People have tried taking the world. Usually through a fascist regime, totalitarian society, or communist takeover. All have failed. Why? All these things naturally oppress people. The key to taking over the world is to be able to be put in the position to do it before people realize it. Everyone knew Hitler was trying to take over Europe (and in the future, the world)which is why he failed. I realized that the best way to achieve domination is through abusing a system that is made to protect freedoms. Economic freedoms to be specific. That's right, take over can be done through capitalism.
The first step would be becoming a master at the stock market. Warren Buffet, the second richest man in the world (only a little behind bill gates) was able to make his fortune through the stock market.
I believe the best course of action would to purchase many stocks in the computer and internet industry which right now is almost always successful. The internet is not effected by natural disasters, wars, and other bad things. And as long as factories exist, computers and other electronics can be massed produced.
As you can see after hitting the 1y (1 year) button, Google and Apple stock goes up overtime. Slowly purchasing more and more of it will allow me to buy out more and more corporations and businesses until I have purchased every megacorp in the world. Local businesses will be unable to compete and as a result go out of business.
From then I will have plenty of money. The next step is to grab the big bucks, what everyone wants and even needs. Africa is the answer. Due to unstable countries in Africa, the resources are mostly untouched (compared to industrialized countries) with the large amount of corrupt rulers they will easily accept bribes of any price which I will be able to provide. Upon purchasing vast amounts of Africa I will have access to gold, diamonds, and even oil. This is where the big bucks come in. Diamond and Gold are popular luxury items and Earth slowly runs out of them, provided I can still find them, I will enjoy the rising prices of these resources amassing even more cash.
The purchase of governments is difficult but with the right strategy it can be done. A fictional example of this can be seen in the Pixar movie Wall-E. Buy N Large purchased all of the major businesses and used that money to purchase entire nations.
What I am going to do with this money though? There will be people who won't accept the bribes and blackmail. This is where I get involved in the politics.
With all this money I can do one of two things...
1. Spend lots of money into campaigning and run for president of the United states. I will also use the money to hire journalist to get dirt on my opponents. At the head of the Oval Office I will be able to create unfair laws that only get passed through bribery of senators and legislator, hell maybe I can work out a way to abolish the Judiciary branch. Slowly but surely I turn the US into a totalitarian state.
2. Use the money to purchase a private army and take over the United States through military force. Using netflix, youtube, and other video services to distribute propaganda the civilians will support the take over.
After the US is under control will use it's influence to convince the EU and other US allies into being annexed for "Economic and Social benefits" should they accept the worlds military is mine and all is left is a long bloody war with the enemies of the new world order. Which will not be lost due to superior resources, numbers, technology, and everything really.
The only major flaw is that the stock market part requires a fair bit of luck. If I get that luck the world is mine. MWHAHAHAHA
People have tried taking the world. Usually through a fascist regime, totalitarian society, or communist takeover. All have failed. Why? All these things naturally oppress people. The key to taking over the world is to be able to be put in the position to do it before people realize it. Everyone knew Hitler was trying to take over Europe (and in the future, the world)which is why he failed. I realized that the best way to achieve domination is through abusing a system that is made to protect freedoms. Economic freedoms to be specific. That's right, take over can be done through capitalism.
The first step would be becoming a master at the stock market. Warren Buffet, the second richest man in the world (only a little behind bill gates) was able to make his fortune through the stock market.
I believe the best course of action would to purchase many stocks in the computer and internet industry which right now is almost always successful. The internet is not effected by natural disasters, wars, and other bad things. And as long as factories exist, computers and other electronics can be massed produced.
http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:AAPL
http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:GOOG
As you can see after hitting the 1y (1 year) button, Google and Apple stock goes up overtime. Slowly purchasing more and more of it will allow me to buy out more and more corporations and businesses until I have purchased every megacorp in the world. Local businesses will be unable to compete and as a result go out of business.
From then I will have plenty of money. The next step is to grab the big bucks, what everyone wants and even needs. Africa is the answer. Due to unstable countries in Africa, the resources are mostly untouched (compared to industrialized countries) with the large amount of corrupt rulers they will easily accept bribes of any price which I will be able to provide. Upon purchasing vast amounts of Africa I will have access to gold, diamonds, and even oil. This is where the big bucks come in. Diamond and Gold are popular luxury items and Earth slowly runs out of them, provided I can still find them, I will enjoy the rising prices of these resources amassing even more cash.
The purchase of governments is difficult but with the right strategy it can be done. A fictional example of this can be seen in the Pixar movie Wall-E. Buy N Large purchased all of the major businesses and used that money to purchase entire nations.
What I am going to do with this money though? There will be people who won't accept the bribes and blackmail. This is where I get involved in the politics.
With all this money I can do one of two things...
1. Spend lots of money into campaigning and run for president of the United states. I will also use the money to hire journalist to get dirt on my opponents. At the head of the Oval Office I will be able to create unfair laws that only get passed through bribery of senators and legislator, hell maybe I can work out a way to abolish the Judiciary branch. Slowly but surely I turn the US into a totalitarian state.
2. Use the money to purchase a private army and take over the United States through military force. Using netflix, youtube, and other video services to distribute propaganda the civilians will support the take over.
After the US is under control will use it's influence to convince the EU and other US allies into being annexed for "Economic and Social benefits" should they accept the worlds military is mine and all is left is a long bloody war with the enemies of the new world order. Which will not be lost due to superior resources, numbers, technology, and everything really.
The only major flaw is that the stock market part requires a fair bit of luck. If I get that luck the world is mine. MWHAHAHAHA