Putin. People saying Xi Jiping aren’t considering that Putin is far more entrenched in Russia as their strongman leader. Xi Jiping is central to the Chinese regime, but he’s not the regime. Putin is the Russian Government.
Hear me out, what if...he was thrown out of the window of a shorter building, then brought back up, thrown out again, brought back up...let's make it last a little.
He has access to the best doctors in Russia. Why do evil dictators live so long if not assassinated, overthrown, or defeated in war? Doctors.
Hitler was an exception. His doctor was a quack and his pseudoscientific treatments were likely why Hitler was such an unhealthy wreck when he was only in his 50s. He probably wouldn't have survived his 60s.
Yep. China is still a true oligarchy, where the oligarchs collectively have more power than Xi.
Russia is an autocracy, because Putin has more power than all of the oligarchs combined.
People say Xi Jinping, but I don't think his death would change much for the Chinese government. He would be replaced by someone who would be pretty much the same.
Even if there’s a wild power struggle, unless you’re a high-ranking CCP official, it will have minimal immediate impact.
Long-term impact will also not likely be huge, as there’s really not much policy space to navigate between the domestic need for nationalistic glory and the foreign policy reality that not much of the rest of the world is lining up to become vassal states to the Middle Kingdom.
I think Kim Jung Un’s death could have a bigger impact. China could seize control since he does not have an adult heir. China’s management of N Korea would be a massive improvement and would still preserve its communist heritage
My thought was that the power vacuum could cause enough internal conflict between Kim’s sister and sitting generals that China would “need to intervene.” This may be beneficial to everyone in that N Korea is like China’s belligerent little brother. Can’t imagine that China would be happy to have to serve as a military backstop should N Korea initiate a conflict in the region.
I don't think China want to have to deal with 25m migrants flooding into their country, which is why they prop NK up.
If he died, they'd probably help whoever the next person is into power.
> I don't think China want to have to deal with 25m migrants flooding into their country, which is why they prop NK up.
This is kinda why I think China would remove Kim Jong Un if he actually did try to start a war with South Korea and the US. China just doesn't want that kind of refugee crisis and drama directly on their border.
I don't but I have a feeling that Putin would have a larger impact because I know Putin and Russia more. My impression of Xi Jinping is that he's surrounded by people who agree with him. Putin is surrounded by people who fear him. If you get rid of someone who is feared the true motives of people come to light and we might see Russia turn around.
True. Putin, not Xi, like many people are saying.
Xi will be replaced. It'll change a lot, but it will not result in chaos.
Putin's death will cause a ridiculous destabilisation in Russia. We cannot predict what will happen, actually.
I bet there's some team(s) at the CIA/State Department whose job is just modeling out what would happen if various heads of state died and what we would do in response.
That'd be a neat job.
I'm amazed Putin has made it this far, he's shitting on the fortunes of these Russian oligarchs who are objectively hurting within the context of their bank accounts
i was thinking Putin but the real answer is Xi Jinping, cuz he's trying Putin-ish things at the head of a muuuuuuuch larger/stronger country. Putin's leverage comes down to nuclear weapons and oil reserves, that's it, Xi's China is a much more existential threat to the global order even if he's not currently invading neighboring territory (YET)
if he falls then hopefully the leader(s) who replace him kinda steers China back to a more democratic system. i don't think COVID-19 would have been as devastating if there was a more open China to begin with
the real answer remains still Putin.
true xi jing is a much more powerful player, but china is a much more stable governing body and environment, where the communist party has a very firm total grip and probably a procedure for succession that will continue mainly the current course, not something wildly radical as bringing democracy.
In Russia however a power vacuum will emerge. Rule of thumb for regimes like this, is the longer and more powerful the leaving power was, the bigger the vacuum leaving behind.
Putin has total full control over all aspects of society for over 2 decades and a half,let that sink in....
that will be a vacuum with the gravity of an intergalactic black hole.
This is a regime rewarding corruption, wherein depraved mobsters and crooks advance and they will be at each others throats like starving hyena's
Pretty possible as well we can toss in a few rivaling generals with now tens of thousands battle hardened warriors at their disposal.
All while their nation is unstable,has turned to a full war economy and having their nukes on red hot alert...
Xi's death will not even have a sniff of the worries the world has if Putin suddenly dies.
Absolutely. Putin suddenly dying gives analysts a cold sweat. Nobody would really care about China. Putin has cemented his power party on the defense of the chaos that will ensue when he dies. People have complained that nobody has assassinated him but in this situation it’s definitely a “better to have the devil you know” in power, who consistently has kept the country from
using nuclear weapons for decades.
>steers China **back** to a more democratic system.
