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An organization that allows current dictators and a small
group around them of family and friends to dismantle
the
dictatorship, while receiving amnesty from any charges -
as long as their country is totally free of them and their
regime, and as long as they clearly show all the records
of
their former wrongdoing - so that the public will loathe
them and never appoint them again.
They must send their children to normal schools after
receiving proper psychological assistance. If the spouses
or
children wish to live separately, they must allow this.
They are banned from doing any sort of big business,
and
must give up their money.
In return, they will receive a large mansion in a nice
neighborhood of a city in the US (that the organization
selects in advance for them, their neighbors will be other
former dictators from other countries) and free tickets
to
Disney World and all movie houses for life. Also free
frozen
yogurt, and Pizza deliveries for life, from the nearby
suppliers of their choice. Also organic food, and a team
of
home cleaners cooks and others, giving them the feeling
that they never gave up on "the good times".
There would be millions of people willing to donate for
this
purpose.
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Oh, and this should not be expected from any country or
from the UN - they are all filled with interests of "who
gets the power - in the aftermath". Whereas according
to this solution, the regime will see to it, upon leaving,
that its people are free to decide. Otherwise they loose
the deal.
The incentive is the dictator's fear of an ending like
Saddam's, Milosevic or Qhaddaffi (pr. Ghaddaffi).
In some cases (where a minority tribe or faction is
ruling, like the Serbs, Hutu, Sunni Muslims, Allawies,
whites etc.) this solution may not work, without
involving the people of the fighting parties.
But for North Korea, and its millions of people, suffering
and under incomprehensible life-threatening conditions,
this should be IMMEDIATELY implemented. Since no one
is willing to do anything else.
At the same time, I hereby call for an international
volunteer army to free the country by a switf and well
thought out combined military + civilian rehab action, so
that the North Korean soldiers have the positive
incentive to give up. I'm in.
Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
http://en.wikipedia..._African_Leadership
Not exactly the same but this prize is for African leaders who retire peacefully [lepton, May 06 2014]
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//They are banned from doing any sort of big business, and must give up their money.// |
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It's not a conflict between communism and capitalism, but monopoly capitalism and antitrust capitalism, the communists are the resistant capitalized social of the major monopoly capitalist family in North Korea, and the corporation of the monopolized social of the PRC. Antitrust capitalist economies that forbid total monopoly of the social, a domain including people and technology, and their relationships, support diversification in a competitive marketplace, and an entire system of inducements to attain social capital in various forms. This differs from monopoly capitalist countries that have been revolutionarily overthrown and instituted with a "people's" system or corporation that still maintains the spirit of the revolution. |
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If I were a dictator who'd killed off my enemies, and
murdered/tortured their families - I'd want more
protection than'd be offered in a NY suburb - maybe a
small highly militarised island, and a small flotilla of
nuclear vessels patrolling the seas around the place.
Plus, Walt Disney, meh. |
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//giving them the feeling that they never gave up on "the good times". // |
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I imagine they would miss the sense of vast power as much as the pampered lifestyle. Maybe this Happy Ending plan should also include a lifetime board member position in the neighborhood HOA. |
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This is the seed for a great comedy series. |
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I would like to think it would work, but a customized package is needed. What would work with one dictator isn't going to work with every dictator. |
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Will the snow come early this year? |
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So you've outlined the carrot in reasonable detail. Where's
the stick? |
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They would be killed, and knowing this, they would not take the deal. |
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I think it's a "What do you give the bloodthirsty
dictator who has everything?" problem. |
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They already have mansions. Saddam Hussein had 75
"palaces". I just did a little web search and yea,
palaces is probably a better description of these
things than mansions. He had the taste of a pimp,
but they were huge. |
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Point is, dictators already have everything they
want. I think at that level, the thirst for power over
others is a disease best treated by generous
application of precision guided munitions. |
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Weren't their any decent dictators who didn't have the disease of thirsting for power over others though? |
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There must be some way to ensure that those with absolute authority are not corrupted by it. |
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What if, in order to assume the role of dictator one is sworn to poverty?
That should eliminate more than ninety percent of the applicants. |
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" the thirst for power over others is a disease best treated by generous application of precision guided munitions. " |
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Talk to [8th]. I think he could help with this. I agree... |
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Currently they are afraid they will end up like
Saddam and Qhadaffi (pronounced Ghadaffi), or
Slobodan Milosevic (pronounced Slow-bow-dan
Miloshevich). That's the stick (answering: [Alter
other]) |
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So this is a personally safe solution for them. |
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Another problem is when they represent a tribe or
faction - the Serbs, the Allawies, the Hutu, the
Sunni Muslims, the whites etc. In that case, the
tribe needs to receive safety,
which is more difficult to achieve. |
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But, in shaky cases, I'm not sure the dictator
would care - and would probably opt for this. I
know for a fact that in Ethiopia, some of the
leading blood-thirsty leaders where paid off under
Menegistu's leadership to release the Betha-Israel
Jews to Israel, and receive a safe haven for
themselves in Washington DC. |
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Mainly, this idea should be implemented with
North Korea. |
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It should be done IMMEDIATELY, and every minute
counts for the lives of MILLIONS of people who are
living in incomprehensible conditions, in North
Korea. |
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Banning from big business - in order to prevent their
continued impact on the world. |
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This idea of course WILL NOT work for the
underground, drug-dealing, porn and sex-slave
warlords. For that, a different solution is needed. |
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//This is the seed for a great comedy series.// |
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Or a reality TV show. After all, they're used to seeing their faces on the national media. |
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Slightly disappointed that this idea is not using the phrase "happy ending" in the sense in which it is used, or so I have heard, by certain massage establishments. |
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I like the stick: if you're a bad boy, we shoot you. No
carrot. |
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Better yet, do proffer the carrot. See the carrot? Come get
it, that's a nice strongarm dictator. Come get your
retirement package! |
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I call it Tasty Carrot, Hidden Stick. |
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That would work exactly once. |
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What you need to do is to find a way to gradually
remove them from reality without their knowing
it. Give them some kind of bed-ridden injectible
disease that keeps them watching some kind of
newsfeed to communicate with the rest of their
country, as played by convincing actors. Slowly
reveal their new condition as being trapped in a
prison, and towards the end, show them their
actual country, having moved on since their lapse,
as well as the needle that gave them the disease. |
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Rayford's idea is funny. It is known that the Sung Il's
like watching movies. |
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On the other hand, it won't save all those millions of
people. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. Today. Yesterday.
Tomorrow, these people are suffering. That's not 2
people. Not three. Not ten. Not a hundred. |
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