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How to Become a Tyrant

By branding and unifyingyour growing movement, it will soon become impossible to ignore

By branding and unifying
your growing movement, it will soon become impossible to ignore

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By branding and unifying your growing movement,
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it will soon become impossible to ignore.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:13
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 Saddam sends his body cut in pieces, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
Saddam sends his body cut in pieces,
S01 • E01 Hitler draws people in - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
Hitler draws people in
S01 • E02 Stories like this were a form of control. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
Stories like this were a form of control.
S01 • E01 With swastikas, marching people in uniforms, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
With swastikas, marching people in uniforms,
S01 • E02 The point was to demonstrate that he could do these things. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
The point was to demonstrate that he could do these things.
S01 • E05 Becoming an absolute ruler is an impressive feat. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:59
Becoming an absolute ruler is an impressive feat.
S01 • E02 Let me tell you a story. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:41
Let me tell you a story.
S01 • E01 Sounds fun. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:16
Sounds fun.
S01 • E04 If certain facts didn't fit that paradigm, they could be ignored, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
If certain facts didn't fit that paradigm, they could b...
S01 • E04 One guy who truly got this was revolutionary biologist Trofim Lysenko. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
One guy who truly got this was revolutionary biologist Trofi...
S01 • E01 Nobody... nobody governs alone. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
Nobody... nobody governs alone.
S01 • E04 Lysenko was sure that the solution - How to Become a Tyrant 00:18
Lysenko was sure that the solution
S01 • E01 Not Idi Amin, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
Not Idi Amin,
S01 • E02 In 1979, under Ayatollah Khomeini, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
In 1979, under Ayatollah Khomeini,
S01 • E04 And of course, it's completely absurd, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
And of course, it's completely absurd,
S01 • E02 So, there was now this new Iranian regime - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
So, there was now this new Iranian regime
S01 • E05 But no matter what the rest of the world thinks, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
But no matter what the rest of the world thinks,
S01 • E04 Stalin invites Lysenko to speak at the Kremlin, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:45
Stalin invites Lysenko to speak at the Kremlin,
S01 • E02 And it actually had the resources to make it happen. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
And it actually had the resources to make it happen.
S01 • E02 Saddam decided to preemptively attack Iran. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
Saddam decided to preemptively attack Iran.