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How to Become a Tyrant

Potable waterhad become scarce in Libya, so knowing there were these enormousaquifers in...

Potable water
had become scarce in Libya, so knowing there were these enormous
aquifers in the southern part of Libya, Gaddafi set about exploiting those

Full Transcript

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Potable water had become scarce in Libya,
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so knowing there were these enormous aquifers in the southern part of Libya,
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Gaddafi set about exploiting those.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:30
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 • E01 Years of rage and frustration pour out. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
Years of rage and frustration pour out.
S01 • E05 A man-made river that could one day even turn desert into farmland. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
A man-made river that could one day even turn desert into fa...
S01 • E04 Millions of people in Ukraine alone were starving to death. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
Millions of people in Ukraine alone were starving to death.
S01 • E05 What better symbol of a new society - How to Become a Tyrant 00:17
What better symbol of a new society
S01 • E04 None of that was reported in the press, and people had no idea it was occurring. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
None of that was reported in the press, and people had no id...
S01 • E01 Now before we go on, I'm going to let this guy tell you - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
Now before we go on, I'm going to let this guy tell you
S01 • E04 Instead of admitting that the strategy was a mistake, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:14
Instead of admitting that the strategy was a mistake,
S01 • E05 Pipelines of enormous dimensions, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
Pipelines of enormous dimensions,
S01 • E01 And it seems absurd, but that's what Hitler convinces the German people. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
And it seems absurd, but that's what Hitler convinces t...
S01 • E05 It didn't come cheap, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:21
It didn't come cheap,
S01 • E01 Absurd or not, Hitler's words strike a chord. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
Absurd or not, Hitler's words strike a chord.
S01 • E04 At the same time, Stalin closes off the Ukraine from world view. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
At the same time, Stalin closes off the Ukraine from world v...
S01 • E02 After Saddam ascends to the presidency, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
After Saddam ascends to the presidency,
S01 • E02 And it's comprised entirely of members of the tribe and family - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
And it's comprised entirely of members of the tribe and...
S01 • E04 But at the end of the day, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
But at the end of the day,
S01 • E01 It was vendetta against Germany being humiliated. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
It was vendetta against Germany being humiliated.
S01 • E05 Corruption was endemic, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
Corruption was endemic,
S01 • E01 It was national pride, that Germany needed to rise again. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
It was national pride, that Germany needed to rise again.
S01 • E02 In Iraq in the 1970s, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
In Iraq in the 1970s,
S01 • E05 The Great Man-Made River took nearly three decades to complete, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:22
The Great Man-Made River took nearly three decades to comple...