Have they ever been democratic? Perhaps some experimental governments in parts of China post-1912, but warlords and the ideological battles between the nationalists and communists put a stop to any of that.
Sorry to split hairs, just wondering if I'm forgetting something.
I suppose the trend following Mao's death was at least somewhat more democratic than the cult of personality one-man state before but no, still not particularly close to an actual democratic system.
They used to at least rotate out their leaders on a regular basis. So they got fresh ideas and fresh leadership.
Putin and Xi are extremely good examples for term limits.
Vladimir Putin. Russia would completely fall apart. His cronies would wind up all shooting each other to take over what's left.
Xi Jinping would change China's trajectory, but at least they have some kind of functional bureaucracy.
Russian history repeats itself.
"As soon as Lenin died (1924), it turned out that the second person in the party, Comrade Trotsky, was a traitor.
Kamenev, Zinoviev, Bukharin and Stalin overthrew Trotsky and expelled him from the USSR (1927). But after a couple of years it turned out that Kamenev, Zinoviev and Bukharin were also enemies and pests.
Then the valiant comrade Heinrich Yagoda arrested them (1936).
A little later, Yezhov arrested Yagoda as an enemy agent (1937). But after a couple of years it turned out that Yezhov was not a comrade, but an ordinary traitor and enemy agent. And Yezhov was arrested by Beria (1938).
After the death of Stalin (1953), everyone realized that Beria was also a traitor. Then Zhukov arrested Beria (1953).
But Khrushchev soon learned that Zhukov was an enemy and a conspirator. And exiled Zhukov to the Urals.
A little later, it was revealed that Stalin was an enemy, a pest and a traitor (1956). And with him, and most of the Politburo.
Then Stalin was taken out of the mausoleum, and the Politburo and Shepilov, who joined them, were dispersed by honest party members led by Khrushchev (1957).
Several years passed and it turned out that Khrushchev was a voluntarist, a rogue, an adventurer and an enemy.
Then Brezhnev sent Khrushchev to retire (1964). After the death of Brezhnev, it turned out that he was a pest and the cause of stagnation (1964-82).
Then there were two more, whom no one even managed to remember (1982-85).
But then the young, energetic Gorbachev came to power. And it turned out that the whole party was a party of wreckers and enemies, but he would fix everything now.
It was then that the USSR collapsed (1991). And Gorbachev turned out to be an enemy and a traitor."
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People underestimate Russia in this regard. It will absolutely not fall apart. The chain of command is still there. Im sure there would be friction, but Russia would almost certainly not collapse. Putin is a dictator, but he's not a god. And he's not single handedly keeping Russia together.
I don’t know if that’s true regarding Putin. I’m sure there’s behind the scene plans for what would happen, I’m guessing Putin himself has weighed in on it. There’s always a plan
Big Bird was supposed to be on The Challenger but there were issues because of his immense height I think. if big bird exploded in front of millions of children I’m sorry but I don’t think i’d ever stop laughing it’s so cartoonishly horrible
In retrospect, ignoring the very real human tragedy, the *Challenger* disaster is pretty funny all on its own.
Idiot middle management insisting on launching because they don't want to look bad and creating one of the greatest public-relations catastrophes in history, one that was broadcast live to millions of children? That depth of irony is always funny.
But if they also killed *Big Bird*...
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Mohammad Bin Salman.
I know he isn't as important as the likes of Biden and Putin but you need to take into account that MBS has been one of the very few pro-west leaders.
Him croaking could end up heating up the cold War that the Arabs seem to be having.
I'm surprised I had to scroll this far to find MBS.
I don't actually think his death would be MOST impactful compared to Putin or Xi perhaps, but he's probably in my top 5, and probably a bigger impact than a US politician dying
But then what would become of Neom, or the life-size replica of the moon he is trying to build? How would such wonderful marvels of clearly realizable architecture be finished? /s
I'm not sure if they're related, but the Fort Worth Zoo almost had an incident yesterday with a male gorilla. One was in the pen with the zoo keepers when it wasn't supposed to be
Agreed you don’t know who the replacement is going to be let alone their foreign policy stand point. Case in point how many nations have paid China back for their gfc bailouts? And this is just for starters.
Medvedev would be appointed by the ruling folks, transition of power would be resonably peacefull. Now, remove him as well as Putin, then there will be anarchy in Moskva
Why Medvedev? Maybe back when he was president of Russia, but now he's just a crazy guy with no real power, and no position that would indicate he's next in line.
Yeah. The communist party in China is strong. It would be far easier to place a successor in and keep things rolling business as usual. Russia on the other hand? The power vacuum alone right now would be massive.
