Evil Genius of the Week - Netflix

What started as a small rent-by-mail video store in 1998 quickly became a subscription juggernaut within two years of its initial launch.  Due to some logistical mastermind's diabolical thinking, Netflix was able to lure fourteen million unsuspecting subscribers by the year 2010.  Little did they know, they were participating in the swift decimation of thousands of video stores.  Blockbuster Video tried nearly everything within their power to stay afloat, including opening puny, pathetic video kiosks and building a $900 million debt.  They were finally forced to file for bankruptcy in 2010.

Meanwhile, the nefarious businesspeople at Netflix promised its users a video-on-demand service.  Coaxed by the prospects that their favorite movies and television shows could be streamed within minutes, millions of people groaned in agony when they realized this was reserved for only obscure documentaries, D-list horror films, and a handful of new releases.  Would you like to watch The Social Network, silly human?  Sorry, you are number 32,653 in the queue.  But, don't worry, you can instantly watch Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work.

For tricking the people of earth into doing its bidding and deftly crushing its opponents, Netflix is my Evil Genius of the Week.