Thread: Let's Take Over the World

I would test it out in third world countries first. I would enslave them economically, and thereby take their land. The land would be owned by the banks and the multi-national orginizations which hire private security armies (mercenaries) to defend them. I would withhold food and water and spread disease so the people are too weak to revolt. Any currency they use will be valueless if there is no food for them to eat. If they do get strong enough to revolt, I would take out the leader of their country and put in a new one that promises changes, but doesn't deliver.

Yes, people can use whatever currency they want, but if it is not backed by anything of real value their currency will be worthless. If they don't own their own land, then they are powerless. Then they have to work on a plantation that supplies us with bananas while they can't even earn enough money to buy a banana. But if they cooperate, they get a roof over their head and a good square mean a day.

If I wanted to take over the world in a different way, I would become president of the U.S. and go live in an undisclosed location where I would declare a new country with new laws. It would take me time to think up what these new laws would be, but basically I would become a kind dictator. I would encourage a new industry in alternative energies like solar, wind, wave, hydrogen cell, etc....and at the same time implement amazing public transportation. I would raise the price of oil so it is basically unaffordable. I would create a department of peace. I would declare that corporations do not have the same rights or more rights than people, and I would require them to pay their fare share of taxes. I would redistribute the land and make it so that housing is free. I would legalize all victimless crimes. I would make this new country an example of a cutting edge futuristic vision and urge other countries to modernize and not be left behind. Of course i would have to be in an undisclosed location so that I wouldn't be assassinated. I would try to centralize farming and industry to each location in order to empower communities to be self-sufficient as much as possible. I would halt the production of poisons as much as possible. With clean renewable free energy there will be no more mountain top removal polluting the rivers and oceans with mercury. With prosperous communities and a nation of happy people, hopefully the idea would catch on. There would be so much to do and think about that I would probably not be successful, but at least I could try. I live how Bolivia and Bhutan have made efforts in this area.

Originally Posted by BLUELINE976

To get to the crux of this scenario, what are you trying to do exactly? Centrally plan an economy? What are the "shady lending policies?" How do you plan to put governments in debt? There are so many questions to be asked that it's hard for one to just jump to "well here's what we can do."

*shrug* I don't know man. The title just says "Let's Take Over the World." What does that mean to you? If I was a banker and my goal was to "rule the world," the first thing that comes to mind is a centralized world government and a population that thinks they're as free as they can be without actually having the freedom to live self-sufficiently or independently of the resources that I back. If I'd succeeded I'd probably start dumping most funding into new transportation technologies and medicine. Likely into semiconductor and general computing technology as well. Question is how you'd reach whatever you define this as if you had the power. What I meant by shady lending policies and government debt I should have just phrased as fractional reserve banking, obviously I see that I was trying to be dramatic with my words (and so for the inaccuracies I must apporagize). In the end though the dollar is devalued and a number of consequences can be invoked depending on what you do with popular opinion through news media or whatever you want to use.

That's it really. It's just for laughs.

Originally Posted by Dannon Oneironaut

If I wanted to take over the world in a different way, I would become president of the U.S. and go live in an undisclosed location where I would declare a new country with new laws.

So how would you become president if you were currently a wealthy banker? I know money can buy your way into politics, but do you want to be in the position of the fall-guy? Or do you think you could take over another country without being president, and if so how would you do it without drawing the world's attention (and the dislike of the natives) to you?

Originally Posted by Emecom

To get people into the FEMA camps we would have to set up either a massive terrorist attack, or a huge natural disaster so that the people will go willingly.

What would you use the camps for, what goal would that accomplish?

Originally Posted by Invader

What would you use the camps for, what goal would that accomplish?

Well theoretically, once we had the masses imprisoned in camps thinking that it was for their safety. We could basically do anything. The media would be under our control in the camps so people would only hear exactly what we wanted them to hear. Also I've heard theories that the world only needs a certain amount of people to run everything that we would need. So if needs dictated, we could start a mass genocide and the camps that we left alive wouldn't even know anything was going on.