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Dictators for Dummies By:Adam Robb

So You Want to be a Dictator? Adolf Hitler was a German So let’s start with what a dictator is, a politician and leader of the dictator is a leader that has absolute Nazi Party. Chancellor from power over the people or country. 1933 and Führer from 1934. Some dictators rise to power when During his dictatorship from their country is is a depression or 1933 to 1945, he initiated dept, this works because they World War II in Europe by promise the people a change in the invading Poland in economy. September 1939. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer serving as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 2000 until 2008.

Rise to Power Mussolini used the Acerbo Laws to rig Many dictators are manipulating and the electoral system changing laws to gain power in the so that the PNF government.Laws could be changed (Italian Fascist Party) so the dictator allow things to happen only had to gain 25% that were illegal before. Political of the vote in order parties can be taken away to make to gain 66% of the the dictator the only person in power. seats Also when parties and other forms of government are gotten rid of then In North Korea, Kim there is no other competition to rise to and his policies were power. responsible for a famine that led to the deaths of 1 to 2 million people,When food finally arrived, the message from state media was that it was a tribute to his leadership.

Rise to Power Many dictators use propaganda or any form of media that tries to persuade someone to an idea or political ideas. Propaganda can be biased to the creators thoughts and ideas. Throughout history dictators used forms of propaganda to help persuade people to their side. Propaganda can be used to help a dictator to rise to power by showing that their ideas or practices are correct. It might also help the dictator look like a better person. Propaganda can come in many forms, posters, books, films, etc.

Rise to Power Cont. This is a soviet silent film, called his is a large mural on the side of a building. This Battleship Potemkin, that overly shows the Korean armed person killing a US soldier dramatized telling of the rebellion with the tip of a gun. This shows a common enemy, of Russian crew members rising the US, which stirs up feelings of anger or hatred against their officers. This made the through the people. Russian Revolution more appealing to the people, which is supporting the Communist government.

Keeping Power A good idea for keeping power is to censor some forms of media. Censoring information is the suspension of the any media. The government might go through the media and edit or restrict anything that does against their beliefs or ideas.Dictators can use censoring to make themselves look like a better person by getting rid of any media that make them look bad. They can also ban any media that goes against any of their ideas. Censorship can be used to block the people from the rest of the world, if the people see what other (democratic) countries are like they might try to overthrow the government.

Keeping Power Cont. This is a picture of the Nazi book “Amid a growing uprising in the burnings. Hitler’s followers would country, the Syrian government find books that went against his banned the iPhone in an attempt to ideology and they burned them. stop the constant flow of images and This made it so the people of the video that anti-government protesters country couldn’t read any shared online.” democratic ideas, then saving the Nazi government from being overthrown.

Keeping Power Step 2 Some dictators brainwash by limiting what some of the people see. This way the might me told that the dictator is the best, wholesome leader. Some dictators brainwash their people by making their achievements seem better than they are. The dictator might also threaten the people and scaring them into doing or thinking what he wants. When the authority threatens to hurt or kill people who resit causes fear among the people. These threats make it so the people don’t want to revolt because of the fear of death.

Keeping Power Step 2 Cont. This is a picture of a Korean children’s book. Children’s books convey the ideology, too. “The Butterfly and the Cockerel,” for example, tells the story of an irascible, bullying rooster (the United States) outwitted by a small, virtuous butterfly (North Korea). Teachers don’t just teach history, they teach “revolutionary history.” And all music, storybooks, novels and artwork relate to the Kims. “Usually power corrupts them and they become evil like Hitler and Stalin. They have massive armies to control the people, and they cannot rise up.” They both had armies that they used to threaten the people of their country and eliminates the risk of revolt.

Keeping Power Step 3 Repress opposition is the act of pressing people, political parties, or other groups. Dictators may outlaw any other forms of government, The Soviet Union had a leaving themself to be the only The CECC notes a legal policy of repression person with power. This helps broader corrosion of of political opposition dictators because it eliminates freedoms, encompassing defined in the penal code. any other form of government, a social and political The penal code are leaving the dictator the highest reinforcement of the documents used to person with power. Now that supremacy of the CCP imprison or execute a there isn’t any other parties under Xi’s leadership, person. This means that the dictator doesn’t have any with deleterious Stalin made it legal to competition that could consequences for civil execute a political overthrow their rule. society, media freedom, personal labor rights and judicial due process.

Keeping Power Step 4 The dictator might imprison or torture a person because they might have talked about about the dictator or they might have tried to rise against the leader. This is helpful because it Punishing the “wrongdoers” helps the dictator get rid of the people who are threatening their power.

