What would you do if made dictator of the US?

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Originally Posted by dopesmoker

I didnt mean just armed i mean extremely armed as in if a country attempted to invade their entire continent would be a smoking hole. i know that very few people agree with me but i am a very militaryistic person. if thats a word

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Yeah I guess I just don't agree. But history can usually answer any questions about this. How many military-based countries have survived for extended periods of time without the rest of the world invading? The Roman Empire was around for a while...:confused: Are any still around today besides the emerging US? I can't remember a situation in a country where military might has led to international or long-term economic success.

well Stalin turned the soviet union from a fledgling agricultural nation into a powerful military based country with a strong economy but the leaders that followed him turned it to shit and it eventually collapsed. As long as one doesnt go nuts amazing things can be done.

Yeah, Stalin did amazing things to stay in power....? Maybe do some research. I feel like he gets alot of positive credit when he wasn't exactly a "amazing" guy. He didn't have too many friends before or after WWII.

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Originally Posted by dopesmoker

well Stalin turned the soviet union from a fledgling agricultural nation into a powerful military based country with a strong economy but the leaders that followed him turned it to shit and it eventually collapsed. As long as one doesnt go nuts amazing things can be done.

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living standards were still pretty low though, and at the end of the day it's how the people can live that matters.

China is another example they are rapidly upgrading their military making it more and more powerful while having a very strong economy

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Originally Posted by mrdevious

living standards were still pretty low though, and at the end of the day it's how the people can live that matters.

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living standards were low compared to what people see now.....there are very rich people now and very poor people.....at that time everyone was equal. And in Russia now the economy is worse and they arent even a very military based country anymore and now 40% of the country is in poverty

bring jobs back home
stop world wide police b,s
restore constitution
stop illegal immigration

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Originally Posted by Funkamander

I also forgot make mass transit free.

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i'm not gonna bash this idea until i hear you're explanation of how this would work, so please explain this.

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Originally Posted by pabloescobar209

i'm not gonna bash this idea until i hear you're explanation of how this would work, so please explain this.

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well, people would take busses, trains, and trolly's, and it would be free because the government picks up the tab.

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Originally Posted by mrdevious

well, people would take busses, trains, and trolly's, and it would be free because the government picks up the tab.

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that what i'm asking... how does the government just pick up the tab??? where does that money come from??