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How to Become a Tyrant

But doctoring the pastwill only get you so far if your people have access to other,more...

But doctoring the past
will only get you so far if your people have access to other,
more current sources of information. If you're really going to win
the war on truth, you're just getting started

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But doctoring the past will only get you so far
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if your people have access to other, more current sources of information.
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If you're really going to win the war on truth,
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you're just getting started.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:52
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E01 In a perfect world, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
In a perfect world,
S01 • E05 On the first anniversary of the protests, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
On the first anniversary of the protests,
S01 • E02 And then a member of the police dressed in plain clothes, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
And then a member of the police dressed in plain clothes,
S01 • E04 One of the most powerful tools that any leader has - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
One of the most powerful tools that any leader has
S01 • E01 ...and looking for someone to blame. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
...and looking for someone to blame.
S01 • E04 When you can actually shut down channels for information, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:14
When you can actually shut down channels for information,
S01 • E01 The genius is understanding the nature of the resentment - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
The genius is understanding the nature of the resentment
S01 • E02 Some of these men are begging him, like, "Please, no, no." - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
Some of these men are begging him, like, "Please, no, n...
S01 • E05 From this day forward, Gaddafi declares April 7th a national holiday. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:30
From this day forward, Gaddafi declares April 7th a national...
S01 • E01 And presenting yourself as the means to overcome that, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
And presenting yourself as the means to overcome that,
S01 • E02 Long live the party! Long live Saddam Hussein! - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
Long live the party! Long live Saddam Hussein!
S01 • E04 Stalin didn't have to do this all by himself. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
Stalin didn't have to do this all by himself.
S01 • E01 You want to get your people's attention? The playbook is clear. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:53
You want to get your people's attention? The playbook i...
S01 • E02 You could see the fear in the eyes of many of these men - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
You could see the fear in the eyes of many of these men
S01 • E04 They already had complete control of the mass media. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
They already had complete control of the mass media.
S01 • E02 Outside the meeting room, the purged party members learn their fate. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:31
Outside the meeting room, the purged party members learn the...
S01 • E04 And of course, there'd been censorship under Czarism, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
And of course, there'd been censorship under Czarism,
S01 • E04 And when it came to off-limits subjects, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:57
And when it came to off-limits subjects,
S01 • E05 This is one of the ways they can achieve immortality, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
This is one of the ways they can achieve immortality,
S01 • E05 Pick your projects well, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:57
Pick your projects well,