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World Domination of Course!!!
Nickeris86:
--- Quote from: Paynesgrey on February 27, 2012, 01:15:15 PM ---Economic: They've the wealth to buy influence and dominate the media to spread propaganda. Buying banks and industry so they can leverage whole cities and politicians. Like the DeBiers diamond cartel: They can outspend and financially bury anyone who won't play ball.
Technological: They've got a hammerlock on something new and wonderful that everyone simply feels they must have. Cheap but advanced energy/gas alternatives, nanotech miracle medicines.... great stuff, infrastructure comes to depend on that technology, which can only be obtained by staying in their good graces.
As the old saying goes, "By gifts one makes slaves, and by whips one makes dogs."
Cultural: Getting in on the ground floor, and coming to dominate education, entertainment and/or religion. Ideally, overlaping, coordinated projects that might seem unrelated but subtley reinforce support for whatever ideology puts people in the pocket, makes them want to be there, but it's something that would have to have been simmering for a generation or two without some plot device. Mix in (manufactured) trends and fads? Text 382991 to decide who makes it to next season!
Combine all three, and you've got both the the physical tools for domination as well as the means to instill the fanatical loyalty. No single element would be enough to guarantee success, but if all 3 are addressed, you've got the potential for a global movement, or at least domination of enough countries to have the military means and will to conquer the rest.
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Thank you very much this will be helpful (insert evil laughter here)
lt_murgen:
Another thing to keep in mind is that the best war is one in which the enemy defeats itself.
Once you have overt warfare between two opposing forces, the internal society around those forces tend to tighten up. Undeclared warfare is far more effective. It allows the people within a society to have the space to question the decisions their authorities are making.
Compare World War II to the cold war. People in the U.S. questioned getting involved in a war in the pacific and in Europe for years, but once an overt military move was made, the people rallied around the cause. During the cold war, many many questionable decisions were made on both the military and economic fronts. They were subject to intense public and private debate. How the Soviet Union and the U.S. dealt with this dissent was part of the overall calculus of war, but without a shot being fired. Economic brinksmanship and technological one-upsmanship was used to drive political change. Low-intensity conflict and proxy wars were another tool.
Nickeris86:
One of the biggest strengths my invading force has is the amount of prep work they will have done before even making their presence known. Slowly but surly having the citizens wanting a better way and then presenting it to them.
Its key to the story to note that this forces leader remains completely anonymous, taking the V strategy of rather than being a man fighting for an ideal he/she will strive to be that ideal personified. They are also very very charismatic and genially a good person.
The main focus of the story is to some what spark debate about which side is in the right, the invaders with good intentions and potentially questionable means or the flawed governments already in power.
lt_murgen:
In that case, you can have one arm of them working in secret, devoted to economic and social upheaval in other countries.
You could then use military intervention from them be officially for humanitarian reasons. Imagine them setting up refugee camps to provide food and water. You'd need security to protect those refugees. You'd want to provide employment, so the poor refugees do not fall into despair- and permanent housing as well. Pretty soon, you have an armed city of your own in another country.
To your point, none of these needs to be nefarious. The soldiers and aid workers could genuinely believe they are there to help people. To educate them, to help them change their society for the better, so as to avoid the [famine, plague, poilitical instability, fill in the blank] that caused such disruption.
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: lt_murgen on March 01, 2012, 05:24:17 PM ---In that case, you can have one arm of them working in secret, devoted to economic and social upheaval in other countries.
You could then use military intervention from them be officially for humanitarian reasons. Imagine them setting up refugee camps to provide food and water. You'd need security to protect those refugees. You'd want to provide employment, so the poor refugees do not fall into despair- and permanent housing as well. Pretty soon, you have an armed city of your own in another country.
To your point, none of these needs to be nefarious. The soldiers and aid workers could genuinely believe they are there to help people. To educate them, to help them change their society for the better, so as to avoid the [famine, plague, poilitical instability, fill in the blank] that caused such disruption.
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Bannana Dictators? But yeah your point is a good one.
The USA Military set up lots of public works projects in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I'm not too sure about the Refugee Camps being armed cities in another country. I mean certainly they are as long as the refugees aren't against you. But if the refugees turned it would become an armed prison instead.
Hearts and Minds in any of the major refugee camps would have to be a big priority. Then if the country really was falling to peices around them like in Africa then the refugees would turn to the invaders as the only sane solution in a world gone mad.
The Deposed King
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