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How to Become a Tyrant

When times get tough,the playbook insists that you ruthlesslystick with your program....

When times get tough,
the playbook insists that you ruthlessly
stick with your program. Gaddafi chose a different path. ♪ 'Cause when friends are friends... ♪ He made changes in policy

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When times get tough, the playbook insists
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that you ruthlessly stick with your program.
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Gaddafi chose a different path.
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♪ 'Cause when friends are friends... ♪
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He made changes in policy...
Duration
15 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:01
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 If you've been following the playbook's guide to seizing power, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:27
If you've been following the playbook's guide to s...
S01 • E04 You'd think after all of Stalin's hard work fighting truth, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:18
You'd think after all of Stalin's hard work fighti...
S01 • E02 And he would not hesitate to arrest them, detain them, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
And he would not hesitate to arrest them, detain them,
S01 • E05 ♪ It lasts forever ♪ - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
♪ It lasts forever ♪
S01 • E02 Is it too much to ask - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
Is it too much to ask
S01 • E04 The beginning of the process were the show trials in Moscow - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
The beginning of the process were the show trials in Moscow
S01 • E02 After being crushed by coalition forces in the first Gulf War, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:19
After being crushed by coalition forces in the first Gulf Wa...
S01 • E05 Now, that's a nice thing to do, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
Now, that's a nice thing to do,
S01 • E01 As pressure mounts to seize your moment, timing is everything. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
As pressure mounts to seize your moment, timing is everythin...
S01 • E05 These are the mechanisms by which people organize - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
These are the mechanisms by which people organize
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...