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How to Become a Tyrant

Crushing this threat is goingto take a strong stomach. So buckle up

Crushing this threat is going
to take a strong stomach. So buckle up

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Crushing this threat is going to take a strong stomach. So buckle up.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:37
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 • E05 Gaddafi has a good thing going. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:24
Gaddafi has a good thing going.
S01 • E04 The phenomenon of distrust is an exceptionally powerful tool. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
The phenomenon of distrust is an exceptionally powerful tool...
S01 • E02 Surviving as a tyrant means making tough decisions. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:19
Surviving as a tyrant means making tough decisions.
S01 • E04 If you no longer trust anyone, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
If you no longer trust anyone,
S01 • E05 When times get tough, the playbook insists - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
When times get tough, the playbook insists
S01 • E01 If you've been following the playbook's guide to seizing power, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:27
If you've been following the playbook's guide to s...
S01 • E04 You'd think after all of Stalin's hard work fighting truth, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:18
You'd think after all of Stalin's hard work fighti...
S01 • E02 And he would not hesitate to arrest them, detain them, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
And he would not hesitate to arrest them, detain them,
S01 • E05 ♪ It lasts forever ♪ - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
♪ It lasts forever ♪
S01 • E02 Is it too much to ask - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
Is it too much to ask
S01 • E04 The beginning of the process were the show trials in Moscow - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
The beginning of the process were the show trials in Moscow
S01 • E02 After being crushed by coalition forces in the first Gulf War, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:19
After being crushed by coalition forces in the first Gulf Wa...
S01 • E05 Now, that's a nice thing to do, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
Now, that's a nice thing to do,
S01 • E01 As pressure mounts to seize your moment, timing is everything. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
As pressure mounts to seize your moment, timing is everythin...
S01 • E05 These are the mechanisms by which people organize - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
These are the mechanisms by which people organize
S01 • E04 But when it came to turning his people against each other, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
But when it came to turning his people against each other,
S01 • E01 The ability to play a long game, to wait. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
The ability to play a long game, to wait.
S01 • E01 Trust me. Your patience will be rewarded. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:37
Trust me. Your patience will be rewarded.
S01 • E02 They were all third cousins, second cousins. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
They were all third cousins, second cousins.
S01 • E05 It's quite inevitable. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
It's quite inevitable.