In regards to taking over the world...

[Oblivion_XIII]

I have a sick idea to take over the world.
I've even read exerts of "Mine Kumpth" (idk how thats spelled though) by Hitler. But my real question is, what are your thoughts on world domination?

 

[Æon Flux]

Well my first thought when I hear "take over the world" is of Pinky and the Brain.....
I personaly am to lazy to want to bother with such a time consuming task ,it takes initiative and drive neither of wich I happen to have very often, to want to do.

 

[Exoskeleton]

I've clearly already taken over Canada. That's why you've never heard of us yet. We're just waiting to get you!

But on a serious note. i don't think it's possible. There's simply too much work to take over the Whole world. And plus we've got global warming to think about. What's the good of taking over a flamming dessert.

 

[Valvalis]

I think taking over the world would be exceedingly difficult, and tbh I really wouldn't want to be bothered with it. In order for it to be truly effective you'd have to do it peacefully, by gradually convincing society through the media and other means that it's a good idea, and this would take ages, probably longer than any one person's lifetime So no, I don't think I'd want to.

 

[Ilyena]

I think taking over the world would be exceedingly difficult, and tbh I really wouldn't want to be bothered with it. In order for it to be truly effective you'd have to do it peacefully, by gradually convincing society through the media and other means that it's a good idea, and this would take ages, probably longer than any one person's lifetime So no, I don't think I'd want to.

This.

And the book is Mein Kampf

Anyway, taking over the entire world would be far too much effort as Gamingway stated. Unlike video games, where there are only like 12 cities across the entire world connected by vast expanses of country, there are literally hundreds of thousands of cities, towns, villages, etc. And some countries are likely not even worth the effort.

Plus, ruling the world would mean dealing with problems not only in your country but pretty much the world over. As if the stress of running one country isn't bad enough, try the stress of running the entire world. I doubt anyone could really deal with it. :dave:

 

[Donald Trump]

Hitler didn't want to take over the world, he wanted to take over Europe for Lebensraum and to make the slavs the slaves of the German people. I've not bothered to read Mein Kampf as I've always thought that Hitler was a bit of a prick.

If there's one thing to be learnt from America it's that dollar imperialism is the way to go. Control countries by controlling their economy, why did Britain and France leave Egypt so quickly in 1956? Because America supported them economically.

I think the idea of world domination by an individual as the OP alludes to, is fairly childish one, suitable only cartoon villains. It's ridiculous to think that it would be possible to control so many different races and ethnic groups.

 

[Oblivion_XIII]

you dont understand, Hitler was a brilliant but evil man, and he stated in his book it was his full intention to take over the world
here is how he planned to do it, but he made some terrible mistakes, and he swayed away from his plan

first- Central Europe
second- Eastern Europe
third- Western Europe
fourth- Russia
fifth- the rest of Asia
sixth- South America and/or Australia (he doesnt make taking over Australia clear)
seventh- Central American and the Islands (Cuba, Jamaica, ect)
Last- North America

plus, he had Japan and Italy on his side for quite some time, but like i said, he screwed up his brilliant plan

 

[West]

You need more than a list of countries in order that you're going to invade them to rule the world. It's so unlikely that someone would successfully take over the world by force that it isn't even worth it to fantasize over. The flaw in his plan was trying to start to begin with.

He managed to brainwash and monopolize a country. The only reason people didn't step in sooner was because they were doing their own thing on their own soil for a while. But then enough was enough.

