NOTE:
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THE FOLLOWING RECIPE IS IN NO WAY ENDORSED BY THE WRITER,
NOR AN ENCOURAGEMENT OF COOKING UP SUCH BEHAVIORS, AND
THE WRITER ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ATTEMPTS TO
SWALLOW UP THE WORLD OR SUCCESSES RESULTING FROM ITS
CONSUMPTION.
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I study World War II. A lot. People ask me "Why do you continue reading all this "War stuff"? I answer: "It's how humanity operates, and I want to understand it." Here are a few guidelines, should YOU ever want to take over the world:

- People need to "belong" and feel "exclusive". If nothing positive is offered, they will accept negative. If the positive is offered AFTER the negative is in place, the positive will most likely not stick.

- With time & repetition, the negative takes on the appearance of the positive.

- Wait until the economy is weak and/or the social fabric has a tear in it - this is the time to act. In the meantime, plant your seeds of Intention disguised as History.

- People are self-centered. If you want to get their attention, appeal to their personal senses of worth and the desire for physical & emotional comfort, and physical & financial stability.

- Put the mediums under your control - quietly, if possible.

- Remove anyone who is, or could become, your opposition - especially those who are coherent, expressive, verbal, and communicate effectively to the general public. This might include news people, writers, artists, teachers, scholars, performers, leaders, speakers...

- People are easily impressed and have a need to follow. Behave as though you are their parent, KNOW more, and will lovingly but firmly expect the nothing less than the best from them as you lead them to the most desirable place they have ever known. They are children. They are lambs. They are yours.

- Introduce difficult concepts and necessary behaviors in small doses. The "frog in the pot of slowly heating water" is a perfect analogy.

- Combine that idea with repetition, self-interest, greed, and distorted history - and you'll have long lines waiting to sign up.

- You must make demons of all of your expected opponents.

- The "frogs" who do your least glamorous work need to be reminded often of their duty to the future - usually for their children - although it doesn't hurt to bring up their past and any sense of injustice you can insert.

- The "frogs" do need occasional respites from the most disagreeable duties, or a percentage will have doubts or crumble under the psychological pressure. SHIFTS of Frogs are needed.

- You must invest much time and subtlety into reducing your enemies to non-member and sub-status quo. Your enemies CANNOT be seen as equals in any way. The mediums of mass communication are most effective for faster changes, but word-of-mouth/street "wisdom" and a tradition of beliefs are the most durable.

- You must create a hierarchy of these undesirables, and remove them in the order of "easiest to eliminate" first. (This is the "frog in the pot" concept at work.) You must ACCLIMATE your frogs to the removal of the sub-frogs.

... probably more later.

What? You thought designing a World take-over was easy?!