Dictators
Dictators are usually whiny little babies, which is part of how dictators always catch us all guard. Look at the silly man-baby fascist, the adult who cosplays as a military general, the supposedly genius businessman addicted to posting. Oh, look at you, all violence and power and intimidation, soooo cool.
The bummer thing is, dictators don't need people to like them to thrive. People don't need to hear King Jong il played 18, shot 18. Dictators just take power and spend their time making life miserable for the rest of us, which is why it takes courage to stand up to oppression. And why we celebrate the heroes who fight dictators, no matter what form that takes.
5 Horrible Dictators Who Had Totally WTF Hobbies
We'd love to say that being in a position of power brings out the best in people...
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133 7 WTF Acts Of Madness Committed By History's Worst Dictators
They say that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but they rarely mention that it also gives you some really freaking bizarre hobbies.
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6 Brutal Dictators You Didn't Know Had Celebrity BFFs
If you find yourself getting booked to hang out with someone who's in between hearings at The Hague, it's time to fire your agent and/or hire an ethics tutor.
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I Discovered My Company Was Evil During A Routine Audit
What's the worst thing your boss has ever done? Made you work on the weekend? Sexually harassed the secretary? Gave millions of dollars to an infamous dictator? Jack's boss did that last one.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Anonymous
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5 Things Movie Dystopias Get Wrong About Dictatorships
Welcome to Dictatorship 101. Please take a seat. (You don't have a choice.)
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6 Insane Realities Of Life In A Modern Dictatorship
Belarus is frequently called 'Europe's last dictatorship.' We sat down with a man from there, and this is what we learned
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- By Robert Evans, Anonymous
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5 Ruthless Dictators Hiding in Plain Sight as Normal People
Turns out you never know who's selling you that bottle of Evan green label.
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- By Alex Hanton, Virgil Texas
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5 Ways Vladimir Putin Is Failing at Supervillainry
The real Vladimir Putin isn't a mix of the best parts of He-Man and Skeletor. Hell, he's not even the best parts of Ram Man and Spikor.
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- By Robert Evans
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5 Badass People Who Stood Up to Infamous Dictators
These folks stared right into the eyes of heavily armed evil and slowly, purposefully, without ever breaking eye contact, raised both middle fingers.
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The 23 Most Surprising (True) Facts About Awful People
Most of the time, what we find enthralling about terrible people are the ways they go belly up. Most of the time ...
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The 5 Most Creative Acts of Insanity by Modern Dictators
It turns out even presidents are just as insane as the Kim Jongs and the Gadhafis out there ... and some are even worse.
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The 7 Most Heroic Con Artists of All Time
In a world full of bullshit artists trying to sell us things and get elected to office, let's take a moment to celebrate the good ones. These are the Oskar Schindler types, the guys with a talent for hustling who, when circumstances called, used their powers for good.
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- By Dan Seitz
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The 5 Most Shockingly Insane Modern Dictators
As part of our ongoing effort to educate the world about the mind-boggling insanity of the world's dictators, here are five leaders who treated their countries as playthings for their own deranged minds.
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7 Modern Dictators Way Crazier Than You Thought Possible
History is loaded with power-hungry jerks who rule over their countries' fearful populations like the Predator in a laser tag match. Oftentimes these people are infamous not just for their cruelty, but also for their bafflingly insane and self-indulgent antics.
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