Keeping Power Step 4 Cont. This is a picture of a Russian labor According to the Telegraph, Saudi camp. Many people simply just Arabia will punish online satire that vanished, then killed.To further \"disrupts public order\" with up to five complicate the matter, prisoners in years in prison, the public prosecutor the labor camps commonly died of said , as the kingdom cracks down on exhaustion, disease or starvation. dissent.

Keeping Power Step 5 As protection and spies many dictators had secret policing forces. They are used to keep the people of the country in check. They spy and listen to the people of the country to see if they are following the dictator’s ideas. If they feel that a person isn’t following these ideas or they feel that the person is a treat, they can take them in and punish them. They help the dictator keep their power because the police force gets rid of the people that aren’t following the ideas, this ultimately eliminates any revolutionary thoughts in others.

Keeping Power Step 5 Cont. This is a picture of Hitler’s secret policing force the Gestapo. They would punish (usually by death) anyone who went against Hitler’s ideology. Sometimes they would take people in even if they said one little bad thing about Hitler. The 610 Office is a security agency in the People's Republic of China. The main functions of the 610 Offices include coordinating anti-Falun Gong propaganda, surveillance and intelligence collection, and the punishment and \"reeducation\" of Falun Gong adherents.

Keeping Power Step 6 Again Propaganda is any form of media that tries to persuade someone to an idea or political ideas, this might be a biased by the creator. This is a good idea because many people will see this message. Many dictators use this strategy to keep their power. Propaganda might keep the people in check or might put fear in people, so they might not revolt. Some forms of propaganda may try to create anger in the people to feel nationalistic pride in their country. It might also exaggerate the leader’s accomplishments, which makes them seem like a better person.

Keeping Power Step 6 Cont. This is a picture of Did You Know? Which was a German family game. Question 91 reads: “When did the great defensive battle in the West begin?” The answer: “The great defensive battle in the West, which at the same time was the greatest battle in world history, began on 10.5.1940, and revealed Adolf Hitler as the greatest military commander of all time.” This makes Hitler look like a better person because he commanded the invasions of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg The Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities is a Museum located in Sichon Country of North Korea. The museum is the museum of the Sinchon Massacre, which was a mass-murder 0f the Korean people by the South Korean and American troops during the Korean War. This makes the people of the country feel anger towards other countries, this gives them a nationalistic feelings.The people turn to their leader because of these feelings.

Keeping Power Step 7 With the growing popularity of social medias and the internet, more people can be heard. This threatens at dictators power because people from their country might get democratic ideas and try to revolt, so as a dictator you should ban or limit internet use. If the internet is limited or banned in a country, it limits any type of bad-talk about the dictator. Winnie the Pooh was banned by China because Xi Jinping was compared to the bear on social media. He didn’t like these comments that he banned any picture of the character and the new movie \"Christopher Robin\" was banned from Chinese theaters. Jinping didn’t want his citizens to think he is a weak leader so he banned any pictures or movies

Keeping Power Step 8 Many dictators use violent and non violent methods of keeping their power. A non-violent method that some dictators use is nationalism. Nationalism is the pride for one’s country. Nationalism can be used to make the people angry at another group of country and feel pride for theirs. When this happens the people look to their leader to take care of the enemy or group. Violent methods dictators use are genocide and ethnic cleansing. Genocide is the killing of a group or mass of people. Ethnic cleansing is the killing of religious groups. These mass killings might put fear in the people of the country, making them fearful of revolting.

Keeping Power Step 8 Cont A famous example of a dictator This is a picture of a artwork in a using genocide is the holocaust, North Korean school. It shows Hitler killed most of the Jewish North Korean soldiers fighting and population. This helped him killing a US soldier. This puts because the people didn’t want nationalistic feelings in people, to rise up against him. they have a common enemy the US, they might even look to their leader for help.

Keeping Power Step 9 Mussolini passed the \"Manifesto of To stay in power a good idea is to Race\" which limited Jewish people to manipulate the laws of the country to have any professional position in the fit your needs. Some dictators government, restricted travel, and manipulate laws to make them only Jewish people couldn’t marry supreme leader of the country. The Italians.This eliminates the threat of dictator might also eliminated any form Jewish people trying to rise against of government that could threaten the government. their power.This helps the dictator stay in power because if no other forms of In China’s 1982 Constitution it government then they don’t have any states that a leader can be in competition and they are less likely to power for two term limits or five be overthrown by an outside power. years. Xi Jinping is now abolishing term limits which means he will be in power past 2023. This lets him keep his power for longer.

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