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Date: 2012-10-16 09:35 pm (UTC)I think it's more that his motivation was essentially revenge -- the galaxy had been mean to him, so he was going to knock it down and kick it in the face. It didn't seem like he had thought much about what would happen after that.
(Granted, most people could be excused for thinking that when the first entry on your To-Do list is "Conquer the entire galaxy," then you probably don't need to worry too much about what the second entry is.)
It seems entirely possible that, if there had been no Second Foundation, he would have steamrolled the galaxy into his own personal empire, and then almost immediately gotten bored with it and moved on looking for something more challenging.