Let's all pretend, in this strictly hypothetical scenario, that we are bank owners. And let's say that over the years through shady lending policies we've managed to put a few governments in debt, and have plenty of people in debt over the course of their lives (we're wealthy, don'tcha know). What we're interested in is obtaining more power, because that's how we roll, and what we want to establish is a new sort of order in which as much control as possible is in our hands.

Now, we have plenty of politicians in our pockets and it isn't terribly difficult for us to pass legislation. We'll also say that because we make money off of the major oil companies, we support their interests too.

What would you do in this position if you were trying to exert more control over world politics and the peoples of the Earth? What policies would you enact, what wars would you incite, what other competing powers would you seek to eliminate (and so on) and how would you go about accomplishing that?

Let's make some wholesome discussions!