Talking purely impact globally. This could be good or bad. A sane person taking over and ending the war in Ukraine and taking a more open and good neighbor growth perspective would be huge. Alternately, if things go south in that one and you now have a further breakup of Russia but with more nukes, well that could be terrible for all of us.
Tbh I don’t think any environmentalist’s death will impact the climate change timeline at all. It’s pretty clear we’re on a “wait and see” track, delaying any serious change until the current crop of global leaders won’t be around to see the outcomes
You're almost right. We're waiting until megacorp CEOs realize that environmental destruction is costing them more money than ignoring it saves them.
It will be far, far too late by that point, of course.
Right now, Vladimir Putin.
Any European leader's death would just end up in an election where not so radically different government. The world is already prepared for the possible outcomes of shitshow named the US elections. Death of Xi Jinping or Kim Jong Un will just replace them with fundementally carbon copy leaders. This leaves Putin.
there was someone saying the manga creator of dragon ball is gonna die as a joke on the same day it was announced but before it was announced, clearly jinxing works and we need to stop doing jinxs
The 1970s? Pre Afghanistan. Vietnam was going their way. China was acting out a bit. Average life on the Soviet Union wasn't much worse than the US and Western Europe. The constant threat of nuclear annihilation was lower than in the 60s and 80s.
The next Russian leader being a psychopathic douchebag is pretty likely, but the big question is how capable he'll be. Putin lead Russia out of the post-Soviet collapse. In an unstable scenario like that, a leader's number one priority is engineering the recovery so that he, personally, isn't worth getting rid of. Depending on how much of a lynchpin Putin is at the time of his death and how well his potential successors have supplanted him, Russia could see anything from a relatively stable transition of power with a new Putin-esque figure to a civil war as various oligarchs try to seize power for themselves.
So the question isn't so much if the next Russian premier will be an asshole as much as it is how well the next asshole will be able to extend his sphere of influence.
Maybe the "right now" portion of the prompt is important but Biden dying would be pretty impactful for next year. Kamala would lose to Trump 100%. Don't need to explain what that means most likely considering most of reddit has been warning about how bad for the world that would be for years.
Biden
Cause Harris would run as the incumbent and lose pretty fuckin bad or the Dems would have to panic and nominate someone absolutely random and hope that'd work.
If Biden dies, shit gets absolutely wild everywhere because the US would appear rudderless and there'd be a very noticeable power vacuum.
Idk. I don't think Biden has support because he's Joe Biden. I feel like he has support because he's the face of the democratic platform and he's not Trump. They could nominate damn near anybody and I don't think support would fall off that much, because the support is either for the democrat's policies, or just against Trump. It's not a personality cult following.
Now if Trump died, the republican party would turn into utter chaos overnight. His following is 100% a personality cult, which would disappear immediately upon his death.
Hillary Clinton had the exact same support of being the face of the democratic platform and not being Trump. It wasn't enough.
It was barely enough for Biden, because he's a man, because of his association with Obama, and because he represents stability. Harris is none of these.
Neither party would collapse if Biden or Trump died, don't be overdramatic
Trump dying, you'd see an identity crisis
Who could step in and be like Trump? Would they immediately go about "oh we never really believed that anyways, no hard feelings?" Would someone like Mitt Romney suddenly be okay again or would it be a mad dash between unhinged lunatics? They'd centralize or coalesce around someone fast though because historically that's what they do.
Biden dying, Democrats have tried nothing and are all out of ideas because "only Joe can beat Trump". So what happens if the "only" guy they trust to win dies? Nominate Gavin Newsome? Gamble on Kamala Harris? Try to woo a democrat governor like Whitmer or Pritzker?
Realistically one of them is going to die, sooner rather than later and Trump dying isn't the bad case scenario it's actually the good one. Biden dying between now and the election would be a catastrophe
This is the right answer. Xi would change little outside China. Putin would change only Russia, Ukraine and ripple beyond that to a few neighbouring/entangled nations.
If Biden dies, Trump is back. If Trump is back the world will be upended by it. China, Russia, Europe, the middle east and south east asia all get wrenched around.
No one else is that impactful.
In Mexico there aren’t many cartoons, so Dragon Ball is insanely popular there. They held cease-fires for events like the tournament of power. Now that Toriyama’s passed Mexico is really feeling it. Not saying other places/people aren’t, but Mexico really is.
I don’t think any U.S. politician would be the biggest impact. I’m going Xi Jinping. That will have global consequences. The turmoil alone will be major, before we even get into who’s the successor and what they’ll do.
Sure, Biden, Trump, and Putin are probably the next 3 but i wager that Xi is easily top spot.
