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How to Become a Tyrant

If you no longer trust anyone, you willingly give yourselfto the power of the state,...

If you no longer trust anyone, you willingly give yourself
to the power of the state, because everything else is suspect

Full Transcript

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If you no longer trust anyone,
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you willingly give yourself to the power of the state,
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because everything else is suspect.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:56
Uploaded
May 19, 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 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.
S01 • E02 Saddam placed the older brother, Hussein Kamel, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
Saddam placed the older brother, Hussein Kamel,
S01 • E04 The conclusion is obvious: anybody. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
The conclusion is obvious: anybody.
S01 • E04 It was the general line that said, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
It was the general line that said,
S01 • E02 Saddam thought that, "This is a great young man, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:23
Saddam thought that, "This is a great young man,