Hm... I assume we are going with a situation where the same odd contrivance of events, divine intervention or both that gave me the job of dictator is also protecting me from being ousted by foreign powers. Because if not, this is going to be a very short reign. Also, I assume that given the sort of contrivance it would take to get me there I'd go mad with power. Well I'd go mad with power anyway really but this is as good an excuse as any.
With that assumption in mind here goes:
First things first, my family members all get jobs in the government. Important jobs. Not to put too fine a point on it but I don't trust anyone else to hold on to the levers of power for me. Also frankly I want to retire rich and when that's your intent its easier if you share the load. X people stealing 1/X of the cash each is less noticeable than one guy stealing all of it. And I ain't stupid enough to actually try and stay in power until someone gets bold enough to off me. Just long enough to get my fix of abusing power and fill my bank accounts with more cash than I could ever spend.
Also, a palace. Got to build my self a palace. I am thinking something asian themed but with rococo style decorations everywhere. Also a literal swimming pool of blood. A ruler has to make a statement.
Next we come to the social reforms. First, split all crimes into 3 categories:
- Treason, punishable by death and burial in an unmarked grave.
- Crimes with a victim. As the name says, crimes that have a victim and produce measurable physical harm. So stuff like rape, arson, theft, burglary, shoplifting, genocide, damaging property, physical assault, violating workers rights etc. These all get punished by life in prison. Where prison is defined as a hellhole that makes orphanages from Dickens's novels look like a 7 star hotel. And life is defined by how ever long you can survive in there with minimal supervision from the guards. Because watching over you is hard and feeding you is expensive. So we just throw in food for half the people and let the population self regulate.
- Other. Stuff like jaywalking, drunk driving or parking in the wrong spot. Nobody cares about these as they have no victim and cause no harm. So just slap them with a fine to remind them how it feels to not have food for a year and call it a day.
And no, insulting someone is not included in these. Or harming someones feelings, being offensive or anything like that. Words can't ever be criminal unless they are directed against me. In which case they are either calls to depose me, which is treason or criticism which is tolerated.
Than we move on to education. TLDR if a kid skips class fine the parents. If a kid has bad grades, fine the parents. If a kid misbehaves in school fine the parents. Unless the misbehavior involves physical violence or any other class #2 law violations in which case that kid goes to adult prison to wither and die like all the other criminals. And if the parents complain too loudly offer them a stay in his cell. I wouldn't want to be a monster splinting families apart after all. Also, remove teachers ability to give grades. They should only teach. Grading should be done by nation level standardized tests. Teachers who fail to produce good results get fired. Teachers that can't maintain discipline get fired. Teachers whose students don't like the dear leader get fired.
Since we already have a good healthcare
and social security system in pace I wouldn't touch that. Although I would exclude dissidents and people who I dislike out of spite. Also, drug addicts. They get kicked off the free healthcare system as well. But on the plus side all drugs are now legal and can be bought in a pharmacy for cheap. Just sign a waver giving up your right to healthcare and you too can be the proud owner of a wide assortment of chemicals designed to keep you docile, happy and stoned. After all stoned people are too stoned to dissent against me and people desperately clawing their way to the next fix are too busy to do so. And I like that.
Also, no age limits on it either. Or on alcohol. Or anything really other than driving I guess. And while we are at it abolish all laws pertaining to family issues. Let families sort their internal affairs out internally. Gives them something to occupy them self with other than dissenting against me. And it frees up police to care about the actually important stuff like people talking bad about me on social media.
As for the economy, and again this is with the assumption that the UN or america or someone else won't come down on me hard, nationalize everything. Don't change a thing about how things are run though. Just take a commanding share in every business, big and small. Anything with more than say 50 employees. That way most everyone works for the state e.g. for me. And if you dissent to hard you get fired. And nobody will hire you either so you get to die on the street without food, shelter or medicine. But feel free to hate on your dear leader. It's not illegal after all.
Also, every large intersection gets to have one of those circular road things with an island in the middle. And a statue of me on that island. A statue that turns to face the sun and moon.
And the army gets a 2000% pay raise. So does the police. The money comes out of taxing the rich with a flat 100% property and income tax. As in I take their stuff and make it mine. And by stuff I mean property, cash and people. Because you can't be an evil dictator without at least a little bit of punitive slavery. Just a tad. A drop. Nobody is going to even notice that.
Also there has to be room for a throne made of skulls somewhere in there but I couldn't fit it in with the narrative.
I think that about covers it.
/ In case it wasn't clear, parts of the above post are in jest.