We asked our regular contributors through e-mail, If historical figures actually did roll in their graves, which grave would generate the most power if hooked up to a generator? We got many interesting responses. Here are some of them. We have just copied and pasted their responses, not editing them in any way.
1. If Sir Isaac Newton knew that we were suggesting that a body at rest could spontaneously generate motion without being acted on by an external force, he’d start spinning in his grave.
– pjabrony
2. Washington would be doing somersaults @ that 2 party system.
– gardenvanilla
3. Tesla, but only because he’d be into it.
– Trigger93
4. a) Put “Grave generator” on Karl Marx’s grave
b) Acquire energy from his spinning
c) Use energy to power business, factories, shopping malls, etc.
d) Due to being literally used to power Capitalism, Karl will spin faster
e) When he spins faster, he produces more energy, helping Capitalism, even more, creating a positive feedback loop
f) Achieve an exponentially growing infinite energy source
– Cheesus_Bacon_Crisp
5. First, that comes to mind is Andrew Jackson’s face being printed on the money when he presides over the “war” against Banks.
– Jherik
6. Kurt Cobain’s, the number of hot topic t-shirts and Tumblr quotes attributed to him that he didn’t even actually say are probably making it hard for him to rest in peace.
– thebrowntown12
7. Hitler, he would be horrified at the kind of societies Germany and Northern Europe has become.
– tjblue
8. Walt Disney would throw an eternal dance party if he learned how much power his company has.
– ToysInTheAttik
9. I’d have to go with Richard Dawkins.
“I’m not dead! I’m not dead! Let me out of here! Aaaaaugh!”
– RamsesThePigeon
10. George Orwell. If he knew about the amount of surveillance and data collection in our society, he’d be throwing wheels of cheese at us and screaming, “I warned you!”
– twilighttruth
I definitely agree with the suggestions of Jefferson and Washington.
Jefferson also thought the Constitution should have a time limit so that future generations would not be bound by the past – and the fight over the second amendment pretty much proves his point. He knew trying to regulate future ideas and innovations based on the knowledge of a previous age was trouble waiting to happen.
Yeah every week in Turkey is causing Ataurk another roll in his grave. It’s going to be a future case study on how democracy dies.