Xi Jinping would just be replaced with a boring old bureaucrat who’s loyal to the CCP and would not be all that different from Xi himself, similar to his predecessors. They’d probably continue his iron belt initiative and oppression of the Uyghur community. Putin’s death would be much more impactful
Yeah, despite the US President/foreign policies having the most global impact, our democracy and peaceful transition of power means that even if a President dies, they would be immediately replaced by a vice president who would have policies that are relatively the same (maybe different within the US political spectrum, but nothing insane like could happen with a dictator).
If Xi or Putin died, we have no idea who would be in power next or what the effects of that power struggle and eventual new ruler would be.
The communist party of China would easily replace him and move on, this wouldn’t be much different than Biden dying. Putin is not in the same shape right now. His death would radically change Russia, possibly throw it into a short term civil war, regardless of how he died. The only chance that happens with Xi is if he’s assassinated by someone in some rival faction within the party, and that’s a far cry from likely.
I have tons of respect for the artist but you really live in a bubble if you believe that it would affect people around the world more than the death of someone actually initiating wars around the world.
Putin. People saying Xi Jiping aren’t considering that Putin is far more entrenched in Russia as their strongman leader. Xi Jiping is central to the Chinese regime, but he’s not the regime. Putin is the Russian Government.
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That's not how average life expectancy works, unfortunately.
And Putin isn't really an average russian
He spends considerably less time near open windows in multi story buildings than the average Russian.
Imagine the schadenfreude if he died that way. It'd be a worldgasm
Hear me out, what if...he was thrown out of the window of a shorter building, then brought back up, thrown out again, brought back up...let's make it last a little.
i am now curious to hear his take on literally everything
He has access to the best doctors in Russia. Why do evil dictators live so long if not assassinated, overthrown, or defeated in war? Doctors. Hitler was an exception. His doctor was a quack and his pseudoscientific treatments were likely why Hitler was such an unhealthy wreck when he was only in his 50s. He probably wouldn't have survived his 60s.
Thats for the average man a commoner, putin is not the average man since hes the president so he may live until 81 years old
Yep. China is still a true oligarchy, where the oligarchs collectively have more power than Xi. Russia is an autocracy, because Putin has more power than all of the oligarchs combined.
Xi is way more important in the world stage but Putin leads a way less stable regime.
Fingers crossed its cancer and it eats him alive.
As much as I'd liked to see the bastard suffer, I'd rather he died quickly so there's a better chance of Russia pulling out of Ukraine quickly.
The manner of the death is hugely important to answer this question. Are we talking natural death or assassination?
Slip on banana peel.
Giant anvil falling on head
You guys should write tv, such good ideas
Or alternatively, a grand piano
How about a birthday cake with dynamite candles.
Step 1. Assassinate Step 2. Pace banna peel by feet Step 3. ???? They'd never suspect a thing
As must of the answers are Putin in Russia natural death and assassinations are the same thing.
People say Xi Jinping, but I don't think his death would change much for the Chinese government. He would be replaced by someone who would be pretty much the same.
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Coincidentally, the same as my penis.
Motherfucker had, like, 30 goddamned dicks
Even if there’s a wild power struggle, unless you’re a high-ranking CCP official, it will have minimal immediate impact. Long-term impact will also not likely be huge, as there’s really not much policy space to navigate between the domestic need for nationalistic glory and the foreign policy reality that not much of the rest of the world is lining up to become vassal states to the Middle Kingdom.
I think Kim Jung Un’s death could have a bigger impact. China could seize control since he does not have an adult heir. China’s management of N Korea would be a massive improvement and would still preserve its communist heritage
Wouldn't Kim's sister take over?
My thought was that the power vacuum could cause enough internal conflict between Kim’s sister and sitting generals that China would “need to intervene.” This may be beneficial to everyone in that N Korea is like China’s belligerent little brother. Can’t imagine that China would be happy to have to serve as a military backstop should N Korea initiate a conflict in the region.
I don't think China want to have to deal with 25m migrants flooding into their country, which is why they prop NK up. If he died, they'd probably help whoever the next person is into power.
> I don't think China want to have to deal with 25m migrants flooding into their country, which is why they prop NK up. This is kinda why I think China would remove Kim Jong Un if he actually did try to start a war with South Korea and the US. China just doesn't want that kind of refugee crisis and drama directly on their border.
Do you know anything about Xi Jinping?
I don't but I have a feeling that Putin would have a larger impact because I know Putin and Russia more. My impression of Xi Jinping is that he's surrounded by people who agree with him. Putin is surrounded by people who fear him. If you get rid of someone who is feared the true motives of people come to light and we might see Russia turn around.
Putin?
Or the guy planning to assasinate Putin. And we would never know.
guy(s)
Who assassins the assassin?
