President of the world?

Of course, practically, a World President would never work. There ARE too many cultures to be represented effectively and fairly by one person, even with a balance of power. I can say that Jimmy Carter would make a horrible world president. He made a horrible US president, presiding over a weak foreign policy and even worse economy. He seems to have no love of Israel, and would probably move to take that land from the Jews. If he did such a bad job running the US, how could he run the world? I don't know much about Nelson Mandela, but I imagine he did not expel the white people because he was not a dictator, so such a thing would have been overturned by other branches of government. Also, to expel the white people would have expelled a great deal of the wealth and intellectual capital in South Africa, which would have been a bad move for the country just from an economic standpoint. With a world president, would you be okay with having a radical Islamist as president? After all, Islam is the world's fastest growing religion, and radical Islam makes up a significant portion of that faith. Would you be comfortable having that kind of person in power, based on a popular world vote? What about a Chinese Communist as president? Would that be good for the world? War and hunger would not be eliminated. There is hunger in America and rebellions within countries today. How would a single man solve this problem? If I did have to vote for a world president, my vote would go to John Adams, 2nd US president. He was very careful to not be hungry for power, as a king might have been during the 18th/19th centuries. He was a very hard-working, loyal servant of his country. He was abolitionist, appalled by the institution of slavery. He believed in liberty, hard work, and life-long education.

NO One this would be too much power to give to one human remember power corupts and absolute power would corupt absolutely

I'm not entirely sure but I would probably chose ex-Prime Minister Blair. If he bared the responsibilities of looking out for the entire world I think he would do a good job of it. He was fairly good for the UK in most respects. But I will always condemn him for involving us in the Iraq war. Although he has turned it down he has been pushed by others, such as Sarkozy of France, to become the perminent President of the European Union, which would make him one of the most powerful men in the world. I know Blair would do well to look out for the interests of the white western world, but I couldn't be entirely sure he would do the same for the rest of the world. At the same time I can't think of anyone that would do the job better and so basically I think he is the best of a bad bunch. But I hope to God we never see a President of the World.

I agree with Nelson Mandela. I also think Martin Luther King and Gandhi would have been good world presidents.

Hi nickventere, What a great thought, a united world! We could finally get rid of all war and live in peace. We could rid the world of poverty and so on and on. My choice for World President would be Nelson Mandela with Jimmy Carter a close second. Both of these men are great statesmen with good ideas. Blessings to you my friend.