 

[Donald Trump]

you dont understand, Hitler was a brilliant but evil man, and he stated in his book it was his full intention to take over the world
here is how he planned to do it, but he made some terrible mistakes, and he swayed away from his plan

first- Central Europe
second- Eastern Europe
third- Western Europe
fourth- Russia
fifth- the rest of Asia
sixth- South America and/or Australia (he doesnt make taking over Australia clear)
seventh- Central American and the Islands (Cuba, Jamaica, ect)
Last- North America

plus, he had Japan and Italy on his side for quite some time, but like i said, he screwed up his brilliant plan

Having Italy on your side is a major disadvantage, if there's one country in modren history that really deserves a reputation for being terrible soldiers, it's Italy.
As you say, he was allies with the Japanese, who wanted to control Asia. South Eastern Asian Co-prosperity sphere etc. Obviously then, Hitler had no designs on Asia, unless you count Russia as Asia.
Hitler was in no way brilliant, he was a poor painter and not a particularly good writer. He was also a quite a good soldier, that being said, his military tactics weren't very good, he would have been better off listening to his generals. Hitler was however, a brilliant orator, probably the finest ever. It was his fantastic speeches and Goebbel's quite magnificent propaganda, they created a cult of personality. Germany is very much the main European power, economically and militarily, had Hitler been in charge of Spain or Italy, or even France, he wouldn't have been able to conquer most of Europe.

The only reason people didn't step in sooner was because they were doing their own thing on their own soil for a while. But then enough was enough.

Actually the West were quite fond of a powerful Germany, as opposition to the Soviet Union. Only after they realised that they couldn't control Hitler, like when he annexed Czechoslovakia. Even then it wasn't until the Soviet Union defeated Germany that Hitler was gotten rid of.

 

[M1ghty Mous3]

you dont understand, Hitler was a brilliant but evil man, and he stated in his book it was his full intention to take over the world
here is how he planned to do it, but he made some terrible mistakes, and he swayed away from his plan

first- Central Europe
second- Eastern Europe
third- Western Europe
fourth- Russia
fifth- the rest of Asia
sixth- South America and/or Australia (he doesnt make taking over Australia clear)
seventh- Central American and the Islands (Cuba, Jamaica, ect)
Last- North America

plus, he had Japan and Italy on his side for quite some time, but like i said, he screwed up his brilliant plan

What screwed it up for him was the Japanese. THEY were the ones who attacked pearl harbor, not hitler. The Japanese were pretty pissed off about the embargo the US put on them, and they decided to strike first. If this had never happened, Hitler could have very possibly taken over Europe. BEcause the US only got really involved when we were attacked, before that we just sent supplies to Britian.

 

[GBJoker]

And to prove my nerdiness even more... This was done by Russia during WWII.

They had made an agreement with Germany at first to split Prussia and the Balkans with the hopes that the, in theory, "superior" Russia military could easily take on Hitler's troops no problem.

At the time, the communist leaders in Russia realized that because of scarcity (Especially in Motherland Russia), communism couldn't work long term on a national scale. It had to be implemented on a global scale, in order to control the scarcity of resources and food as possible. They made the deal with Hitler before the war in the hopes of Germany attacking Prussia. Nazis come in, tear the crap out of East Europe, and then, the communists save the day by coming in and rescuing every one from the "EBIL" Nazis.

It did not work.

As we all know, Hitler went quite a bit a ways past Prussia, and ripped the Russians a new one before the supply lines, cold weather, and other factors allowed the Russians to march all the way to Berlin, and a bit past. Also, unfortunately, those damned Japanese really pushed hard to get America in the war, and Russia decided not to go much further than halfway through Germany. So they only ended up "saving" half of Europe.

Great plan, really. Too bad they made it with a nut who got completely in sync with the image he and his generals had put up.

Now, of course, the usury lords are doing just fine, what with getting most of the world's currencies off the dollar, and tricking/forcing/persuading governments to support big banks and other big companies from failing. Because, by god, we can never let our "free markets" exist with out the psuedo-monopolies in business.

 

[GalaxyFlare]

I dont think hitler gave Australia much thought as resistance would have been light. During the wars Australia only had a population of 7 million a mere amount compared with Europe and US plus he would have let the Japanese take over instead.....but not to be out done on moxy the aussies kept the Japanese at bay in New Guinea with only 100,000 troops(?) more likeley it was less, still they gave it to em good!!!!

if you were too take over the world these days you would have to account for 6.7 billion people only China and India have the manpower in terms of replacing military forces, even the US with its greater military capacity would soon run out of personell should the rest of the world resist.

