I would declare independence from NATO/Five Eyes, ally with China, remove US military bases from my country and then immediately change the date of Australia Day to 9/11 as a joke

I would then start de-desertification and other environmental projects, and start improving infrastructure too.

  • newmou [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I can imagine asking a lib this and their being like “I would immediately resign because that would be like if Voldemort controlled Hogwarts”

  • halfpipe [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    The same as if Bernie had won , instantly get shot by the FBI.

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Same, except that as a foreign head of state, i would get shot by a CIA-funded nazi.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Assemble a Red Guard, use them to purge the CIA ASAP before I get Kennedy'd. I also invite several Breadtubers at random into the guard just to see what kind of drama kicks off.

    idea: also I give every breadtuber a $3mil house as a test.

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Paradrop Tony Blair into Iraq to fend for himself.

  • HarryLime [any]
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    3 years ago

    War crimes trials for all former presidents and high administration officials. Then I'd expose intelligence agency crimes, close overseas bases, and reorient foreign policy towards peaceful cooperation with all nations. Then there'd be corruption and incompetence trials for most politicians across the country. Dissolve the two establishment political parties.

    Institute medicare for all, legalize marijuana, pardon all non-violent drug offenders, a massive public health campaign to curb drug addiction, transition to carbon-free electricity, massive research into fusion energy and carbon sequestration, shorten the work week, universal childcare, mandatory paid leave, parental leave, a universal jobs guarantee, rewrite labor laws to heavily favor unions and unionization, bring the financial sector under state control, ban private equity, nationalize natural resources, free universal pre-k education, college, and apprenticeships, build publicly-owned fiber networks like in Chattanooga, build massive public housing projects for people at all income levels, a housing-first policy to end homelessness, force cities and suburbs to adopt car-reduction planning strategies and density increases, build bike lanes and separated bike roads, build public transit everywhere, build a high speed rail network, police and prosecutorial reform (including harsh penalties and prosecutions for any said official who abuses their power), encourage the formation of cooperatives over traditional corporations, force traditional corporations to allow workers to elect members to the board of directors and adopt employee-ownership plans, break up big tech monopolies, break up monopolies in all sectors of the the economy, and adopt the metric system.

    After implementing these policies, I'd call some kind of congress together and have them just run everything. Elections would be publicly financed, with no private donations, and limits on political campaigning.

  • Owl [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Mass amnesty for immigrants and drug offenders.

    Disarm the entire (US) military except for the tiny bit actually needed for defense. Send all the leftover army folks home to dig ditches for infrastructure projects.

    Mothball the entire US intelligence apparatus. They're all fired except for the cryptographers (now working for the public domain), and the CIA (they're now in charge of infiltrating Antarctica, and not one of the inhabited bits).

    Transition the entire economy to market socialism as fast as possible, except for food infrastructure, which goes 20% at a time because changing who controls food production never goes well. Worry about central planning vs anarchic planning vs whatever else later, since market socialism is what we actually have infrastructure for today.

    Kick off massive green infrastructure projects, mostly trains and nuclear power plants.

    • RollOfTape [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Send all the leftover army folks home to dig ditches for infrastructure projects.

      :mao-aggro-shining:

  • refolde [she/her, any]
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    3 years ago

    I would ban Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Reddit, and also all 1984 references.

  • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Australian Special administrative region

    Also allying with china seems like an extremely easy way to get assassinated as a australian leader lol