If I were ill-hearted and wanted to rule the world, here’s what I’d do:
Divide society every way possible, sometimes posing as savior while harming long-term.
Break the family by rewarding the unmarried and removing incentives for traditional or moral choices.
Force people to pick sides. Israel, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, the Jews…so neighbors with different views hate each other, even though none of it matters.
Do the same with politics: voting seems to matter until it doesn’t. I’d still hold all the cards above any president.
Import unvetted religious groups who hate America, then gaslight anyone who objects.
Choke the middle class by raising living costs while salaries stagnate.
Enable mental illness, chemical castration, and genital mutilation.
Stop procreation further by spraying food, flooding it with microplastics, and glorifying endocrine disruptors from a young age.
Finally, outlaw cash, firearms, and gas cars. No one needs to travel, buy, or defend themselves if I control everything.
Execute it all so slowly that even the observant are too deep in Stockholm syndrome to resist.