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I plan to corner the world silverware industry. Through a seemingly unconnected series of shell corporations I will buy all of the current manufacturers of cutlery and chopsticks. I will then slowly raise my prices to make utensils beyond the budget of the average person.
Nearly every advanced civilization has developed some sort of eating implement so as to not have to eat with their hands. Only barbarians and animals don't use utensils. As I choke of the supply of cheap utensils, society will slowly collapse as people fall back on their more primal natures.
When the time is right I will offer the people of the world a deal: serve me and dine in dignity once again, or suffer on under the yolk of supersition and barbarism. Once I have enough cutlery craving minions, I will form an army of civilization to enslave or exterminate all who oppose my rule.
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"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
--H.L. Mencken
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