No

Me, yes. 😊

I’d be a watchdog, not a dictator. I think that’s the better use of that power. And if I had an idea then I’d take it to the same process as the rest of the laws and have a vote on it.

Yes, but I would try to avoid it as much as possible because that’s what we call in Spain “un marrón que te cagas” that only demented people want for themselves.

If you are doing injustice in small acts then you will also do injustice in big acts too, Especially if you think you can get away with it. And person’s view & promise about this does not matter, Because as Schopenhauer put it,

supposing that we wanted to know, for instance, how someone will act in a position in which we intend to place him, we must not rely on his promises and assurances. For, even assuming that he spoke honestly, he speaks of a matter that he does not know. Therefore, we have to calculate his actions solely on the basis of weighing the circumstances that he will have to face and their conflict with his character.

But I think person can achieve this kind of purity, by trying to be pure everyday. The reason i believe this is because i read a ancient Indian text called Mahabharata and it talked about a asceticism, Brahman, ashramas, double celibacy(doing sex only to beget children), mahaprasthana(means great journey, when person determine to departs from home and wanders around, awaiting death). It also had stories of benevolent kings, warriors & people showing uprightness. So, l believe, some people have attainted this kind of purity already in history & it’s proof that man can control their desires and take right actions with impartiality by observing Brahmacharya

So your question, if I can be benevolent dictator without being corrupt or not?, yes, I can be but this job is not best suitable for me because of my personality And currently, my time tracking statistics & recent actions are not showing good results.

No, because “benevolent dictatorship” can’t exist (the only benevolent action of such a dictatorship would be self-abolishment).

No because narcissistic psychopathic yes-men would flood my surroundings and I’d probably quickly become paranoid (with reasons to be that).

Except if it was in a Douglas Addams way.

The trick is to set a reasonable limit for political assassinations and idiotic massive construction projects ahead of time, and then keep to those limits.

Of course. I’d get promptly assassinated too

There’s a famous phrase: power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. It’s guaranteed to happen. The theme is played upon in LOTR when both Gandalf and Galadriel refuse the ring, knowing what it will do to them. It’s the most important metaphor Tolkien put into the stories for a good reason. Peter Jackson made those moments stand out, as he also understood the assignment. Nobody is capable of resisting the call of corruption when given absolute power. You are not an exception.

I think I would last a little longer than average. And I only say that because the more power I get handed the more anxiety I get and I think it’s the people it doesn’t make anxious that are the scariest. I also burnout quickly though and I don’t handle everybody being mad at me very gracefully.

Relevant CGP Grey video

Basically it is a structural problem that ensures corrupt behavior. A dictator has to direct resources to the people most relevant to their continued power to buy their loyalty, and away from everyone else whose support is irrelevant. Not being a scumbag in that position could get you killed.

I would instantly be assassinated for helping out people too much and handing too much power to workers syndicates

I’d be too much of a lazy dictator to do anything truly evil.