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How to Become a Tyrant.

Name: How to Become a Tyrant
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2021-07-09
Rating: 7.3

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The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

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The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

Seize Power

2021-07-09 · 31m7.7

Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.

Crush Your Rivals

2021-07-09 · 27m7.3

You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.

Reign Through Terror

2021-07-09 · 28m7.7

When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question.

Control the Truth

2021-07-09 · 27m7.7

Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.

Create a New Society

2021-07-09 · 26m7.3

Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.

Rule Forever

2021-07-09 · 30m7.7

Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.