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How to Become a Tyrant

It's quite inevitable. These enlightened reforms weakness. Colonel Gaddafi,is your army...

It's quite inevitable. These enlightened reforms
will ultimately be seen for what they really are: weakness. Colonel Gaddafi,
is your army deserting you?

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It's quite inevitable.
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These enlightened reforms will ultimately be seen
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for what they really are: weakness.
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Colonel Gaddafi, is your army deserting you?
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:47
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 • 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,
S01 • E05 They rose up against him, the Western world did nothing to save him, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
They rose up against him, the Western world did nothing to s...
S01 • E05 When he's finally cornered by rebels, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:19
When he's finally cornered by rebels,
S01 • E04 It all swirled into a kind of snowball of bloodletting. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
It all swirled into a kind of snowball of bloodletting.
S01 • E04 During the Great Terror, over 750,000 people were killed. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
During the Great Terror, over 750,000 people were killed.
S01 • E02 Hussein Kamel is beginning to sense - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
Hussein Kamel is beginning to sense
S01 • E05 Though you might say what doomed Gaddafi in the end - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
Though you might say what doomed Gaddafi in the end
S01 • E01 Hitler mounts this kind of crazy, half-baked coup, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
Hitler mounts this kind of crazy, half-baked coup,
S01 • E02 You know, sooner or later, kill him. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
You know, sooner or later, kill him.
S01 • E04 If you kill 100 people, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
If you kill 100 people,
S01 • E04 That was Stalin's model. Doesn't matter you kill too many... - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
That was Stalin's model. Doesn't matter you kill t...
S01 • E05 But take heart. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:22
But take heart.
S01 • E01 They eventually leave the beer hall, and then they're fired upon by the police. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
They eventually leave the beer hall, and then they're f...
S01 • E04 As for anyone who might think of saying - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
As for anyone who might think of saying
S01 • E01 There's this classic cutting in the New York Times, which says, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
There's this classic cutting in the New York Times, whi...
S01 • E04 There is a higher truth in these dictatorships, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
There is a higher truth in these dictatorships,
S01 • E04 By redefining truth for millions of his citizens, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:24
By redefining truth for millions of his citizens,