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How to Become a Tyrant

But Saddam did them one better with a surprise move for the ages

But Saddam did them one better with a surprise move for the ages

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But Saddam did them one better
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with a surprise move for the ages.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:13
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • 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.
S01 • E02 He could either sit there and watch - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
He could either sit there and watch
S01 • E04 And from then on, Stalin produced his own history of the Communist Party, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
And from then on, Stalin produced his own history of the Com...