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    Dictators have been around for centuries, terrorizing and oppressing civilians through manipulation, genocide, and many other sadistic methods of force. Starting in Ancient Rome, the term “dictator” originated from the Latin root word “dictare” in the late 14c. So, what is a dictator? The earliest definition that can be found was “one who has absolute power or authority”. Other words that have been used to describe dictators over the years is “tyrant”,” despot”,” autocrat”, and many more. Everyone

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    There are just over fifty countries in the world that are currently run by dictators and the severity of the dictatorship varies from country to country. Some dictators can be relatively kind in their rule where others can be very harsh. One thing that happens in these harsh dictatorships is that children are removed from their parents at birth. Though the reasons for this differ in many ways, three of the most prominent are that children learn from their parents, it focuses the children on their

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    Anthem Essay Hitler once stated “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.” This means that whoever is in control of the youth will control what is going to happen, because the youth are the future. Anthem by Ayn Rand demonstrates that Dictators are all powerful and will do anything to keep that power. Dictatorial leaders have multiple reasons for separating children from their parents and family. Some reasons may include if they are taken from their families young they won’t remember their

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    and by using the manipulation of media created a God-like image of himself that his followers loved and adored. Certain individuals believe that it is unimaginable the atrocious acts a dictator will orchestrate to ensure the submission of his followers to his rule. Leading them to wonder why people follow dictators? In the book, The Psychology of Dictatorship by Fathali M. Moghaddam (2013), the author addresses several aspects as to what it means to live under a dictatorship. The first point of

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    Introduction: Joseph Stalin was a dictator who was responsible for massive crimes against humanity, and ruled a communist country. From 1924-1953, Joseph had killed over 20 million people during the Revolutionary regime. Joseph was part of a communist dictatorship. Communism is a system of organization where all economic activity is controlled by a single political party. Along with communism, comes dictatorship. This is the complete power or authority of a dictator. It is a form of government, mostly

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    and a few years later he was engaged to and possibly married to a young and wealthy woman, her name was Cossutia. It was soon broken off and he later married Cornelia at age 18, who gave him his only legitimate child. It was a girl named Julia. The dictator, Sully, commanded him to divorce Cornelia, but he declined. So Sully demanded he be executed, so Caesar went into hiding. Eventually his friends and relatives gave him pardon. Later on he became a part of the military. D. How did he learn about

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    hunting, and savage acts revealed the natural instinct of human where dictatorship rules. At first, everyone worked together and there was enough food for everyone. After resources became scarce, Jack decided to create a tribe in which he was the dictator figure in an authoritarian government. Even with violent tendencies,

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    Scholars have defined the democracy as the government of the people, for the people, and by the people. People, in this type of government, are said to be the ruler themselves. Representatives are elected by the adult nationals through the voting process. Hence, it is the government of the people. By contrast, dictatorship is the type of government in which power is centralized. One single individual has all the power in hands, and the people have no role in government affairs. Governments in America

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    William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a book stuffed of symbolism, from Ralph’s hair at the beginning, to the island on fire at the end. When the fire is dead, it’s a loss of hope and survival. When they kill Simon, the boys lose their innocence. Many of these coincide with politics. Three main symbols though, (that continue throughout the entire book and change often) are the conch, Jack, and Simon. The conch is used to symbolize order or democratic government. In the very beginning of the book

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    Dictatorship dates all the way back to 510 B.C. and is still around today. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a dictator is one ruling in an absolute and often oppressive way. Dictatorship is usually a very bad thing, but most dictators view it as a chance to control something the way they want to control something whether it's good or not. Adolf Hitler is one of the most famous dictators to this day. It all began when Hitler began to have in interest in politics during the Great Depression. His new

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