, did you know that homosexuals are gay? It's true!

[Gwedin]

Bullshit.

Time fer purge!

[brainiac3397]

(01-15-2014 11:38 AM)Gwedin Wrote:  Check again.

Don't make me go Rakatan on yo behind.

I WILL USE THE STAR FORGE!

I love the evil ending of KoTOR. The endless wave of the Sith armada just gushing out from a forge that runs on pure evil(and stars).

[James Comey]

Soul should move this to the Random section....

FUCK IT, LET'S DO IT LIVE!

[Gwedin]

OKAY! WHAT'RE WE DOING?

[brainiac3397]

Too late, you all lose!

[Gwedin]

HK-47 ermahgerd you won't believe what happens to him in SW:toR (not SW:KotOR)!

[xcriteria]

We interrupt this thread to bring you back to real life for a minute.

(01-13-2014 12:23 PM)Hansgrohe Wrote:  Unless you're Kim il Sung and the rest of that family running the show in North Korea.

This documentary just in:

Secret Cameramen Reveal North Korea's Tiny Rebellions

(This article gets at a lot of what I was getting at with the Dystopia is Hard reference, in one of my posts above.)

"Ultimately, the film portrays North Korea as a country approaching the brink of something monumental -- a military dictatorship trying brutally, but not altogether effectively, to contend with the threats posed by new technology, the inevitable flow of information, and an increasingly discontent populace."

Secret State of North Korea airs on PBS on Tuesday, Jan. 14. (Check your local listings or watch it online.)

Anyone want to switch from role-playing into geopolitical analysis? What kind of parallels can you see between the challenges of running a dictatorship in the 21st century, and the challenges of keeping factory-model schools as-is?

And, what alternatives to dictatorship might allow would-be rulers to get their needs met, without meddling with the lives of whole populations?

[James Comey]

The way North Korea runs its social class reminds me a lot of "natural selection" and Social Darwinism. Basically, the "intellectuals" (elite) all get to live in the nice areas (Pyongyang, etc) while the rest of the country has to live in really tough rural areas, with no electricity or other essentials.

Also, the mandatory weekly community meeting scene was really freaky. It's compulsory attendance, and not attending arouses suspicion.

All this sounds familiar, doesn't it?

[xcriteria]

(01-16-2014 10:05 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote:  The way North Korea runs its social class reminds me a lot of "natural selection" and Social Darwinism. Basically, the "intellectuals" (elite) all get to live in the nice areas (Pyongyang, etc) while the rest of the country has to live in really tough rural areas, with no electricity or other essentials.

Not to mention, all the people in the labor camps, including for the "crimes" of their parents and grandparents.

Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) has a bunch of videos on this topic. Here's one about how they started:



Watch on YouTube

(01-16-2014 10:05 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote:  Also, the mandatory weekly community meeting scene was really freaky. It's compulsory attendance, and not attending arouses suspicion.

All this sounds familiar, doesn't it?

Yeah, it does. The troubled teen industry is one extreme form, but of course the basic factory model has parallels as well.

I think "artificial selection" is a better term for these things than "natural selection," though. People are making decisions (and/or blindly following directions), not nature itself.