I didn't expect someone else to say this, but that is my first thought. If I became supreme leader overnight, I would place a lot of people behind bars, and these guys would be among the first. It's pretty outrageous how much society tolerates the leadership class.

I vote ravenstine for "Supreme Overlord of Earth" 2024! (Be awfully hard to really do much worse than the "leaders" we've currently got in charge or on offer to choose from, yeah?)

Whoever s/he is, ravenstine couldn't possibly be worse than the world's current crop of leaders. It's not a bad idea; perhaps just make it a limited 5-year (or 10-year, or whatever) term, so that if the power goes to his/her head, the damage will be limited.

No, no. The parent comment I was responding to:

> - ravenstine: "If I became supreme leader overnight, I would place a lot of people behind bars, and these guys would be among the first. It's pretty outrageous how much society tolerates the leadership class."

Nah! I think the CEOs should be the first ones sent into the combat front line zones.

> "Nah! I think the CEOs should be the first ones sent into the combat front line zones."

At least then they'd be able to (somewhat) justify their insane "pay packages", "golden parachute" and "bonuses". CEO: "I risked my life for that money!"

Any company that intentionally harms its customers (or the general public) has no right to exist. Denying them control of the items they lawfully purchased is harmful.