If you considered yourself able to take over the world (which all ultra-rationalist characters (whether pro- or antagonists) seem to) then actually taking it over would be one of the most rational things you could do.
But not one of the wisest (because most people who have taken over suddenly realize exactly how much of a pain it is to actually run the world that you’ve just taken over)
But not one of the wisest (because most people who have taken over suddenly realize exactly how much of a pain it is to actually run the world that you’ve just taken over)
Exactly; Baron Wulfenbach from Girl Genius comes to mind, or the The Onion article entitled “Black Man Given America’s Worst Job.”