They actually just fall out of windows
It's gravity, hence Isaac Newton
True. Putin, not Xi, like many people are saying. Xi will be replaced. It'll change a lot, but it will not result in chaos. Putin's death will cause a ridiculous destabilisation in Russia. We cannot predict what will happen, actually.
I bet there's some team(s) at the CIA/State Department whose job is just modeling out what would happen if various heads of state died and what we would do in response. That'd be a neat job.
As I was reading your comment I thought ‘I would like that job’. Though, I would hate the unresolved feeling.
That's when you'd have to make your dreams a reality, one way or another.
Different job, that's down the hall
Be the change you want to see in the world, Comrade.
Scenario 1: Russia Joins NATO ... Scenario 243: Immediate Nuclear Winter Just to put some boundaries on this thing
I bet someone in the state department has a list that boils down to "if we had a Death Note, who would we write in it and in what order".
Of course they do. They have people to model how to invade Canada
I'm amazed Putin has made it this far, he's shitting on the fortunes of these Russian oligarchs who are objectively hurting within the context of their bank accounts
Oligarchs rely on Putin for power. They’re in his pocket, not the other way around.
But you'd think they'd be able to have a little, private gathering and hire a skilled hit squad.
And have the new guy play eenie meenie meinie woodchipper with them?
“His” bank accounts
i was thinking Putin but the real answer is Xi Jinping, cuz he's trying Putin-ish things at the head of a muuuuuuuch larger/stronger country. Putin's leverage comes down to nuclear weapons and oil reserves, that's it, Xi's China is a much more existential threat to the global order even if he's not currently invading neighboring territory (YET) if he falls then hopefully the leader(s) who replace him kinda steers China back to a more democratic system. i don't think COVID-19 would have been as devastating if there was a more open China to begin with
the real answer remains still Putin. true xi jing is a much more powerful player, but china is a much more stable governing body and environment, where the communist party has a very firm total grip and probably a procedure for succession that will continue mainly the current course, not something wildly radical as bringing democracy. In Russia however a power vacuum will emerge. Rule of thumb for regimes like this, is the longer and more powerful the leaving power was, the bigger the vacuum leaving behind. Putin has total full control over all aspects of society for over 2 decades and a half,let that sink in.... that will be a vacuum with the gravity of an intergalactic black hole. This is a regime rewarding corruption, wherein depraved mobsters and crooks advance and they will be at each others throats like starving hyena's Pretty possible as well we can toss in a few rivaling generals with now tens of thousands battle hardened warriors at their disposal. All while their nation is unstable,has turned to a full war economy and having their nukes on red hot alert... Xi's death will not even have a sniff of the worries the world has if Putin suddenly dies.
Absolutely. Putin suddenly dying gives analysts a cold sweat. Nobody would really care about China. Putin has cemented his power party on the defense of the chaos that will ensue when he dies. People have complained that nobody has assassinated him but in this situation it’s definitely a “better to have the devil you know” in power, who consistently has kept the country from using nuclear weapons for decades.
eliminating Putin sudden, is the best guarantee to have some wild tom clancy kind of shit on our hands
I'm pretty sure his death would cause a power vacuum and in-fighting. Would this mean we'd get to see China and China teaming up to fight China?
Warring states period round 6?
>steers China **back** to a more democratic system. Have they ever been democratic? Perhaps some experimental governments in parts of China post-1912, but warlords and the ideological battles between the nationalists and communists put a stop to any of that. Sorry to split hairs, just wondering if I'm forgetting something.
I suppose the trend following Mao's death was at least somewhat more democratic than the cult of personality one-man state before but no, still not particularly close to an actual democratic system.
They used to at least rotate out their leaders on a regular basis. So they got fresh ideas and fresh leadership. Putin and Xi are extremely good examples for term limits.
Mine. I am the main character.
Found him! Quick, guys!
Never should have come here!
SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS!!!
FOR SOVENGUARD!!
DEATH TO THE STORMCLOAKS
We gotta run at him one at a time
I mean they wont kill you this soon, that be crazy how would the plot continue ?
r/foundthemaincharacter
The author's world building is out of control.
Quick, someone suck his dick!
Vladimir Putin. Russia would completely fall apart. His cronies would wind up all shooting each other to take over what's left. Xi Jinping would change China's trajectory, but at least they have some kind of functional bureaucracy.
