"Above all, don't lie to yourself.  The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. " Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov __________ 1)  Join a political party and through what ever means are at you disposal (whether legitimate or not), rise to become its leader.  2)  Exploit a crisis, whether it is real or invented.  Blame it on a relatively powerless group in society, then use the anti-minority feeling that you have created to to work up a mass movement against whoever you have chosen as your scapegoats.  A bit of rabble rousing should get you elected (this seems to have worked in numerous countries throughout the world.  So far as I can see, the end result has never been good). 3)  Stage a coup claiming to have all the answers to the supposed problems you have highlighted.  Even if your c...