


Putin proves he’s a dictator and does not care that the World Court has issued a warrant for this dictator’s immediate arrest.
A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a polity. The word originated as the title of a Roman dictator elected by the Roman Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency.
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He is a criminal who seeks complete power over a country, with no checks on their authority. Dictators often use their power in cruel or brutal ways.
- Election: Dictators can come to power through elections, then establish one-party rule and suppress the opposition.
- Violent struggle: Dictators can rise to power through violent struggle.
- Military coup: Dictators can seize power through a military coup.
- A single leader or small group of leaders
- Few limitations on the leader's power
- Limited political pluralism
- Limited mass mobilization
- Forbidding of opposition parties
- Limiting individual opposition to the state
- A high degree of control over civil life
Examples of dictatorships: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Putin, Fidel Castro, and the Kim dynasty
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