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How to Become a Tyrant

But he has one small problem. Towards the end of his life,Lenin was suspicious of Stalin

But he has one small problem. Towards the end of his life,
Lenin was suspicious of Stalin

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But he has one small problem.
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Towards the end of his life, Lenin was suspicious of Stalin.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
53
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:03
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E05 Following Islamic law, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:34
Following Islamic law,
S01 • E02 But Saddam did them one better - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
But Saddam did them one better
S01 • E02 One of Saddam's friends tells him - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
One of Saddam's friends tells him
S01 • E01 While recovering at a nearby hospital, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:44
While recovering at a nearby hospital,
S01 • E02 So then Saddam does this call for everyone - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
So then Saddam does this call for everyone
S01 • E02 And Saddam comes with his famous cigar. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
And Saddam comes with his famous cigar.
S01 • E05 A country's not free if it eats from overseas, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:22
A country's not free if it eats from overseas,
S01 • E02 And he says, "There are people in this room - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
And he says, "There are people in this room
S01 • E02 And then a man by the name of Mashadi, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
And then a man by the name of Mashadi,
S01 • E05 He turns increasingly autocratic. Elections disappear. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
He turns increasingly autocratic. Elections disappear.
S01 • E05 The positions of power are increasingly occupied by loyalists of the regime. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
The positions of power are increasingly occupied by loyalist...
S01 • E01 That's the sort of confidence that any future tyrant needs to get ahead. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
That's the sort of confidence that any future tyrant ne...
S01 • E05 So it becomes more and more a classical dictatorship. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
So it becomes more and more a classical dictatorship.
S01 • E02 And in it, Mashadi confesses - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
And in it, Mashadi confesses
S01 • E05 And while many Libyans seem fine - How to Become a Tyrant 00:52
And while many Libyans seem fine
S01 • E02 Which, in truth, was entirely made up. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
Which, in truth, was entirely made up.
S01 • E01 Believe themselves to be the center of the universe, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
Believe themselves to be the center of the universe,
S01 • E02 Saddam brought Mashadi's wife and daughters to the prison, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
Saddam brought Mashadi's wife and daughters to the pris...
S01 • E01 And this is very different from ordinary people. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
And this is very different from ordinary people.
S01 • E01 Maybe that's not such a bad thing. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:23
Maybe that's not such a bad thing.