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How to Become a Tyrant: Miniseries

Poster for How to Become a Tyrant Season 1

6 episodes · premiered Jul 9, 2021

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

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  1. Episode 1: Seize Power Jul 9, 2021 · 31m 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.
  2. Episode 2: Crush Your Rivals Jul 9, 2021 · 27m 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.
  3. Episode 3: Reign Through Terror Jul 9, 2021 · 28m 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.
  4. Episode 4: Control the Truth Jul 9, 2021 · 27m Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
  5. Episode 5: Create a New Society Jul 9, 2021 · 26m Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
  6. Episode 6: Rule Forever Jul 9, 2021 · 30m 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.