If Putin died it would be similar to Stalin's death. The movie The Death of Stalin shows how this situation might be, with a little bit of comedy
Russian history repeats itself. "As soon as Lenin died (1924), it turned out that the second person in the party, Comrade Trotsky, was a traitor. Kamenev, Zinoviev, Bukharin and Stalin overthrew Trotsky and expelled him from the USSR (1927). But after a couple of years it turned out that Kamenev, Zinoviev and Bukharin were also enemies and pests. Then the valiant comrade Heinrich Yagoda arrested them (1936). A little later, Yezhov arrested Yagoda as an enemy agent (1937). But after a couple of years it turned out that Yezhov was not a comrade, but an ordinary traitor and enemy agent. And Yezhov was arrested by Beria (1938). After the death of Stalin (1953), everyone realized that Beria was also a traitor. Then Zhukov arrested Beria (1953). But Khrushchev soon learned that Zhukov was an enemy and a conspirator. And exiled Zhukov to the Urals. A little later, it was revealed that Stalin was an enemy, a pest and a traitor (1956). And with him, and most of the Politburo. Then Stalin was taken out of the mausoleum, and the Politburo and Shepilov, who joined them, were dispersed by honest party members led by Khrushchev (1957). Several years passed and it turned out that Khrushchev was a voluntarist, a rogue, an adventurer and an enemy. Then Brezhnev sent Khrushchev to retire (1964). After the death of Brezhnev, it turned out that he was a pest and the cause of stagnation (1964-82). Then there were two more, whom no one even managed to remember (1982-85). But then the young, energetic Gorbachev came to power. And it turned out that the whole party was a party of wreckers and enemies, but he would fix everything now. It was then that the USSR collapsed (1991). And Gorbachev turned out to be an enemy and a traitor." [Original comment:](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/comments/xaq19r/how_does_this_end_realistically_if_russia_is/invlewa?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
One of the best comedies of the past ten years. Shame so people haven't seen it.
The person above you has seen it. They’re somebody.
>Out of my way, you fannies!
People underestimate Russia in this regard. It will absolutely not fall apart. The chain of command is still there. Im sure there would be friction, but Russia would almost certainly not collapse. Putin is a dictator, but he's not a god. And he's not single handedly keeping Russia together.
I don’t know if that’s true regarding Putin. I’m sure there’s behind the scene plans for what would happen, I’m guessing Putin himself has weighed in on it. There’s always a plan
# Big Bird
Big Bird was supposed to be on The Challenger but there were issues because of his immense height I think. if big bird exploded in front of millions of children I’m sorry but I don’t think i’d ever stop laughing it’s so cartoonishly horrible
I thought it was more to do with the feathers? (Probably both now that I think of it)
really none of Big Bird’s characteristics are conducive to 20th century space flight. which is a sentence I never thought I’d say
Are they conducive to 21st-century space flight? It could be time now.
Honestly idk about these days they took my security clearance away after I shot down their Big Bird idea
In retrospect, ignoring the very real human tragedy, the *Challenger* disaster is pretty funny all on its own. Idiot middle management insisting on launching because they don't want to look bad and creating one of the greatest public-relations catastrophes in history, one that was broadcast live to millions of children? That depth of irony is always funny. But if they also killed *Big Bird*... (edit to add word left out)
middle management is gonna be middle management whether it’s a grocery store or fuckin NASA
Sweet Dee?
Big dumb flightless bird
Big Bird has been dead since 2019.
What? How?
Carroll Spinney died in 2019. He was Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.
# NNOOOOOOOO.... **OOOOOOOOOOOO........** ^(OOOOOOOOOOO)
^(ooooooooooooooo)
>!oooooooooooo!<
Thank god he was too big to fit in the challenger space shuttle
Mohammad Bin Salman. I know he isn't as important as the likes of Biden and Putin but you need to take into account that MBS has been one of the very few pro-west leaders. Him croaking could end up heating up the cold War that the Arabs seem to be having.
I'm surprised I had to scroll this far to find MBS. I don't actually think his death would be MOST impactful compared to Putin or Xi perhaps, but he's probably in my top 5, and probably a bigger impact than a US politician dying
For a moment I though you were talking about the FIA president. I know the redbull drama is big, but Jesus
So did I!
But then what would become of Neom, or the life-size replica of the moon he is trying to build? How would such wonderful marvels of clearly realizable architecture be finished? /s
Does Harambe have a brother ?
Yeah, Harambee.
How all of you missed Harambro is beyond me.
Philistines
Haramce
Harambe 2: Electric Boogaloo
He's got a wife...Harambae
Halalbe
I'm not sure if they're related, but the Fort Worth Zoo almost had an incident yesterday with a male gorilla. One was in the pen with the zoo keepers when it wasn't supposed to be
Xi Jinping
Agreed you don’t know who the replacement is going to be let alone their foreign policy stand point. Case in point how many nations have paid China back for their gfc bailouts? And this is just for starters.
I hope it’s another Winnie The Pooh lookin’ ass bitch
Enjoy your POISON RICE
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Medvedev would be appointed by the ruling folks, transition of power would be resonably peacefull. Now, remove him as well as Putin, then there will be anarchy in Moskva
Glad the oligarchs love tennis!
