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How to Become a Tyrant

These are the mechanismsby which people organize and overthrow their governments

These are the mechanisms
by which people organize and overthrow their governments

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These are the mechanisms by which people organize
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and overthrow their governments.
Duration
7 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:39
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary, biography, history

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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 • 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,
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 • E02 Hussein Kamel is beginning to sense - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
Hussein Kamel is beginning to sense
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 • 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.