Why Are There Dictators?

THE NEW AUTOCRACY (PART IV) - Human beings are so vulnerable - so how do dictators even stay alive?

Jan 15, 2025

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Last year was dubbed the year of democracy, with half the world's population voting. But the reality is that many of the elections were fake and that the world runneth over with dictators, authoritarians and their pitiful wannabes. Joining the ranks of the latter in a few days is new-old President Donald Trump, who likes dictators and sometimes talks li…

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