Dictators For Dummies By:Katee Romans
So You Wanna Be A Dictator? Dictator, is a person who maintains power, and keeps it. Controls every aspect of life. Controls his people,enemies, and friends. Look out for you and only you. Let your people know who is in charge and DON’T let them forget. Can’t let them get out of line. Then things get bad. Best Historic Dictator: Adolf Hitler Best Modern Dictator:Vladimir Putin Picture shows Hitler all Picture shows dressed up in uniform. Putin Standing German Dictator in “presidential” 1933-1945. uniform. Russian Dictator 2000-Present
Tips And Tricks To Getting Power First, you want them to view you as a trusting, caring, smart individual. Most dictators were voted in, or took over in economic crisis. If you notice government issues, or economic issues, you should make a move on taking power. If the subjects trust you, they’ll let you in to power, where you don’t have to give it up. Manipulate how they view you. Joseph Stalin- As you can see he was viewed Bashar al-assad of Syria- image as a good shows him shaking hands,people person. adore him.When his brother died, he Because he’s came to power. Once again, they continuing view him as good. russian revolution.Pictu re shows someone holding up a picture of him.
Tips And Tricks To Getting Power-pt 2 Another fine example of getting/keeping power, is propaganda. -Propaganda -- It is showing people, only what you want them to see. Posters/ Pictures getting them to have faith in you. It helps make them loyal. It makes them believe you would be a great leader. Which will make it easy for you to get into power. Although propaganda has multiple purposes. This is a This propaganda is for propaganda Germany. It’s making poster of North Germany look bad. Korea. It The poster is like encourages warning people, telling people to join you to stay away from him, and use Germany. them.
How To Keep Your Power- Step 1 A good dictator is to, control his people. If you control every aspect of life, it shouldn’t be that hard. It’s simple, control the media, books, and most importantly control what people say about you. Because if someone gets bad information, they could try to overthrow you. https://en.wikip This is a nazi “Russia's System of edia.org/wiki/In book burning. Controlling the Operational-Investigatory Measuretsernet_censors media by hip_in_Russia burning books (SORM) requires that could turn people against telecommunications operators to you. install hardware provided by the Federal Security Service (FSB). It allow the agency to unilaterally monitor users' communications metadata and content, including phone calls, email traffic and web browsing activity” \\
How To Keep Your Power -Step 2 Dictators modify what children learn in school. Children are young and their brains are easily molded. So if you teach kids about your type of government, or teach them your ways, they are going to want to do the things you do. Therefore you will have loyal people. And you can use education to change adults minds. They might be against it but you can change that. This is a school in This is a school Russia, in Germany, Under teaching what Vladimir Hitler wanted to Putin. be taught.
How To Keep Your Power-Step 3 Political repression is often accompanied by violence, which might be legal or illegal according to domestic law. Violence can both eliminate political opposition directly by killing opposition members, or indirectly by instilling fear. https://www.businessinsider.com/life-of-mohammed -bin-salman-whos-suspected-in-khashoggis-death-2 018-10 In the article, the king was so upset that the journalist was writing about him, he had him assassinated. Paranoid, and furiously, actions were taken. In this photo, it shows how paranoid and crazy for power that hitler was. He keeps people of a different religion in isolated camps.
How To Keep Your Power - Step 4 `Most of the time dictators will torture and imprison people that are their enemies, or other things like that. Like great dictator leaders will hold enemies captive just to show power. To show that they are serious and dangerous. https://www.biography.com/people/kim-jong-un-21125351 This passage talks about warfare, weapons and even personal insults between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump. He keeps his enemies at bay. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Italy_under_fascism In this article, under the section, “First steps” it mentions how he killed enemies just to gain more power.
How To Keep Power -Step 5 Police, an amazing thing when you need something done, but need it done quietly. The police force can enforce your rules, be undercover and make sure nobody is talking to much. It’s amazing what people would say if they don't know you’re an officer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestapo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Security_Department In this article it explains all about This is the modern secret police force for North korea. It’s hitler's secret police force, how he said to be the most violent police forces in the world, said to used it, and the perfect times to use it. violate several human rights. It explains everything.
How To Keep Your Power- Step 6 Propaganda, a great way to control your reputation again. You can cut out what you don’t want people to know. And you can control what people DO think of you. Propaganda was mostly used to get people to join a certain country during war, or to get you to be on a certain country’s side. https://www.canva.com/learn/exampl es-of-propaganda/ This is an old, war This is modern day propaganda, propaganda what people do with it. poster.Getting people to join your side. https://www.te acherspayteac hers.com/Prod uct/WWI-Prop aganda-Poster -Project-35284 48
How To Keep Your Power- Step 7 In your country, you can do as you please. So controlling the social media and the internet, is a good call. You can control what people say about you. Which is good, so you can stay good in people’s eyes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_bur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_books_and_buryin nings g_of_scholars These book burnings , they burned books Another group of book burnings, unbelievable. that went against what Hitler was teaching. He burned them without a thought.
How To Keep Your Power- Step 8 Dictators use power, to scare other countries into agreeing. Other countries see power, and obedience and they agree and think the dictator is doing things right. And Dictators are aggressive towards countries/ Groups of people. They can bully you into doing things since they have power. https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/go-in-depth/why-did-hitler-hate-jews/ Hitler hated jews, because he didn’t invent them and he couldn’t control them. He was angry, and tried to completely wipe out the jews. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_relations Kim Jong-Un Is strongly anti american, or until he met with trump he was. He even had rallys for anti american.
How To Keep Your Power- Step 9 Finding loopholes, ways around the law, or just straight up breaking the law. Because nobody can stop the dictators. You can’t stand up to them, so dictators can break laws, go around them or whatever they want to keep their power. Putin, Stays in power, Doesn’t leave even though he’s a “president’ And he’s only allowed in for 2 terms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Russia
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