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How to Become a Tyrant is a Netflix docu-series narrated by Peter Dinklage. [1] It is partly based on the 2011 non-fiction book The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics .
- Episode 1 “Seize Power” – Featuring Adolf Hitler
- Episode 2 “Crush Your Rivals” – Featuring Saddam Hussein
- Episode 3 “Reign Through Terror” – Featuring Idi Amin Dada
- Episode 4, “Control The Truth,” – Featuring Stalin
- Episode 6 “Rule Forever” – The Kim Dynasty: Tyrant’S Utopia
The initial steps of becoming a dictator require a divine intervention where a person acknowledges that he is in a way unique and will lead the people towards a better tomorrow. Similarly, in Korea, the Kim dynasty created a false account of their dictator’s birth and anatomy. Every dictator on the list has sold outrage for their own benefits, but ...
In comparison, holding on to absolute power is more complex than attaining it. Saddam Hussein puts forth the playbook’s following rule, keeping your rivals in check. Anecdotal evidence shows how brutal the ‘butcher of Baghdad’ could get. Baath party enforcer at a young age, Saddam became vice-president. On such accomplishments, he made sure all his...
It’s poetic to analyze the next tyrant on the list, as Gandhi once said, “The enemy is fear. We think it is hate, but it’s fear.”. Decades later, Uganda manifests the fear-infested regime of Idi Amin Dada. Idi Amin was a resolute soldier with a knack to instill fear which he amplified as he went up the ladder to gain total control of Uganda. Tribal...
Stalin once said, “It’s not who votes that count. It’s who counts the votes.” Living in a democratic world, we fail to conjure the atrocities of the past. Accusations are for kids. Stalin rolled in a more gangsta’ way. He preferred assertion. Stalin was a former Bolshevik member, his ability to get things done caught the eye of Lenin, and gradually...
The Kim Dynasty is a tyrant’s dream come true. All the aforementioned tactics in the playbook, each and everything is done by the ruler of North Korea. Stalin controlled, Hitler persecuted others simply oppressed. Segregating North Korea from the rest of the world is the most crucial aspect of ruling it. Kim Sung propagated not an idea but an ideol...
How to Become a Tyrant: With Peter Dinklage, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Waller Newell, Ruth Ben-Ghiat. Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
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- 2021-07-09
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Jul 16, 2021 · Netflix’s new docu-series, How to Become a Tyrant, starts with this satirical statement. By the time you reach the end of the sixth episode, you realise how very true it is.
- Medha Dutta Yadav
Jul 9, 2021 · Co-produced and narrated by Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage, HOW TO BECOME A TYRANT is a six-part documentary series that offers a breakdown of how someone can become a cruel dictator. Using archive footage, photographs, and animated scenes, it offers a step-by-step process on how to become, and remain, a dictator by profiling some of history's ...
- Melissa Camacho
Jul 22, 2021 · How to Become a Tyrant may feature some abhorrent leaders from history, but the actor who narrates the series is a much more friendly and familiar figure.
It's not that 'How To Become A Tyrant' is offensively bad, or that it misrepresents any of the facts of history. Quite the opposite, in fact.
