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Dictators for Dummies By Caden Cadle

So You Wanna Be a Dictator? A dictator is a person of power who has complete control over their country. A historic example of a dictator is: A modern example of a dictator is: Hitler- Hitler was one of the most famous Kim Jong un- Kim jong un is the current leader of dictators in history. He was the dictator of north korea, he became dictator in 2011. germany from 1933 to 1945.

Tips & Tricks To Getting Your Power To manipulate the law, government, and political parties, means that you trick the people in charge to think that you are there to help and give people false hope until you are able to get to highest power. If the original people of power think you’re going to help then you gain their trust until you fully take over. Historic example: Modern Example: Mussolini- Mussolini at first seemed nice, he Xi Jinping- Xi Jinping, like Mussolini, started told people he would be able to help give out in the lower ranks and slowly went farther peace back to italy, so he was soon named up until he was the dictator. prime minister, and as time continued his power grew until he was the dictator.

Tips & Tricks To Getting Your Power Propaganda is information used to persuade people to do something or just spread a message, it may be about joining the war or just watching a movie Propaganda helps dictators rise to power because it shows the people messages that show dictators as great people, so they would be able to trust them. Historic Example: Modern Example: Stalin- Stalin used lots of Bashar al assad- Assad not only uses propaganda while he was in propaganda, but he prevents any bad power, he would only allow propaganda from going out to the public. things that put him in a good Any news about their civil war is light to go out to the public. restricted from reaching public eye.

Censoring Information To censor information means to hide or destroy information that could be shown to the public, and to put out only what you decide. Dictators use censorship to only show the good things they do, if there is anything that makes you look bad, no one will see it, the information shown to citizens makes their leader look amazing so they trust them. Modern Example: Historical Example: Vladimir Putin- Mainstream media usually focuses on good things about russia, if something is put out that they don’t like, they will block the website and possibly arrest the person running it. Hitler- Hitler had many professors, librarians, and Nazi student organizations make a list of all the books germans couldn’t read, and burned them all.

Brainwashing Citizens Dictators will make schools teach young children about them and most of the times will have a picture of them in each classroom. The schools will teach the children that their dictator is the best person in the world and that they should look up to them As children grow older, they will keep that state of mind that the dictator is the best, they will already be brainwashed to obey their leader. Modern Example: Historic example: Kim Jong Un- Children are taught the Kim jong un is amazing, they are also taught to throw at a target with an american on it, they are taught that their leader is almost like a god. Stalin- Stalin had people swear to blind obedience and taught children that they were only here to serve the state.

Repressing Opposition To repress opposition means to make sure the person going against you is not able to get power, either by making them fear you or even killing them. Dictators either kill their opponents or use fear by threatening them . This method helps dictators keep power because they don’t have any opponents anymore, so they are automatically in power, it also ensures that any future threat will not want to go against them. Historic Example: Modern Example: Mussolini- Mussolini had used his Vladimir Putin- Like Mussolini, Putin secret police to make his opponents uses fear to keep opponents away, he fear him, he would also kill whoever has killed, imprisoned, and driven went against him. them into exile. Put also makes sure they don’t get aired on TV.

What To Do With Enemies? Dictators justify imprisoning and torturing enemies by claiming they are helping the country by taking care of enemies. This makes people think their leader is looking out for them and that they are trying to help. Historic Example: Modern Example: Hitler- Hitler is known for this Bashar al assad- Bashar al Assad method, he would put anyone he justifies these actions by claiming he is didn’t believe was a perfect image only doing this to keep his citizens safe should be killed or should be forced and take care of the enemies. to work, so how did he justify these? Hitler believed jews were the reason Germany was in debt, so he thought he was doing good.

Police and Military Dictators use their military and police to keep order to society, they made sure no one spoke against their dictators and followed the rules. Because of these police, citizens were in constant fear that they could be around or listening, so people obeyed. Historic Example: Modern Example: Stalin- Stalin had a group of Putin- Putin also has a secret police, secret police called the NKVD, that is the NKVD, the same one as this group made themselves Stalin’s. Like stalin he uses the known everywhere and would police to keep fear over his people arrest and people off for the so they won’t disobey. smallest of things, making everyone scared to act out in any way.

Propaganda Propaganda is information used to persuade someone to do something or it could just spread a message. Dictators use propaganda to show things about themselves or other people that make them look good. They also use it to make people believe they are doing so much good and helping the country. Historic Example: Modern Example: Mussolini- Mussolini used propaganda Xi jinping- Xi jinping uses propaganda to inspire people to obey and join them. that he claims is completely true, It encouraged people to help out with making people believe he’s the fascist message. trustworthy, he also censors lots of the internet so it will be ‘clean’.

Internet Censorship Dictators will censor a lot of things on the internet, most of the things that is censored is stuff that puts them in a bad light or shows bad things they’ve done. It makes sure citizens don’t know all the bad things they've done, people them believe their leader is perfect or doesn't do wrong Modern Example: Kim jong un- North Korea’s internet censorship is known as the most extreme in the world, all of the internet shown is controlled by the government. Even cell phones used to be banned for a while.

Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Nationalism is a love for one’s own country. Genocide is the killing of a large group, mostly of a specific ethnicity or nation Ethnic conflict is the conflict between two or more ethnicities. They use different ethnicities as a scapegoat for problems happening currently. Historic Example: Hitler- The biggest thing hitler was Modern Example: known for was his anti-semitic ideals, he believed the reason Bashar al assad- Bashar al assad Germany was going through debt believes that everyone in syria was because of Jewish people. should be proud in their nationality, and that they should be willing to die for their country

Manipulating laws and policies Dictators will slowly start changing them until they all fit their beliefs, and they will tell citizens that the changes are only to help. People will believe them and fully trust them to do what’s best for them. Historic Example: Modern Example: Stalin- At first Stalin started out by Putin- Many claim that Putin is starting changing little things, things that help to do the same thing as Stalin, his laws the country, then after a while he would keep getting more and more be in complete control and get away questionable and citizens believe with many murders. history is repeating itself.

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