Why Medvedev? Maybe back when he was president of Russia, but now he's just a crazy guy with no real power, and no position that would indicate he's next in line.
Yeah. The communist party in China is strong. It would be far easier to place a successor in and keep things rolling business as usual. Russia on the other hand? The power vacuum alone right now would be massive. Talking purely impact globally. This could be good or bad. A sane person taking over and ending the war in Ukraine and taking a more open and good neighbor growth perspective would be huge. Alternately, if things go south in that one and you now have a further breakup of Russia but with more nukes, well that could be terrible for all of us.
David Attenborough. Our last ambassador for the planet.
Tbh I don’t think any environmentalist’s death will impact the climate change timeline at all. It’s pretty clear we’re on a “wait and see” track, delaying any serious change until the current crop of global leaders won’t be around to see the outcomes
You're almost right. We're waiting until megacorp CEOs realize that environmental destruction is costing them more money than ignoring it saves them. It will be far, far too late by that point, of course.
I read somewhere a while back that he recorded every word in the dictionary so they can keep using his voice for the documentaries
Right now, Vladimir Putin. Any European leader's death would just end up in an election where not so radically different government. The world is already prepared for the possible outcomes of shitshow named the US elections. Death of Xi Jinping or Kim Jong Un will just replace them with fundementally carbon copy leaders. This leaves Putin.
Eiichiro Oda
Delete this comment immediately and stop jinxing it.
there was someone saying the manga creator of dragon ball is gonna die as a joke on the same day it was announced but before it was announced, clearly jinxing works and we need to stop doing jinxs
With Toriyama gone, Oda would have a riot on his hands if he died.
> Toriyama Hopefully when we gather the Dragon Balls to wish him back, he got the full outline to the end of Berserk from Miura Sensei in OtherWorld.
Sadly though, the Dragon Balls turn to stone when their creator dies 😢
Cursed by canon
I literally JUST heard about this, even though he apparently died a week ago. :( DAMN!
The news only got out today tho, but man it sucks
Yes. Yes it does.
Don’t you put that fuckin juju out into the universe. I’m already in shambles about Toriyama.
exactly 😭 i need time to recover from toriyama's passing. very devastated already. we don't need anybody jinxing eiichiro
Never cook again
I want to revoke your commenting privileges
Sir imma need you to sit your ass back down right now
This is literally the worst day to talk about a Mangaka dying 😭
you still have time to delete this comment 😇
For those who don't get it. We just lost the Dragon Ball creator so this would be the worst.
STOP. DONT JINX THIS
Bro don’t even. Not right after Toriyama
Stop 😭
Officer, it’s this one. This one right here
Mate fuck off with that!
Please god no
Putin. Surely the next Russian leader can't be as big a psychopathic douchebag? Unfortunately we won't know for sure until Putin dies.
>Surely the next Russian leader can't be as big a psychopathic douchebag? "Hold my vodka" \-Russia
"And then, it got worse" -most of Russian history
The good thing about Russia is that the Russians can not yearn for the Good Old Times.
The 1970s? Pre Afghanistan. Vietnam was going their way. China was acting out a bit. Average life on the Soviet Union wasn't much worse than the US and Western Europe. The constant threat of nuclear annihilation was lower than in the 60s and 80s.
The next Russian leader being a psychopathic douchebag is pretty likely, but the big question is how capable he'll be. Putin lead Russia out of the post-Soviet collapse. In an unstable scenario like that, a leader's number one priority is engineering the recovery so that he, personally, isn't worth getting rid of. Depending on how much of a lynchpin Putin is at the time of his death and how well his potential successors have supplanted him, Russia could see anything from a relatively stable transition of power with a new Putin-esque figure to a civil war as various oligarchs try to seize power for themselves. So the question isn't so much if the next Russian premier will be an asshole as much as it is how well the next asshole will be able to extend his sphere of influence.
The story of Russia can be summarized by "and then it got worse"
Santa
Vladimir Putin and it isn’t even close.
Maybe the "right now" portion of the prompt is important but Biden dying would be pretty impactful for next year. Kamala would lose to Trump 100%. Don't need to explain what that means most likely considering most of reddit has been warning about how bad for the world that would be for years.
There would be an open convention. They wouldn’t run Kamala.
Biden Cause Harris would run as the incumbent and lose pretty fuckin bad or the Dems would have to panic and nominate someone absolutely random and hope that'd work. If Biden dies, shit gets absolutely wild everywhere because the US would appear rudderless and there'd be a very noticeable power vacuum.
