Emily Bryant - Dictators for Dummies Project Template

Dictators for Dummies By-Emily Bryant

So you want to be a dictator? ★ Being a dictator means putting your country first. Obeying to their needs. Treating your people with equality and respect. Realizing that you’re the only one in control and not abusing your title or power. Modern example of a dictator: Historic example of a dictator: Kim Jong-un is the supreme leader of North Korea. Benito Mussolini was the prime minister of 2011-present. Italy from 1922-1943.

RISE TO POWER: ★ What does it mean to manipulate laws, the government, and political parties? Well, Historic example of this: Adolf Hitler Hitler gathered his army manipulating important things like those is and killed over 11 million basically cheating. NO political parties (because normally the dictator wants himself people for being jewish, to be the ONLY ONE in control.) (Political parties=People having their own opinions on slavish, and homosexual. how your country is being ruled.) They also twist rules and laws to benefit themselves. This fit his wants and needs Doing this helped them get their way. It helped them create laws that they only to “save” Germany. “Life thought were fitting. It basically helped them mold their country into what they envisioned unworthy of life” He would it would be. They also do this by promising their people things that they are unsure they say. (Directed to the Jews) can give to them. Modern example of this: Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin banned homosexuality to people under the age of 18. He also promised more political power to his people but they don’t have that, do they?

Tips+Tricks to get your power: ★ Propaganda-Propaganda is biased information that is promoted throughout a country to get an emotional response from the citizens. It helps dictators rise to power by giving attention to things that they want to be supported. Like war, in which, people give money to support them. Historic example: Joseph Stalin Modern example: Mohammed Bin Stalin used propaganda Mohammed bin salman to initiate a campaign to Salman went on tour show the public how to promote kingdoms close he was with and their people to Russia’s late “open up” socially leader-Vladimir lenin. and economically. The campaign was There were posters promoted in newspapers and flyers to promote and by flyers. the tour.

Censoring? ★ To censor information, you “block” out all the things on the media that you don’t want your people to know or see. Censoring helps dictators because of certain people see certain things then they could start having doubts about their leaders power. They might use that information against him. Historic Hitler censored things with propaganda.(He example- Adolf used it in films) He thought that a film would be Hitler a good source to give his people false information. Modern example- Bashar Censorship is Syria is very extensive. He al-Assad bans websites for political reasons. There really isn’t many details. (Because he censors things lol.)

Keeping your power: ★ How did they brainwash people? In school, they made teachers talk about how their country’s leader is the expectation. They made the children think that the dictator was the hero and they should strive to be just like him. The teachers brainwashed the children. This helps the dictator basically control their minds from a young age. The dictator has endless support from his people as long as his people stay clueless. Historic example- His situation is very similar to Kim Jong Un’s. It’s just Adolf Hitler that he brainwashed the children into being Nazi soldiers. The children thought it would please him. Modern example- Kim Jong Un When kids were in school, he had posters of himself everywhere. which had kids thinking that he was the ideal person to be. As the children grew up, that idea grew with them.

What does it mean to Repress Opposition? ★ To repress opposition basically means to push out a Historic example-Adolf hitler specific group of people, And to restrict their abilities to do anything. Sometimes, they kill off that group of people, Or they imprison them-restricting them from everything. This helps dictators keep their power because if they kill off Hitler hated jews. That’s who he the people that are the problem then they won’t chose to push out. He treated them have anyone bad mouthing the dictator/creating like they weren’t human. Like they conflict. deserved nothing. He did this because he thought jews only cared about Modern example- Kim Jong-un wealth. He didn’t like that. So, he eliminated them. Kim Jong-un pushed out other countries (like America) in fear of his people learning something that he doesn’t want them to know. That’s why no one can enter or leave North Korea.

