If you had a superpower, how would you use it to advance liberty?

[regtoday]

I chose mind reading/telepathy/mind control but that is more of a bad thing. With that much power you can get easily corrupt.

I think it's a bad thing if only a few people have it. If everyone has it, i guess it would come down to is mankind inherently good or evil.

 

[Xenophage]

Kind of ironic to control the minds of others to advance liberty.

Indeed, but if you're only controlling the minds of power mongers then you're engaging in a defensive use of force!

 

[Xenophage]

I think it's a bad thing if only a few people have it. If everyone has it, i guess it would come down to is mankind inherently good or evil.

If two people can control one another's minds, does it come down who can click the mouse button faster?

Maybe intelligent people would have an advantage.

 

[Xenophage]

Yeah, but how would your recording equipment, clothing, etc. become invisible? (so as to record meetings)

I thought about this too. Basically I think you'd have to be naked all the time. To avoid giving yourself away you'd have to refrain from picking anything up or interacting with anything while someone could see. You'd be friggin cold all the time.

But it would still be awesome, and a lot of fun!

 

[Xenophage]

I want whatever superpowers V for Vendetta had. That movie kicked ass. It would also be kind of cool to raise the founding fathers from the dead and sic em on DC, although I wouldn't really want them to see what has become of their republic. I really love the ghost of freedom past idea as well.

Its impossible to say what our heroes past would do... but if I had to guess, I'd guess that they'd be doing the same things we're doing...

like sitting around on a message board wishing they had super powers.

 

[Conza88]

Mind control for the cause of liberty, though invincibility or invisibility would be nifty for myself. I'd also like to shoot laser beams out of my eyes. Pew pew pew.

LOLcats beat ya too it.

 

[krazy kaju]

Kind of ironic to control the minds of others to advance liberty.

u gotz to do wut u gotz to do

The more philosophical answer is that by denying the self-ownership of others, those in position of power are essentially denying their own self-ownership. Thus, I have the right to claim justice and own those in power via mind control.

 

[youngbuck]

Mind control is obviously the best one.

 

[VIDEODROME]

Would that make you a Super Delegate?

 

[ChaosControl]

Telepathy since I could basically make everyone do my will.

Runner up would probably be the super strength/bullet proof as then I'd be able to slaughter the government and take over by force.

 

[xd9fan]

a good lightsaber and the ability to separate (get rid of )washingtondc from the rest of america.