How to Become a Tyrant S01E04 · Control the Truth

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

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1. 1 1. Seize Power2021-07-09 · 31mInterested 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.
2. 2 2. Crush Your Rivals2021-07-09 · 27mYou've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.
3. 3 3. Reign Through Terror2021-07-09 · 28mWhen 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.
4. 4 4. Control the Truth2021-07-09 · 27mThrough public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
5. 5 5. Create a New Society2021-07-09 · 26mFree speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
6. 6 6. Rule Forever2021-07-09 · 30mSeizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.