America has a 300% increase in the advantage they have over other countries in terms of military technology, intelligence, deployment containment and Nuclear Arsenal is still the largest in the world.......even these great advantages would not go very for in the eye of resistance.

The best way to take over the world is not through conventional military power, but through the mass suffering of about 1.5 billion people and then you would have the numbers to make decent army. After that you need a driving force for your army.....the idea of a better life.....taking down corrupt governments....The way not to do it is through Religious beliefs.

As l'm sure you've noticed the Jihad ain't exactly going great for them Taliban guys is it?
they may kill military personnel here and there(tragic loss of life) but that s with suicide bombers and car bombs.

If all the Christains in the world formed an Army then we'd be screwed......although l imagine they would'nt be so violent. The antithesis of a Christain Army would be an army of the dead{> With the recourses of every human killed ever to have lived to back them up, they could get the job of taking over the world done.

Who would bbe there leader though?

 

[SaShman]

Taking over the world is impossible regardless of whether you've read Mein Kampf or not. There are too many ethnic groups and cultures which you would have to cater to in order to suppress resistance. Conquering somewhere is not as simple as defeating an army as video games and cartoons would make you think.
Take a look at Iraq for example; the US believed that they would be able to establish a stable democracy immediately after removing Hussein from power. But they weren't prepared for any potential insurgency that would emerge as a result of their presence and as such they made several mistakes that they are still dealing with. This is what happens when you hold such a childlike mentality.

As l'm sure you've noticed the Jihad ain't exactly going great for them Taliban guys is it?
they may kill military personnel here and there(tragic loss of life) but that s with suicide bombers and car bombs.

The idea of suicide bombing, car bombs and terrorism in general is not so much about killing as many people as you can as it is about installing fear in the wider population by killing people. Terrorism aims to make people doubt their safety and therefore disrupt their normal way of life.
Plus from a security point of view, suicide bombers are more frightening than regular bombers because they have nothing to lose.

 

[GalaxyFlare]

l understand your point Sash, but what l meant was The Taliban recruit through extremist religious beliefs and that will only garner so many people to your cause and that Suicide bombers and car bombs are the only effective means these insurgent groups can have at there disposal, apart from regular firearms that is

 

[SaShman]

Suicide bombers and car bombs are the only effective means these insurgent groups can have at there disposal, apart from regular firearms that is

Take a look at 9/11, in that situation the perpetrators used planes to attack the twin towers and the pentagon of all places. One of the difficult things that intelligence communities face in the modern world is that extremists don't need military might to inflict serious damage anymore.

The Taliban recruit through extremist religious beliefs and that will only garner so many people to your cause

The Taliban were governing Afghanistan before the US came along, they already have support.

 

[GalaxyFlare]

Take a look at 9/11, in that situation the perpetrators used planes to attack the twin towers and the pentagon of all places. One of the difficult things that intelligence communities face in the modern world is that extremists don't need military might to inflict serious damage anymore.

The Taliban were governing Afghanistan before the US came along, they already have support.

That was 9 years ago and the US was not at higher alert status then, when was the last time the tried something like that, the Taliban were a horrible regime look at how they treated there people and once they were removed from power there support quickly shifted to a more stable governance.

Once pushed back to being insurgents they wer nat as effective at striking outside of there country, over the last 5 years look at how many terror plots were thwarted by intelligence agencies.

good debating with you Fellow aussie!

 

[Rydia]

Well I suppose if I had some super natural power that made me God like and went a little crazy, it would be kind of fun to be a villian and take over the entire world. Until some 16 year old twat who also happends to have some super natural power shows up to stop me and succeeds <.<

lol but I wouldn't want to. Too much work. And all the fun would be in actually taking over the world. Afterwards it would be boring.

Even in a realistic sense, it'd would be too much work and pretty boring. I've never liked positions of power anyways.

EDIT: lol just read the most recent post to see that there was a history discussion going on. XD