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How to Become a Tyrant

And Gaddafi's required reading list for the nation's youthwas just one title long, written...

And Gaddafi's required reading list for the nation's youth
was just one title long, written by... you guessed it, himself

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And Gaddafi's required reading list
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for the nation's youth was just one title long,
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written by... you guessed it, himself.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:49
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary, biography, history

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Movie Summary

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 • E05 The Green Book was the Bible of Gaddafi's Libya. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
The Green Book was the Bible of Gaddafi's Libya.
S01 • E01 But to achieve absolute power, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
But to achieve absolute power,
S01 • E05 They were kind of random thoughts, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
They were kind of random thoughts,
S01 • E01 As a tyrant, yours will become the face of your nation, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:19
As a tyrant, yours will become the face of your nation,
S01 • E05 But you can't let a few bad reviews - How to Become a Tyrant 00:17
But you can't let a few bad reviews
S01 • E02 But they hit al-Naif's wife instead. - How to Become a Tyrant 01:00
But they hit al-Naif's wife instead.
S01 • E01 Need some examples? - How to Become a Tyrant 00:35
Need some examples?
S01 • E01 Who better to make a nation's dreams come true - How to Become a Tyrant 00:18
Who better to make a nation's dreams come true
S01 • E04 But as he ventures deeper into the countryside... - How to Become a Tyrant 00:48
But as he ventures deeper into the countryside...
S01 • E01 They come forward and say, "I am you. You are me." - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
They come forward and say, "I am you. You are me."
S01 • E02 Whoever said you can't buy affection, probably didn't try hard enough. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
Whoever said you can't buy affection, probably didn...
S01 • E01 I am only interested in the German people alone. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
I am only interested in the German people alone.
S01 • E02 They need to get more from the leader - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
They need to get more from the leader
S01 • E01 Now when you're setting yourself up as a "man of the people," - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
Now when you're setting yourself up as a "man of t...
S01 • E05 A 30-year-old engineer, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:42
A 30-year-old engineer,
S01 • E02 The efficient way to stay in power is - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
The efficient way to stay in power is
S01 • E01 The fact that he came out of the trenches in the First World War - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
The fact that he came out of the trenches in the First World...
S01 • E02 Sounds pricey. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
Sounds pricey.
S01 • E04 Religion usually answers the questions that can't be answered. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
Religion usually answers the questions that can't be an...
S01 • E01 ...mustache? - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
...mustache?