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Pick your projects well, and they can upgrade your nation
and your image at the same time. Hitler and the Nazis presented themselves as the driving force
behind the Autobahn highway system, which promised Germans
total mobility across the country. Joseph Stalin greenlit the construction
of the state-of-the-art Moscow Metro that was heralded as a triumph
of socialism when it opened in 1931. While Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu bulldozed one-fifth
of the capital city of Bucharest to build the Palace of Parliament. It took 13 years to complete. It cost three billion dollars
and up to 3,000 workers' lives. Too bad he was deposed and killed
before construction was completed. Gaddafi had grand ambitions of his own,
and a key advantage to bring them to life. Gaddafi had an oil-rich economy
and your image at the same time. Hitler and the Nazis presented themselves as the driving force
behind the Autobahn highway system, which promised Germans
total mobility across the country. Joseph Stalin greenlit the construction
of the state-of-the-art Moscow Metro that was heralded as a triumph
of socialism when it opened in 1931. While Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu bulldozed one-fifth
of the capital city of Bucharest to build the Palace of Parliament. It took 13 years to complete. It cost three billion dollars
and up to 3,000 workers' lives. Too bad he was deposed and killed
before construction was completed. Gaddafi had grand ambitions of his own,
and a key advantage to bring them to life. Gaddafi had an oil-rich economy
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Pick your projects well,
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and they can upgrade your nation
and your image at the same time.
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Hitler and the Nazis presented themselves
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as the driving force
behind the Autobahn highway system,
00:00:13.888 --> 00:00:16.933
which promised Germans
total mobility across the country.
00:00:17.892 --> 00:00:22.397
Joseph Stalin greenlit the construction
of the state-of-the-art Moscow Metro
00:00:22.048 --> 00:00:26.693
that was heralded as a triumph
of socialism when it opened in 1931.
00:00:27.443 --> 00:00:30.196
While Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu
00:00:30.028 --> 00:00:32.991
bulldozed one-fifth
of the capital city of Bucharest
00:00:33.073 --> 00:00:35.999
to build the Palace of Parliament.
00:00:35.118 --> 00:00:37.412
It took 13 years to complete.
00:00:37.495 --> 00:00:42.998
It cost three billion dollars
and up to 3,000 workers' lives.
00:00:42.166 --> 00:00:46.546
Too bad he was deposed and killed
before construction was completed.
00:00:48.256 --> 00:00:53.072
Gaddafi had grand ambitions of his own,
and a key advantage to bring them to life.
00:00:53.803 --> 00:00:56.639
Gaddafi had an oil-rich economy.
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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.
