If you could change one regime...

[America Needs R'hllor]

If you could change one regime or leadership of any world country, other than your own, what would it be and what would you change it into?
Definitely Russia into a liberal democracy for me. I love the Russian culture, and it hurts me to see it in a homophobic dictatorship,

[America Needs R'hllor]

When you realize how much humanity would benefit from the change of so many regimes...
Yeah, China, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and NK would be great too. I'd also change Jordan to a sensible Palestinian democracy so that they can the West Bank. But I'm sticking with Russia as my top choice.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Obviously the global regime of petty squabbling nationalists, multinational inscrutables, a smattering of global elite etc. should and hopefully one day will be replaced by a democratic, global, decentralised government that works for the common good of humanity and the planet.

Even as a globalist, it seems very optimistic to me
Still, I hope so too.

[America Needs R'hllor]

China into a conservative-leaning democracy/republic.

Does it really matter, by the way? I mean, looking at the scale of the current difference between China and the US, is there a noteable difference between the Democrats and Republicans?

[America Needs R'hllor]

Saudi Arabia, China, or Iran. Though I suspect Iran's regime will quietly go away in the coming decades. They don't seem to have the autocratic appetite of the early revolutionary Iran government.

How can an extremist regime, that believes in its devine right for world dominance and is actively trying to achieve it by funding terrorists, go away quietly, without a fight?

[America Needs R'hllor]

Saudi Arabia & it is not even close. As much as I want change in China, there is some democracy within the Communist party, they are following market dynamics nowadays & are a somewhat responsible state.

But Saudi is spreading the poison of radicalism & Wahhabism around the world - Their ideology is behind the rise of ISIS & most terror groups. It is an incredibly authoritarian, corrupt regime where people have no rights - They cut off heads of people for dissent, being a gay, being non-religious (apostasy is banned_)

Yet if you asked Westerners whether they'd rather take an expat job with Aramco or with a Chinese company, most of them would choose Aramco, and not just because of the pay. Also, there are places like Jeddah which are relatively open and tolerant compared to the rest of the country. Yes, Saudi Arabia is ruled by an awful regime and I respect those who would put it at the top of their list of regimes to replace, but every mitigating factor you listed about China also exists in Saudi Arabia in different ways. What makes China worse, in my opinion, is that the state is deified, which is far more dangerous than religious extremism because the state is far more tangible than a deity. (of course, this would make North Korea even worse, but they are a lower priority because of their dependence on China)

The whole China thing is over-rated IMO. China doesn't kill gays, cut heads off randomly for being a Shia, treat women lives slaves, kill women for being raped, disallow women driving, etc. China doesn't fund terrorists the way Saudi does. Saudi is openly fighting multiple wars to defend Sunni Islam. Some friends of mine went to China & it is a surprisingly decent place. If people want to take a job @ Aramco when the world is blowing up they are crazy IMO. Besides China today is very much a capitalist country in business wise . There is also huge meritocracy in China, Xi had to struggle for years to get into the Presidency & they don't have a monarchy & dynasty like North Korea.

I despise the fact that they don't have democracy (it is a 1 party rule) where everyone has to support the Chinese communist party. That is a deal breaker for me - I hope every country has democracy. But Saudi is infinitesimally worse than Chine IMO (& not even a debate for me).

IMO religious extremism is the scum of the earth - Religion in itself is a pretty vile thing & I study multiple religious texts of many different religions to mock this facade known as religion.

Yes, Saudi Arabia is horrible and all the victims of their crimes are a tragedy. But though I support changing the Russian regime before the Chinese one, when you think about the large-scale influence of changing the superpower regimes into democracies that actually want to work for humanity, it trumps any advantage from changing Saudi Arabia. Human lives are precious and every loss is tragic, but far more lives wil be lost if for example global warming isn't countered.