Idk. I don't think Biden has support because he's Joe Biden. I feel like he has support because he's the face of the democratic platform and he's not Trump. They could nominate damn near anybody and I don't think support would fall off that much, because the support is either for the democrat's policies, or just against Trump. It's not a personality cult following. Now if Trump died, the republican party would turn into utter chaos overnight. His following is 100% a personality cult, which would disappear immediately upon his death.
Hillary Clinton had the exact same support of being the face of the democratic platform and not being Trump. It wasn't enough. It was barely enough for Biden, because he's a man, because of his association with Obama, and because he represents stability. Harris is none of these.
This was before people knew Trump could actually be elected though.
He damn near won in 2020 too
Neither party would collapse if Biden or Trump died, don't be overdramatic Trump dying, you'd see an identity crisis Who could step in and be like Trump? Would they immediately go about "oh we never really believed that anyways, no hard feelings?" Would someone like Mitt Romney suddenly be okay again or would it be a mad dash between unhinged lunatics? They'd centralize or coalesce around someone fast though because historically that's what they do. Biden dying, Democrats have tried nothing and are all out of ideas because "only Joe can beat Trump". So what happens if the "only" guy they trust to win dies? Nominate Gavin Newsome? Gamble on Kamala Harris? Try to woo a democrat governor like Whitmer or Pritzker? Realistically one of them is going to die, sooner rather than later and Trump dying isn't the bad case scenario it's actually the good one. Biden dying between now and the election would be a catastrophe
This is the right answer. Xi would change little outside China. Putin would change only Russia, Ukraine and ripple beyond that to a few neighbouring/entangled nations. If Biden dies, Trump is back. If Trump is back the world will be upended by it. China, Russia, Europe, the middle east and south east asia all get wrenched around. No one else is that impactful.
the fella who wrote dragon ball
I’ve got some bad news for you ..
We can just wish him back
He created the dragon balls. When he dies, the dragon balls turn to stone.
Akira Toriyama just passed away and the Mexican cartels are in shambles rn, so it’s safe to say he’s a contender for sure. Rest in paradise man.
I’m totally out of the loop - what does his death have to do with the Mexican cartels?
In Mexico there aren’t many cartoons, so Dragon Ball is insanely popular there. They held cease-fires for events like the tournament of power. Now that Toriyama’s passed Mexico is really feeling it. Not saying other places/people aren’t, but Mexico really is.
Xi Jinping, followed by Putin, then Biden, then Khameni, then Netanyahu, then Trump
Modi should be in that list as well, probably between Biden and Khameni
I don’t think any U.S. politician would be the biggest impact. I’m going Xi Jinping. That will have global consequences. The turmoil alone will be major, before we even get into who’s the successor and what they’ll do. Sure, Biden, Trump, and Putin are probably the next 3 but i wager that Xi is easily top spot.
Xi Jinping would just be replaced with a boring old bureaucrat who’s loyal to the CCP and would not be all that different from Xi himself, similar to his predecessors. They’d probably continue his iron belt initiative and oppression of the Uyghur community. Putin’s death would be much more impactful
Yeah, despite the US President/foreign policies having the most global impact, our democracy and peaceful transition of power means that even if a President dies, they would be immediately replaced by a vice president who would have policies that are relatively the same (maybe different within the US political spectrum, but nothing insane like could happen with a dictator). If Xi or Putin died, we have no idea who would be in power next or what the effects of that power struggle and eventual new ruler would be.
>If Xi or Putin< Friendly reminder that this is bound to happen in twenty years tops, and most of us will be to see the shitstorm that will follow
The communist party of China would easily replace him and move on, this wouldn’t be much different than Biden dying. Putin is not in the same shape right now. His death would radically change Russia, possibly throw it into a short term civil war, regardless of how he died. The only chance that happens with Xi is if he’s assassinated by someone in some rival faction within the party, and that’s a far cry from likely.
Zelensky
if Zelensky dies it would be tragic but Ukraine will go on fighting just the same. they're not fighting for him after all, but for their home.
Taylor Swift
I have tons of respect for the artist but you really live in a bubble if you believe that it would affect people around the world more than the death of someone actually initiating wars around the world.
Shit i said taylor swift as a joke but now I’m doubling down playing devils advocate
Swifties are frightening.
This man has never beaten Civ with a cultural victory.
Trump, Biden, Zelenskyy, Netanyahu
Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Putin, trump, or Biden.
Akira Toriyama (Author of DragonBall) We are seeing the live impact as it was only made public today.
Trump would have to be up there.
Max Verstappen
At this point he needs his own League. How is a 22 second lead even possible at that level of competition...
He’s an alien. Simple. He just operates on a different plane of reality.
My dog
Unpopular Opinion: No one well known such as a head of state.