The intented plan was to function the world from a remote HQ, with digital autonomy. They have software to operate entire countries, with humans only needed to input the digits from the worker's output and costs of operations -just like a manufacturing plant. Initial move was to take control of elections, to wrest "democracy" from the hands of the people, "electing" people like Zelensky to play the part. The real work would be done by bureaucrat employees, with the fake elected officials serving only to distract the people with promises and bickering
…and would have taken about 16 years to complete
-and then they would just muddle along in tyranny until the population was well enough controlled that fake elections would no longer even be needed.
They've had every bit of this kicked up their asses, and now we just wait and watch as every last player gets all the rope they need to tie their own noose.