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The Worst of the Worst
“Bad dude dictators and general coconut heads”
Modern Day Dictators
• 40 dictators around the world– 1.9 billion people under oppressive rule
• Despotism – Absolute ruler
• Tyrant– Unrestrained use of power– Unmerciful rule
• Repression– Put down, subdue, crush– No voice, no freedom of speech– Little economic opportunity
• Oppression– Weigh down the mind – Attitudes, beliefs, values– fear
• “End of History” (Dictatorships) with the Cold War (1991)– Democracy suppose to sweep the world– Repression suppose to “bite the dust”• And another one bites the dust, hey hey!
• …only 60% of worlds countries democratic• Better than the 28% in 1950– Some are not real democracies– Despots in disguise
• Insidious aspect– Most dictators started as “freedom fighters” to overthrow the
previous dictator• Revolutionaries turned tyrants– “crocodile liberators”
• Betray ideals that gave them power – Swiss bank socialists
• People pay for economic loss, banks stash the gains– “Briefcase bandits”
• Pillage and steal
• Cultural betrayal, economic devastation