How to Become a Tyrant
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202128 minEnded

How to Become a Tyrant

Network:Netflix

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S01E06 - "Rule Forever"

Aired on Jul 9, 2021, 12:00 PM

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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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Status
Ended
Runtime
28 min
Premiered
July 9, 2021
Ended
July 9, 2021

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Episodes (1 Season · 6 Episodes)

Seize Power

Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler. 

Jul 9, 2021

31 min

Crush Your Rivals

You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein. 

Jul 9, 2021

27 min

Reign Through Terror

When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question. 

Jul 9, 2021

28 min

Control the Truth

Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship, Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful. 

Jul 9, 2021

27 min

Create a New Society

Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft. 

Jul 9, 2021

26 min

Rule Forever

Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods. 

Jul 9, 2021

30 min

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