Planning For The Future

As I tried to even consider the possible candidates though, I began to feel a weird feeling, like I was interfering with something which I was not supposed to interfere with. After some consideration though it became clear that it was just an attempt from my subconscious to sway me away from holding onto as much power as I currently had. And to be fair it was probably correct as it didn't sit right with me either.

Before I became too far gone though, I was thankfully able to catch myself and then slap myself out of my delusion. Once I did I noticed that I was shaking in excitement causing me to look at myself in disbelief, unable to believe that I had almost lost myself so easily.

Although I was certainly no saint I at the very least believed that I would be able to suppress my urges especially when it came to power as we already had a rather troubling relationship. It was only now that I had held it in my hands that I truly understood just how great having power felt. No wonder my father's side of the family lost their mind over keeping it.

Still, I knew that if I actually let go of myself too much I would just end up making myself a monarch, which although certainly a possibility, was still not a good one from an objective perspective.

Mainly because although it was true that as long as I truly was able to extend my life I could become an eternal ruler and would not have to worry as much about the problems that came with the system of inheritance of the throne, deep down I knew that I wouldn't exactly be a fair ruler as it would only be a matter of time before I succumbed to my geed.

Plus there would also come a ton of problems with being king, mainly regarding how it would completely go against technological and educational advancements. After all, the only reason people respected a king in the past was that they believed that the king held control over them whether it be for religious or military reasons, yes I had neither.

Meaning that if I wanted people to stay under me unquestionably I would have to keep them uneducated and make sure that they never learned enough to be able to see how unnecessary of an existence a king was.

Once finally moving away from the idea of being king I finally decided to just establish a democracy, as long as I could find a way to stop a two-party system from forming. Because although I had nothing against people having opposing beliefs there were times when that would cause the government to basically do nothing of actual importance.

After all, once two opposing groups with differing ideals stopped focusing on solving problems by using their own method and focused more on criticizing the method of the other group all that would happen would be that hostility would grow between both groups and neither side would be able to get anything through as they would both always try to stop the others initiative. If there was a balance between the two parties that is.

And although it was certainly possible for me to change the system of democracy however I wanted, I knew that not only did I not have anywhere near the amount of knowledge needed to do such a thing, nor a stable enough mindset to not find a way to give myself power.

Now that I had seen just how susceptible I was to power I knew that it would be best to get myself to be as far away from it as possible. Which although not many thanks to my unique position was still something and would help to some extent.

In the end, after some thinking, I settled for being the head of a research department funded by tax, that way while still being able to offer 'my' technological knowledge while not holding too much power.

As for my involvement politically it would only go as far as being a sort of suggestion box to whoever is elected president if they request so o if I believe they should be told about something, apart from that I would have no other connections to the government and would basically just be a normal citizen with a hopefully high paying job.

As long as there truly was nobody else that is, for if there truly were others it would probably just be best for me to serve as a sort of representative, as chances are that as much as I want to think that everyone will be willing to put their greed aside, I know that it would just be foolish to expect things to go that way.

I do hope that there being others is just a speculation of mine though as if there truly are others and not everyone gives up their power, then once we find each other all hell will break loose. And we will once again be set down the same route as we were in before because those who are consumed by their thirst for power lose sight of the true bigger picture.

That was something to worry about later though, as I wasn't even aware if there were others. As for what the plan was moving forward right now after realizing that the amount of fruit and vegetables around us were becoming scarcer I came to the consensus that it would be best to immediately start a farm.

That way although the problem of fruit and vegetable scarcity would be solved for the current population of the settlement the new generation would basically be secured when it came to being able to easily access fruits and vegetables. Plus I could also start meat-related farms so that we no longer had to go hunting and could slowly start the process of turning into a small village.