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Dictators
Dictators seek out other dictators who will mutually support their authoritarian power grab.
Dictators seize public assets to reward private interests and cronies.
Dictators find powerful unelected oligarchs to take control of government bureaucracy and programs.
Dictators install their most loyal partisans to head the military and the secret police in order to enforce their private agendas.
Dictators take control of public information sources to intimidate and silence their critics.
Dictators remove inspectors and watchdogs that may uncover and expose their corruption.
Dictators pardon violent criminals and dangerous extremists who swear allegiance to the dictatorship.
Dictators promote territorial expansion beyond international boundaries with no regard for the rightful peoples who live there.
Dictators regard themselves as above the law.
You didn’t vote for this, you say? Yes you did!
Michael Baldwin,
Takilma