The lineup of Antichrist candidates includes: ETs and Ultradimensionals, presidents (and presidential hopefuls), some millionaires and billionaires, and even a few Hollywood celebrities (forget Manson and Hitler - they had their time and missed the audition). So let's perform a quick look at the list, shall we?

1) ETs and Ultradimensionals. At first glance, these groups seem like the most probable winners. After all, Aliens and Ultradimensionals assumedly come from "out there" or from other dimensions, exist in unknown numbers, have access to an unknown amount of resources, are vastly superior and more evolved than us, and like to rip people out of their beds onto massive ships for social and scientific experiments. Case closed, right?

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Not quite. For all their nasty secretiveness and tendency to perform stealth kidnapping, Aliens and Ultradimensionals have never once responded or retaliated to our aggression towards them. They have not killed anyone during the famed 1942 'Battle of L.A.' for instance, where over 1,400 rounds of anti-aircraft fire was unloaded onto a large unidentified stationary ship over the city (actually, six people did die that night, but these deaths were attributed to either friendly fire or stress induced heart attacks from the hour long barrage), not during WW1, and not during any recent world conflicts and skirmishes either. In fact, aside for taking purely defensive countermeasures (temporarily stopping our aircraft's onboard instruments, for instance), these visitors have behaved themselves perfectly well. Secretive they may be, but on the aggression scale, ETs rate poorly. Besides, we routinely conspire against our own kind without any cosmic influence pushing us to do so. Verdict: if anything, the next Antichrist will probably be more Earthbound than not.

Alright. So the next Antichrist isn't an Alien race with a chip on its shoulder. Who's next?

2) Presidents and Presidential Candidates. When it comes to politics and world affairs, most eyes and ears are on the big dogs. And right now, only a handful of countries qualify as being "big" mediawise: So Iraq for sure, ditto for Afghanistan, Russia, the UK, throw in Canada and China for good measure, any western European country, Japan, Australia, and of course, the U.S. Logically speaking then, past, present, and future leaders of these nations must have a pretty good shot at playing toe to toe against a savior figure, right? Yes, they certainly do. Except.

You see, world politics being the sinewy and slithering creature it is, being a nation's figurehead isn't all that great or powerful a position to have. Sure, the country is at your command, but you're basically just a temporary store manager chosen to direct groups of pre-existing departments - with each department having sub-leaders that will remain in place long after you're just another signed and framed commemorative picture on the wall. Four to eight years isn't that lengthy a period to do real, irreversible damage. You can wreak havoc in the short term for sure, but the next person taking your seat can clean up your mess and re-build broken bridges. Besides, everyone knows that politicians are orators first and doers second.

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