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We already have the Golden Raspberry Awards (I think that's their full name, I just call them Razzies like everyone else) for terrible filmmaking. I've been thinking for a long time, shouldn't we be able to snarkily call people out for more important things? Specifically, bad leadership. Ideally, some wonky NGO would vote each year for the head of state (of all the world's nations) who best exemplifies bad government in one of several categories:
-The Pope Alexander VI award for clean, transparent government
-The Neville Chamberlain (?) award for sound foreign policy
-The Marie Antoinette (?) award for philanthropy and humanitarianism
-The Pol Pot award for human rights
-The Louis XV award for economic development/fiscal restraint
-The Napoleon Bonaparte (?) peace prize
-Lastly, The Hitler, an award for the leader who overall failed the most to lead his/her people, or the world, to greatness or prosperity.
The ?'s indicate that I feel the leader whose name I chose isn't ideal. "Let them eat cake" is probably a myth, for example, and AFAIK Neville isn't known for any cockup other than that one fantastically embarrassing episode. I'd also like the awards to be named for a broader spectrum of historical figures. I know there were bad, bad leaders prior to 1500 or so, and more of them outside Europe. Any ideas? Including ways to turn this into a reality somehow, assuming it hasn't already been done?
-The Pope Alexander VI award for clean, transparent government
-The Neville Chamberlain (?) award for sound foreign policy
-The Marie Antoinette (?) award for philanthropy and humanitarianism
-The Pol Pot award for human rights
-The Louis XV award for economic development/fiscal restraint
-The Napoleon Bonaparte (?) peace prize
-Lastly, The Hitler, an award for the leader who overall failed the most to lead his/her people, or the world, to greatness or prosperity.
The ?'s indicate that I feel the leader whose name I chose isn't ideal. "Let them eat cake" is probably a myth, for example, and AFAIK Neville isn't known for any cockup other than that one fantastically embarrassing episode. I'd also like the awards to be named for a broader spectrum of historical figures. I know there were bad, bad leaders prior to 1500 or so, and more of them outside Europe. Any ideas? Including ways to turn this into a reality somehow, assuming it hasn't already been done?
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