They are right, their characters are wrong.
These film villains are always beaten; they usually lack an air of class, and furthermore are many times out for simple money or a bleeding heart special cause. But no matter what they do they always seem do the things they do for someone else. This is wrong! You are the important one here. After all who is the evil overlord? You are! So start acting like it, burn down an orphanage, start a civil war, cheat the nation out of billions in lottery earnings, but make sure you do it for the sake of one person, you. No one can tell you what you want; you must learn it for yourself.
Lesson two. Keep it simple.
Villains and despots in movies always go for the gusto with their pursuits. Threatening world peace, threatening the president or threatening to destroy the "Ozone layer". While these are all good crimes and worthwhile pursuits, these heinous atrocities may seem daunting to the beginning dictator. Keep your plans simple. Do things you can enjoy, while learning at the same time. .
The world is not a peaceful place, so threatening that peace, sad to say, is kind of redundant. Threatening world peace is tantamount to recruiting gang members (which are great for personal, but that will all be discussed in the section- Your People and you!) and having them shoot one another. Threatening the standard of living is likewise ludicrous because as we all know five percent of the people control the other ninety five percent. The SOL is impervious to pretty much anything, exceptions are made for trade embargos, high tariffs and taxes, and when stupid Starbucks moves into your neighborhood and forces out that tiny coffee shop with the two dollar cappuccino and the hot waitress who you were about to ask out and- ah I digress. To continue, stay away from ecological crimes at first. Green peace and their entourage of hippie-crits will most assuredly make your life a living hell.
