On 3 Feb 2007, at 23:23, David Hobby wrote: > Doug wrote: >> Just off the top of my head: >> > > And if I were an evil dictator, I'd: > >> I'd add another legislative body that consisted of elected >> representatives from each country. > > Make sure my henchmen won the elections in my country. > >> I'd give it the ability to tax international commerce to fund itself. > > Let you go ahead with that. I do lots of off-the-books smuggling, > anyway. > >> I'd allow it to accept volunteers for its peacekeeping force that >> would then owe allegiance to no single nation. > > The volunteers from my country would need to send money home > to support the families that stayed behind. I wouldn't even > have to point out that "accidents do happen", my reputation > would make that clear.
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