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How to Become a Tyrant

Every dictator needsa population that can read, write, so they can work at menial...

Every dictator needs
a population that can read, write, so they can work at menial jobs
producing money for the dictator

Full Transcript

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Every dictator needs a population that can read, write,
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so they can work at menial jobs producing money for the dictator.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:18
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 • E04 Stalin wasn't the only tyrant who knew this. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:31
Stalin wasn't the only tyrant who knew this.
S01 • E01 Hard to believe people would be so quick - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
Hard to believe people would be so quick
S01 • E02 Now when the playbook says, "Be everywhere," - How to Become a Tyrant 00:17
Now when the playbook says, "Be everywhere,"
S01 • E05 What dictators don't want - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
What dictators don't want
S01 • E01 If you feel genuinely - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
If you feel genuinely
S01 • E05 For your new society to succeed, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
For your new society to succeed,
S01 • E02 Which leads us to Iraq's former Prime Minister Abd ar-Razzaq al-Naif. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:45
Which leads us to Iraq's former Prime Minister Abd ar-R...
S01 • E01 It's very easy for us to sit back - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
It's very easy for us to sit back
S01 • E05 And Gaddafi's required reading list - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
And Gaddafi's required reading list
S01 • E05 The Green Book was the Bible of Gaddafi's Libya. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
The Green Book was the Bible of Gaddafi's Libya.
S01 • E01 But to achieve absolute power, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
But to achieve absolute power,
S01 • E05 They were kind of random thoughts, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
They were kind of random thoughts,
S01 • E01 As a tyrant, yours will become the face of your nation, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:19
As a tyrant, yours will become the face of your nation,
S01 • E05 But you can't let a few bad reviews - How to Become a Tyrant 00:17
But you can't let a few bad reviews
S01 • E02 But they hit al-Naif's wife instead. - How to Become a Tyrant 01:00
But they hit al-Naif's wife instead.
S01 • E01 Need some examples? - How to Become a Tyrant 00:35
Need some examples?
S01 • E01 Who better to make a nation's dreams come true - How to Become a Tyrant 00:18
Who better to make a nation's dreams come true
S01 • E04 But as he ventures deeper into the countryside... - How to Become a Tyrant 00:48
But as he ventures deeper into the countryside...
S01 • E01 They come forward and say, "I am you. You are me." - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
They come forward and say, "I am you. You are me."
S01 • E02 Whoever said you can't buy affection, probably didn't try hard enough. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
Whoever said you can't buy affection, probably didn...