How Do Dictators Gain and
Maintain Their Power?
They use followers !
Dictators usually come into power during coups d'etats,
revolutions or states of emergency.
Once in power, dictators use their influence to impose regimes
that are often violent and long-lasting.
Dictators have absolute power over their state and usually do not
come to power through free constitutional elections.
Once in power, dictators typically do not call themselves
dictators but instead choose to refer to themselves as presidents,
prime ministers, chancellors or monarchs.
Some of the most well-known dictators in history include Fidel
Castro, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong-il and Adolf Hitler.
One thing all these dictators have in common is that they were
able to maintain political power by using violence and propaganda.
Dictators often manufacture an external threat in order to gain
control over the state and appear as the people's only
salvation.
For example, Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany's problems and
justified his actions during the Holocaust by using propaganda
aimed at vilifying the Jews.
Dictators also use their leadership skills to persuade the
masses to believe their agendas. They use censorship to control
the flow of information so as to maintain power.
Dictators who remain in power usually
do so until they are killed or removed through violent
opposition.
Notice anything similar happening
now in Australia ?