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How to Become a Tyrant

That's the sort of confidencethat any future tyrant needs to get ahead. Although some...

That's the sort of confidence
that any future tyrant needs to get ahead. Although some might use a different term. The potential dictator is
usually highly narcissistic

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That's the sort of confidence that any future tyrant needs to get ahead.
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Although some might use a different term.
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The potential dictator is usually highly narcissistic.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:13
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 So it becomes more and more a classical dictatorship. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
So it becomes more and more a classical dictatorship.
S01 • E02 And in it, Mashadi confesses - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
And in it, Mashadi confesses
S01 • E05 And while many Libyans seem fine - How to Become a Tyrant 00:52
And while many Libyans seem fine
S01 • E02 Which, in truth, was entirely made up. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
Which, in truth, was entirely made up.
S01 • E01 Believe themselves to be the center of the universe, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
Believe themselves to be the center of the universe,
S01 • E02 Saddam brought Mashadi's wife and daughters to the prison, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
Saddam brought Mashadi's wife and daughters to the pris...
S01 • E01 And this is very different from ordinary people. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
And this is very different from ordinary people.
S01 • E01 Maybe that's not such a bad thing. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:23
Maybe that's not such a bad thing.
S01 • E02 He could either sit there and watch - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
He could either sit there and watch
S01 • E04 And from then on, Stalin produced his own history of the Communist Party, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
And from then on, Stalin produced his own history of the Com...
S01 • E02 Mashadi chose option two. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:16
Mashadi chose option two.
S01 • E04 But doctoring the past will only get you so far - How to Become a Tyrant 00:14
But doctoring the past will only get you so far
S01 • E01 In a perfect world, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
In a perfect world,
S01 • E05 On the first anniversary of the protests, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
On the first anniversary of the protests,
S01 • E04 One of the most powerful tools that any leader has - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
One of the most powerful tools that any leader has
S01 • E02 And then a member of the police dressed in plain clothes, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
And then a member of the police dressed in plain clothes,
S01 • E01 ...and looking for someone to blame. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
...and looking for someone to blame.
S01 • E01 The genius is understanding the nature of the resentment - How to Become a Tyrant 00:06
The genius is understanding the nature of the resentment
S01 • E04 When you can actually shut down channels for information, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:14
When you can actually shut down channels for information,
S01 • E02 Some of these men are begging him, like, "Please, no, no." - How to Become a Tyrant 00:09
Some of these men are begging him, like, "Please, no, n...