The Blog I Never Use

1. Controll popular opinion (through the media, popular literature, academic texts/ classes) everything you do or want done should at least be framed as the will of the people

2. Villainize your enemy/enemies, whether actual (Osama in modern america) or imagined (the Jews in Midieval or Nazi Germany)

3.Exploit group pride and vanity of the greater part of the populance (nationalism, patriotism, religious superiority, moral superiority, intelligence, identity as "regular people")

4. Get financial backing (gain control of a virtually unlimited source of capital --the ability to seize land or property is a good start, but they have to believe that you will only use this right sparingly) and/or ideologically motivated followers (undermine any logical opposition with ideological buzz-words or rhetoric)

5. Attain a high millitary or governmental office (or a puppet in such a position)

6. If you don't have a good answer, avoid the question by returning to subjects on which you are sure of gaining the greater consensus

7. Curtail the rights of the people or (better) convince the people to give up their rights (a tried -and -true method consists of requireing the will of the people to be interpreted by a beurocracy, or reviewed by a board/judiciary before it is acted upon)

8. Acquire the power to interpret the law; begin with something small (judicial review over disputed items, interpretation of "cruel and unusual") and work your way up to position of sole arbiter of right and wrong

9. If you say something often enough, loudly enough, and with enough conviction, it will become true (at least in the eyes of the people)

Remember: The people must believe that you are simply following the will of the people, that they have no ability to change things, or that concessions to your power are a necessary evil. Whatever happens, they must believe that your control is by their choise (directly or through governmental proxies).