Most people are spineless without strong leadership so all one has to do is get some very strong leaders on your side whom you can trust and assasinate all those who oppose you.
To conquer the world one needs a ton of confidence and not alot of weaknesses. The problem with guys like Napolean and Hitler was that they had inferiority complexes and many bad habits, plus a bit too much pride. The only way to get follows is to have them truly believe that you can win, and if you don't believe that you can yourself no one but the weak will follow.
I like the idea of mind-control and of monkeys helping out. I believe a monkey-army is an excellent idea and can be used to spread fear among those who opposed me (if a monkey burst into your home with a machine gun, wouldn't you be terrified?

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The world is just too big though, too many people, and why would it be worth conquering, free will is too strong and eventually you'd be assasinated by another who sought your role. Even if you could someone survive you'd have to live life looking over your shoulder every moment, expecting death around every corner and poison in every bowl of soup and thats no way to live.
My plan is to become rich, buy my own semi-tropical island and move in my close friends and associates, then bring about 1000 or so intelligent and skilled people (some butchers and bakers and candlestickmakers, etc. etc.). When tax season comes along we peacefully suceed from the United States of America, declaring our independence and self-sufficiency. On this beautiful island I live out the rest of my life with my beautiful harem and good friends, leaving only occasionally to travel the countries of the world, having adventures and living richly. Live and let live, thats my motto (except towards my enemies of course)

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- Narz
