The world has been taken over, just not by you...

[SpikeyGirl]

Here's a hypothetical situation:

Someone's taken over the world in a genius plan beating you to it who isn't you.
You don't like their regime for some reason though you're probably not the only one.
Every able bodied man has been drafted into the army or law enforcement of some sort. Few escaped and so are scattered. You have managed to escape detection but are wanted for some crime.

What do you do to take back the world?
Be creative.

Oh and killing the person who took over the world only means that someone else takes their place and so on. The last person on that list is you.

 

[megapenguinx]

I do the Gordon Freeman type thing and go Black Mesa on those guys.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

well, seeing as a nuke was dropped earlier that day, here comes the rain.
Find a nice hole in the ground... (there is a multimillion £ estate nearby with it's own fully functional nuclear bunker that can take anything up to a direct hit. I wonder if they'll let me in?)

oh yes, and the nuke was dropped... because skynet was bored of waiting for it's turn.
so I wouldn't need to do anything

 

[NeedAUserName]

I'm confused why theres such a big army if they control the whole world... Anyway, I'd persuade some people into believing what I think, then use them to infiltrate and work their way up the ladder until they have high powered important jobs. Them just kill the leader myself so that one of my people takes over, frees me (along with everyone else) and we all have a big BBQ to celebrate.

 

[AMCization]

I find a green haired person in a spiky underwater mine. I get her to give me a super power in my eye.

I go over to japan, steal a magic book that allows me to kill people if i write down their names and know what they look like.

I use both of these and succeed where two other notable geniuses (arguably)failed.

 

[electric_warrior]

i'd pretend to conform then take it down from the inside, maybe rise to the top then exact my will within the imposed framework so as to return freedom to the people!! or become an office shlub, either way...

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

I join their army, find like minded people there before deserting with a shitload of tech and start a guerilla resistance.

 

[Frybird]

I'd form a resistance out of rouge paparazzis (sp? ...they are these photographer guys) and reporters from the yellow press to slowly turn the image of our unopposed leader from beloved hero to drunken, crazy pedophile.

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

Take over the internet, thus controlling all international flow of information that isn't word-of-mouth.

 

[Anachronism]

Someone has taken over the world and it isn't me?! Impossible! Only I have the fundamental grasp of SCIENCE necessary to conquer he world!

I assume that my orbital death ray has not been destroyed, so I'd probably start by using that to lay waste to entire nations until the Leader agrees to hand over control to me. If he refuses, I will unleash the army of robotic suicide squirrels on his palace. No one will be able to resist them, no one! I would, of course, kill the Leader after taking over, but since killing him beforehand apparently does not benefit me, I'll just have to turn most of the surface of the planet to glass first. And afterwards, I'd turn most of the rest of the planet to glass to punish any survivors for allowing that upstart to take over before me.

Or, for a more realistic solution: I would go undercover, and work alone, so that no one else can find out my plans. I would start assassinating/kidnapping all the world's men of talent: the provincial leaders, the industrialists; stopping short of the Leader, of course. I would also arrange for attacks on existing industry, and in doing so would cause the global economy to collapse even worse than it is right now. No one will know who I am, although I will of course have contacted the police and the government to mock them about my accomplishments. Once the planet has gone completely to hell, the Leader will have no choice but to hand over control to me, or face further destruction.

While the second is more feasible(!), I still prefer the approach that uses SCIENCE. It sounds more fun.

 

[BlindTom]

I do exactly what I'm doing right now (Shhhhh)

 

[DarkLordofDevon]

Well I'd start a resistance movement, claiming to be attempting to restore democracy whilst raising my supports into positions of power among the resistance. At the moment of the great coup, I and my followers will slaughter the other members of the resistance after the tyrant has toppled and I shall assume his position.
Moral of the story - even the heroes have their own motives.

 

[XJ-0461]

Find enough like-minded people until the majority supports me, then go make my own country somewhere.

 

[AboveUp]

I'm going to take over the world by using strategic sheep units.
Surely the new ruler of the world never expected sheep to rise up and dethrone him.

 

[SpikeyGirl]

Or, for a more realistic solution: I would go undercover, and work alone, so that no one else can find out my plans. I would start assassinating/kidnapping all the world's men of talent: the provincial leaders, the industrialists; stopping short of the Leader, of course. I would also arrange for attacks on existing industry, and in doing so would cause the global economy to collapse even worse than it is right now. No one will know who I am, although I will of course have contacted the police and the government to mock them about my accomplishments. Once the planet has gone completely to hell, the Leader will have no choice but to hand over control to me, or face further destruction.

So you're left with a world that's been majorly mucked up and you'd still want to rule it?

 

[Lord George]

I'd just blow the world up with some form of doom ray, IF I CAN'T HAVE IT NOBODY CAN MAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA -ahem.

 

[Anachronism]

Or, for a more realistic solution: I would go undercover, and work alone, so that no one else can find out my plans. I would start assassinating/kidnapping all the world's men of talent: the provincial leaders, the industrialists; stopping short of the Leader, of course. I would also arrange for attacks on existing industry, and in doing so would cause the global economy to collapse even worse than it is right now. No one will know who I am, although I will of course have contacted the police and the government to mock them about my accomplishments. Once the planet has gone completely to hell, the Leader will have no choice but to hand over control to me, or face further destruction.

So you're left with a world that's been majorly mucked up and you'd still want to rule it?

Of course, since I would be the only one able to fix it. Those who have not been assassinated will have been kidnapped, as I said. As such, I can put them back in place after I have taken over. During the course of my preparations, and indeed as part of the preparations, I will have stolen and stockpiled vast quantities of gold, which will help to cause the economy to collapse. Then, once I am in command, I can put the money back into the economy and restore things. Eventually.

I realise the plan isn't foolproof yet, and would still result in messing up quite a considerable amount of my future domain. It will be worth it, though. It serves the purpose of punishing those ignorant fools who allowed someone else to take over; and once I fix things, people will happily accept me as the new ruler.

If they don't, I'll revert to the SCIENCE plan and break out the orbital death ray until they submit.

 

[Golden Gryphon]

I rally the women since apparently their capacity for resistance is being ignored. Between them and the men attempting to escape the army I think I could take my rightful place fairly easily.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

Kill everyone else. If there's always someone to take their place it's basically just a nice long queue for Mr.Internal Organs to meet Mr.Longsword. I'm pretty sure after mercilessly killing half of the list the world will be bowing to me. If not, I just keep going. It's gonna be mine, even if it is a bit empty afterwards.