How Would You Conquer The World?
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:44 am
Being up all night and with little to do, I tend to think about wierd things. And one thing that popped up in my head was how I'd conquer the world.
Alternatively, I would start with capturing/destroying Tokyo, London or New York City, thus doing great damage to the world economy. From there, I would concentrate my efforts in Asia, particularly China and India, since they've got 1/3 of the world's population behind them and it's hard to stop a war machine when it's got 1/3 of the world's population behind it. From there, spread through Asia to launch a simlutaneous offense on Europe and North America. With the world's military and economic powerhouses out of the way, the conquest of the rest of the world should be pretty simple.
Alternatively, I'd gain control of America and encourage the rampant use of oil, thus driving up its price and dealing a large amount of damage to the world economy while supressing inventions that could be used to end the rule of oil, like, say, the electric car. Meanwhile, I would militarily start securing sources for future use by America only, keeping it relatively intact economically. And once that's done and over with, it shouldn't be hard to begin a state of permaneant American imperialism. Hey, wait a minute...
Anyways, as the title says, how would you conquer the world? Would be obvious and aggressive, and launch massive military campaigns, would you cleverly subvert the world's economy, or would you form a massive conspiracy to counter and destroy the one currently ruling the world ?
Alternatively, I would start with capturing/destroying Tokyo, London or New York City, thus doing great damage to the world economy. From there, I would concentrate my efforts in Asia, particularly China and India, since they've got 1/3 of the world's population behind them and it's hard to stop a war machine when it's got 1/3 of the world's population behind it. From there, spread through Asia to launch a simlutaneous offense on Europe and North America. With the world's military and economic powerhouses out of the way, the conquest of the rest of the world should be pretty simple.
Alternatively, I'd gain control of America and encourage the rampant use of oil, thus driving up its price and dealing a large amount of damage to the world economy while supressing inventions that could be used to end the rule of oil, like, say, the electric car. Meanwhile, I would militarily start securing sources for future use by America only, keeping it relatively intact economically. And once that's done and over with, it shouldn't be hard to begin a state of permaneant American imperialism. Hey, wait a minute...
Anyways, as the title says, how would you conquer the world? Would be obvious and aggressive, and launch massive military campaigns, would you cleverly subvert the world's economy, or would you form a massive conspiracy to counter and destroy the one currently ruling the world ?