How do they justify imprisoning and torturing their enemies? ❖ Well, they see it as “getting rid” of the problem that was holding their country back. They also use it against their citizens to show them that if they did something wrong and made enemies with the dictator, then that’s what they would get. It helped them keep their power by scaring other citizens into obeying laws. Modern example- Mohammed Bin Salman Historic example- Benito Mussolini He has had Mussolini used castor oil to torture his multiple enemies. The castor oil would give the supervised victim extreme stomach pains and explosive tortures. One diarrhea. of them was a female news reporter.

What were military and police force used for? Their responsibility were to keep the citizens in check. They would spy on people just to make sure that they would put them in check. They keep an eye out for the dictator, make sure that there are no threats, protect the dictator and his country, and they make sure that there is no one that can take his power. Historic example- Joseph Stalin Modern example- Xi Jinping He used his military and police to scare his citizens. They would take people that broke He is still going to be laws/the dictator didn’t like and torture China’s dictator in 2023 them. Which scared the citizens so that no because his military and one would ever want to break any laws. police force made sure that he had absolute loyalty from his citizens.

Power from Propaganda ★ Propaganda keeps the citizens involved with what is currently going on in their country. Which gives the citizens a sense that the dictator actually cares. That’s how they keep their power. Historic example- Modern example- Vladimir Putin Benito Mussolini He made propaganda advising He used propaganda by letting everyone know how much against fake propaganda. Which power he had. From movies to flyers. told the citizens that they could be getting false/fake information from the government.

How does the media help dictators keep their power? ★ Well, they use censoring. They hide all the things that they don’t want shown on the media. Unwanted information was kept. Anything the dictator wanted to keep private/not tell his citizens was censored. That’s how it help him keep his power. NO historic example because the internet/media wasn’t a thing until 1983. Modern example- Kim Jong-Un ALL media in North Korea is controlled by their government. No news from anywhere else. He didn’t want his people exposed to things he may have hid. North Korea is a VERY private country.

Keeping Power: These concepts (when used by the dictator) can scare citizens into doing Nationalism- Nationalism is Historic example- Benito what the dictator wants. That way he the extreme love for your Mussolini has total power and control over country. A sense of Whenever China would feel everyone. overwhelming pride. threatened or weak, they would use Genocide- The deliberate nationalism to gain more pride. Modern example- Xi Jinping killing of one specific group Which led to chinese citizens of people. thinking that their country was the He had one of the most best and aggression towards other horrific mass killings in Ethnic Conflict- Conflict countries when they were told history. The genocide between two or more otherwise. included Chinese, contending ethnic groups. Tibetans, Hmong, & Koreans. They fight for their position within society.

Manipulating laws and policies: ★ What methods do dictators use to manipulate laws & policies? They Modern example- find their citizens weak spots and Vladimir Putin then they go from that. Dictators He worked to sometimes come to power in manipulate laws desperate times so the citizens think to advance that the dictator will help them if he Russia’s interest. twists and manipulates the laws. How Historic example- Adolf does this help dictators keep their Hitler power you may ask? Well, the people The enabling act wasn't believed in their dictator because they in place yet. So, that desperately needed someone. That allowed hitler to make or means that they will follow his rules change any laws. even though they might not be right.

My sources: https://www.clovekvtisni.cz/en/russian-propaganda-a-background-2364gp http://taskermilward.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/How-did-Mussolini-use-propaganda-to-strengthen-his-regime.pd f https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/asia/xi-jinping-profile-national-congress/index.html https://prezi.com/nakxgmjulfuk/what-methods-did-stalin-use-to-control-the-soviet-union/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/07/aide-mohammed-bin-salman-supervised-torture-female-prisoner/ https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/965/did-mussolini-use-castor-oil-as-an-instrument-of-torture/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Syria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Nazi_Germany https://www.reference.com/history/did-stalin-use-propaganda-gain-power-3c20fdc37f230d7e https://www.albawaba.com/news/times-london-mirroring-saudi-state-propaganda-reporting-mohammad-bin-salman-10979 06 https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/how-did-hitler-happen https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44922487 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/9064033/Vladimir-Putin-promises-the-Russian-people-great er-political-power.html I also used my papers from class.