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How to Become a Tyrant

After Saddam ascends to the presidency, he creates a special secret,secret police, a...

After Saddam ascends to the presidency, he creates a special secret,
secret police, a sub-unit

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After Saddam ascends to the presidency,
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he creates a special secret, secret police, a sub-unit.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:14
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history

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Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
S01 • E02 And it's comprised entirely of members of the tribe and family - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
And it's comprised entirely of members of the tribe and...
S01 • E04 But at the end of the day, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
But at the end of the day,
S01 • E01 It was vendetta against Germany being humiliated. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
It was vendetta against Germany being humiliated.
S01 • E05 Corruption was endemic, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
Corruption was endemic,
S01 • E01 It was national pride, that Germany needed to rise again. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
It was national pride, that Germany needed to rise again.
S01 • E02 In Iraq in the 1970s, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
In Iraq in the 1970s,
S01 • E05 The Great Man-Made River took nearly three decades to complete, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:22
The Great Man-Made River took nearly three decades to comple...
S01 • E01 Before long, Hitler is named leader of the party, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:25
Before long, Hitler is named leader of the party,
S01 • E02 They drove the same kind of cars, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
They drove the same kind of cars,
S01 • E04 In the 1930s, many people in the West, liberals and leftists most importantly, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
In the 1930s, many people in the West, liberals and leftists...
S01 • E02 So much for the secret part. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:19
So much for the secret part.
S01 • E05 It was this kind of prestige project that he could then portray as his own. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
It was this kind of prestige project that he could then port...
S01 • E04 Stalin's predecessor Lenin reportedly had a term - How to Become a Tyrant 00:27
Stalin's predecessor Lenin reportedly had a term
S01 • E01 Why does this work so well? - How to Become a Tyrant 00:26
Why does this work so well?
S01 • E05 But people have short memories. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
But people have short memories.
S01 • E02 So, in my own family, for example, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
So, in my own family, for example,
S01 • E05 Every dictator needs a population that can read, write, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
Every dictator needs a population that can read, write,
S01 • E04 Stalin wasn't the only tyrant who knew this. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:31
Stalin wasn't the only tyrant who knew this.
S01 • E01 Hard to believe people would be so quick - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
Hard to believe people would be so quick
S01 • E02 Now when the playbook says, "Be everywhere," - How to Become a Tyrant 00:17
Now when the playbook says, "Be everywhere,"