AL_DA_GREAT
amour absinthe révolution
no where. I am an anarchist.
How far would you follow your sovereign?
- Thread starter Alvaro da Luna
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JohnRM
Don't make me destroy you
Of course, I am my own sovereign.
silver 2039
Deity
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I'd like to see Asoka, or Akbar back.... under their rule they controlled vast parts of the subcontinet and their rule was a time of great wealth, propsperity, and affluence and a Golden Age of the arts and culture and architecture, with freedom of relgion and all....
Yah who wouldn't want them back....
Yah who wouldn't want them back....
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
What's boring about not being an idolater? No man deserves unconditional allegiance.
Alvaro da Luna
Warlord
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You ought to be more romantic.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Where's that spirit of loyalty in today's youth?
Perfection
The Great Head.
A person from the past no matter how great would be utterly incapable of running a modern nation.
Dude, since l live in Singapore, so far, i have no see or know a good leader from the past yet. Be it under the British colony rules (talk about getting shortchange) or previous malay sultan (all incompetent) to the recent PAP (efficient, but boring) .
I think leader should come and go. I follow no one.
I think leader should come and go. I follow no one.
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
my country never had a single, powerfull leader 
and I'd like to keep it that way
So I chose the 'boring' option (except that I don't think it's boring, it's just sane 
)
and I'd like to keep it that way
So I chose the 'boring' option (except that I don't think it's boring, it's just sane )
Ingvina Freyr
wants a Steamfree option
If Gustavus Adolphus was reincarnated (perhaps together with Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna) I would have no problem granting him a balanced powerposition. The half of power not given to him would be to ensure no wars were started.
Fugitive Sisyphus
Escape Artist
Why not? I imagine the qualities that made them good leaders in the past would help them in the present. And they would also have the advantage of being compared to our current leaders.
Swedishguy
Deity
And the greatest orange in history was a pineapple.
Masquerouge
Deity
I would give Louis XI a try.
All the other French greats had huge flaws and were way too militaristic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XI
All the other French greats had huge flaws and were way too militaristic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XI
Till
Adventurer
All the way to the pub.
Swedishguy
Deity
What's wrong with democracy?
Gelion
Retired Captain
Exactly! And she was German too!
Irish Caesar
Yellow Jacket
On the one hand, I'm inclined to vote the "boring" option.
But on the other, Washington would do a nice job fixing the mess everyone else has made of the city named for him, or at least better than anyone else, so I wouldn't have a problem giving him a bunch of power. Given his track record, he'd do some good things and then retire, leaving a bunch of good advice that won't be followed...
But on the other, Washington would do a nice job fixing the mess everyone else has made of the city named for him, or at least better than anyone else, so I wouldn't have a problem giving him a bunch of power. Given his track record, he'd do some good things and then retire, leaving a bunch of good advice that won't be followed...
