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== Throughout history == |
== Throughout history == |
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THE WORLD WILL BE DOMINATED BY ALESSIO BRUNI; RICCARDO BRUNI; ALEX FORTMÜLLER AND YO BLEY !!!!!!! |
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Before modern times, global domination was limited by rudimentary transportation technologies and knowledge of geography. The [[Roman Empire]] had goals of global domination, and indeed the empire was able to conquer most of the "known world" (i.e., [[Europe]]) throughout its long history. Others who succeeded in conquering large portions of the world include [[Alexander the Great]] and [[Genghis Khan]]. Throughout history there have been many secret shadow societies and brotherhoods dedicated--at least in literature and apocryphy--to taking over the world or are supposed to have already done so: the [[Illuminati]], The [[Masons]], the [[Templars]], etc. |
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WE WILL BE THE RULERS OF THE WORLD!!! WOMENS WILL HAVE TO PRODUCE CHILDS IN MASS PRODUCTION! |
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[[France|French]] [[dictatorship|dictator]] [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] had sights on global domination, and is often thought of as being the quintessential global conqueror. The popular [[board game]] [[Risk (game)|Risk]] ("The Game of Global Domination") is largely based on the campaigns and methods of Napoleon. |
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In [[World War II]], the [[Nazism|Nazi]] regime of [[Adolf Hitler]] in [[Germany]] made an attempt at global domination. Hitler had ambitious plans for directly controlling all of Europe, and then hopefully obtaining a position of power that would make the rest of the countries of the world fall into allegiance before the new Nazi [[superpower]]. |
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Since the [[Great October Socialist Revolution]], the [[Bolshevik]]s envisioned their regime as the first step to [[Communism]] dominating the world. The [[Comintern]] was established in [[1919]] in order to encourage Communist parties across the world and promote ''international proletarian revolution''. Their partial success has became known as the [[Socialist bloc]]. During the [[Cold War]], [[anti-Communists]] accused the regime of the [[Soviet Union]] of striving for world domination. The feeling was returned by hard-line [[Communists]], who claimed that it was the [[United States]] that had a goal of dominating the world. The radical right-wing [[John Birch Society]], the best-known anti-Communist organization in the world, is ironically seen by many as having world domination as an objective itself. |
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In the aftermath of the [[Cold War]], critics of [[American foreign policy]] have argued that the United States seeks — or indeed actually ''has'' — global [[hegemony]]. Ironically, some calls to unite [[anti-globalization]] movements around the globe may be also seen as [[utopian]] attempts to take over the world from [[corporate]] powers. |
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==In fiction and games== |
==In fiction and games== |
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Revision as of 11:55, 2 November 2004
Global domination, global conquest or world domination is an ambitious goal in which one government, or even one person, seeks to secure complete political control of the entire planet Earth. It can be considered the extreme form of global hegemony.
Though it is debatable if a planet as complex and diverse as ours could ever be successfully "dominated" by a single central authority in this way, the concept of global domination has long been a popular theme in both history and fiction.
Throughout history
THE WORLD WILL BE DOMINATED BY ALESSIO BRUNI; RICCARDO BRUNI; ALEX FORTMÜLLER AND YO BLEY !!!!!!!
WE WILL BE THE RULERS OF THE WORLD!!! WOMENS WILL HAVE TO PRODUCE CHILDS IN MASS PRODUCTION!
In fiction and games
Global domination is also frequently used in science fiction as the sinister ambition of the story's villain. This in turn is often a source of parody, frequently in cartoons such as Pinky and the Brain in which a super-intelligent mouse tries to concoct elaborate schemes to take over the world, but is constantly thwarted by the dull-witted companion he relies on. Linus Torvalds, developer of Linux, has also mock-seriously described his goals as "world domination, fast." Because of the ubiquity of Microsoft products in the computing world, company founder Bill Gates has been parodied as seeking world domination. World domination is also the most common plot line in the James Bond movie series.
The board game Risk often labels itself as the "world domination game" or the "game of global conquest".
Many video games have a goal of global domination. For example, in Alpha Centauri the main goal is global domination which can be achieved by a variety of different methods.