Masterminding Evil 101

The steps to perpetuating evil aka How to be an Evil Mastermind

1. Start with an ideology justifying your actions. Instead of asking your people to go do this or that evil act, tell them

"In the name of XXX, we must do ...."

Where XXX can be national security, scientific advancement, religion (or a certain 3 letter word)

2. Have a authority figure to legitimize your ideology, like a President or a Chairman. He must be powerful and authoritative, so that people will snap to his orders. No committees that bicker.

3. Have rules/policies that establish what to do in a specific situation. Restrict people's options to only those that you desire.

4. Create unusual situations that permit taboo acts. People are unlikely to do immoral things in a normal situation, so create an unusual situation where they don't know what to do at all, so a taboo act might not appear abnormal.

5. Make initial harmful acts minimal & trivial. No one will just start off being evil enough to torture others, so give them small tasks to get their feet wet. Then when they have crossed the threshold, close the door behind them so they can't get back out.

6. Make subsequent acts gradually more harmful until your minions are as evil as desired.

7. Displace any and all responsibilty to the authority. If your minions express any doubts about an order, tell them " Just do it, if there are any problems, I'll handle it, you won't be blamed'

8. Train your minions in the skills you desire, but DO NOT give them any training in challenging authority or exiting the organisation.