The Dictators Playbook: Phases of Control Instead, today's would-be dictators employ what scholars call " salami tactics" - slicing away democracy piece by piece, making each individual action appear reasonable or legal while collectively undermining the entire system
The Authoritarian Playbook - Protect Democracy Their opposition may have taken steps— even in the name of protecting democracy—that create new vulnerabilities The public cannot fully appreciate the implications of any threat to democracy without visibility into these key pieces of the puzzle
So you want to be an autocrat? Here’s the 10-point checklist Here are some of the newest tactics used by would-be authoritarians: 1 Extend executive power The mainstay of today’s authoritarianism is strengthening your power while simultaneously
How to become a tyrant in 5 steps | CBC Radio The blueprint for tyranny is pretty much unchanged over the millennia And the patterns Herodotus reveals should serve as a warning to us in the 21st century, said Morgan
How do dictators seize power? The malevolent careers of eight 20th . . . Frank Dikötter: The book does as it says it really; how to be a dictator It traces every step these eight dictators take to seize power and stay in power for as long as they can Some fail, some succeed Adolf Hitler dies, kills himself Stalin and Mao die in their beds
Tyranny and the Consolidation of Power Theme in On Tyranny - LitCharts When the government takes this crucial leap toward tyranny, as with all the smaller steps that preceded it, citizens must see through the government’s lies and actively and forcefully resist in order to save democracy
The Tyrant You Know - The Cove In the Netflix documentary series, ‘ How to Become a Tyrant’, Peter Dinklage demystifies how famous dictators such as Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin and Adolf Hitler rose to and held on to power
How Maduro Clings to Power | Cato at Liberty Blog Maduro and his accomplices are clinging to power, and the opposition must work to prove it can maintain its momentum The regime followed a series of steps that it has used often before So