Explain How Dictators And Tyrants Led People In Ancient Times

People mainly care about their own safety so they’ll accept anyone for example Hitler. He had told his people that he would keep them from all chaos , his followers had believed him and wanted to be safe even if they knew it was wrong. Another example Benito Mussolinis the dictator of Italy. The man who followed onto his father’s footsteps of fascism. Fascism is the antithesis of democracy . He made his people believe that he would give their country power which made everybody feel safe, but what about us

Thesis: A leader is someone a citizen looks up to, someone to guide and give protection but most importantly someone who works for the benefit of the whole community. But what if a leader were to abuse such a power for own selfish purposes and to manipulate the community for the benefit of the leader? In the novel, The Handmaids tale and the film V for Vendetta, The head of the country lead a totalitarian state to keep the proletariats in line through

On the other hand, Lao-tzu admits that being the best leader, partly depends on how people feel about him/her. As he said in his book, “Next best is a leader who is loved. Next one who is feared. The worst is one who is despised.” (Lao-tzu 17) There are many examples of how successful leaders can be when they are being loved by their people. It is a natural act that affects them in being let to stay in power or not. Similarly, governments at the moment face this fact too and as we see throughout the world, governments are being overthrown because of their people’s distaste and hate. That is

All great leaders have many similarities with one another. Leaders all over the globe have the ability to gain the support of their people and to keep it, which is definitely a challenge, but generally the way that’s done is the same for all leaders. But, the differences between leader’s characters and choices can be vastly different. This paper will discuss three great leaders named Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Julius Caesar, particularly how they inspired their people, the public’s opinion of the leader, each leader’s character, and overall which leader lead more efficiently and effectively.

Throughout the millennia that humans have been forming societies with leaders, there have been many different kinds of leaders, some effective and others not. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar shows examples of leaders who prevailed over time and leaders who didn’t. This information combined with knowledge of other past leaders can be used to establish common traits among effective leaders and common traits among ineffective leaders. Although Joseph Stalin is primarily considered a cruel tyrant, he also exhibits several of the leadership traits deemed most effective. While most can agree that his practices were immoral, it is often forgotten that due to his organization, practicality, and determination, Stalin was a decidedly effective leader.

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln. Once you give a man power, it all goes downhill from there. In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there is one group of boys on an island. The boys elect one chief, Ralph, but another bigun thinks he’s a better chief. So the other boy, Jack, leaves and forms a new tribe with most of the boys. After a little bit of time, the groups begin to fight resulting in a couple of tragic deaths. Why would people follow a corrupt leader like Jack? They follow them because they feel like the new leader can help them better than the old one; they think that the leader or ruler can provide for them and it doesn’t matter who that leader is, they will follow them because there’s no one else to follow.

Dictators throughout history have known to have bad reputations and personalities. Some say that dictators have heartless in their crimes and cruelty to humanity. Dictators get addicted to the power, money and respect. Money, power and respect are equally important to them. They will do whatever necessary to have it all. Idi Amin and Rafael Trujillo are two leaders we can compare in this situation. Rafael Trujillo was more merciful than Idi Amin.

Life to a dictator is dispensable. Dictators such as Adolf Hitler believed that “terrorism is an effective political tool”. People could be executed or tortured just for having a different opinion from their dictators, or for being of a different race [doc 5]. Hitler also said “already the boy in school must learn to be silent, not only when he is blamed justly but he has also to learn, if necessary, to bear injustice in silence,”… [Doc 8] This basically means that even if someone is wrongly accused of doing something they should just take the punishment and be executed or tortured rather than fight the police. Society was supposed to be submissive no matter what the circumstances were or be

In Greece, monarchies were found when the Mycenaeans ruled Greece during the period 2000 to 1100 BC. Monarchy is defined as a system of government where a single ruler has supreme power. The word “monarchy” comes from the Greek words “monos” meaning “single” and “archo” meaning “rule”. This single ruler, known as a king, ruled for life and passed the rule on to his heir when he died. The most famous monarchy was that of King Alexandra of Macedonia who ruled all of Greece from 336 BC.

A dictator is defined as a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who obtained power by force. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Jack Merridew is the equivalent of a dictator to the boys of the island. Jack’s peculiar leadership style lead to both success and failures.

Throughout history autocratic leaders have exercised authority over their countries and the lives of their people. The actions taken out by autocratic leaders have both helped and hurt their countries and the lives their people. Two examples of such leaders are Czar Peter the Great and King Louis XIV.

How can one become a dictator? There are certain ways of accomplishing that but first I want to point out that dictators can be monarchs, presidents, prime ministers or chancellors. They’re only called that name by the way they wield their power. Every dictator is different and each one does things differently but they have a few things in common. First, they don’t acquire power through free constitutional elections. Second, they often take over during coups, times of emergency or revolutions. I was reading an article by Ms. Myriam Ehrlich Williamson stated that if “she wanted to become the United States’ first dictator, [she would]: sow contempt for and distrust of government, while pretending a passionate belief in democracy. [She’d] go on television look the American people straight in the camera lens, and lie about those who disagreed with [her], and about [her] own intentions”. She also had a list of other things she would do. It shocked me how easy it is to get into a place of power; all you have to do is tell the people what they want to hear.

The things done were advantageous for the leader not the people. We look back in history and see that what they did was not moral or just because a group of people followed subjective truths not objective truths.

A ruler needs to maintain a positive public image and please as many of the population as possible. It is impossible to please everyone whether you are an effective or ineffective ruler, but maintaining the support of the majority of the masses is of paramount concern in being a successful leader.

If a leader is acting foolish and he doesn’t care about his people and nation, always his end will be near. Because when people trust him and vote for him this doesn’t mean people will be silent and whatever he wants he can do it. Revolution sometimes is beneficial, if the leader is not cocky and dictator. True and good leaders accept ideas and changes, they are going with it and they do what is required. If the leader or the system is dictatorial and the people they don’t get enough of what they want and their rights and if government didn’t listen to people, it is true to make revolution and take all the risks just for the sake