@Zero Sum
We’re both isolationists then.
Things would just get worse, in all likelihood, we’d go from being wage slaves to outright slaves, or serfs.
And even if he was a relatively benevolent dictator, sooner or later one of his successors would be a Caligula, Nero or Commodus, but with post-modern tech at their disposal.
A madman with super viruses and nuclear weapons might unleash them upon his own people or the people of other nations, instigating WW3, and since he has absolute power, no one could legally oppose him, and if he’s a cunning psychopath, he might be able to quietly kill off, remove or extradite any senator or general who may oppose him.
Or the elite could just agree they don’t need 98% of us anymore, and find creative ways to exterminate most of us and more thoroughly enslave the remaining few, until they can be replaced by robots.
The elite already seem to be working on exterminating us, but with absolute political power, it’d make it 10 times easier for them.
No I want more of a say over my government, not less, and even if it’s likely we’ll have less, I’ll still be opposed to it, I’ll always be opposed to my own slavery, or servitude, however inevitable it might be.
The last thing most dictators want is an educated, freethinking pubic.
And if he’s a Augustus Caesar Or Marcus Aurelius, you might get that, for a while, but conditions for the masses of asses are likely to get worse in the long run.
I’m also not a racial purist or separatist, but would like to see the overall culture and genetics remain European, in European and postcolonial countries, such as in Canada and the States.
Not necessarily because I think we’re superior, but just because I tend to prefer my own.
I have no hatred or extreme dislike of other races, and I think we all have strengths and weaknesses, in fact sometimes our greatest strengths can be our greatest weaknesses, like European industriousness and ingenuity may ultimately be our undoing, we may overproduce and consume ourselves into oblivion, but on the other hand, we may allow hostile peoples or factions within them to take advantage of our generosity, to the point where they attempt to supplant us on our own soil, so we have to be careful about who we let in here.
I’m either for reducing the quantity of immigration and increasing the quality, importing people who’re most compatible with us, or eliminating immigration altogether, but the people who’re already here, be they Africans or Asians can stay, so long as they’re loyal.