#102 - Frank Dikotter - How To Be A Dictator
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Frank Dikotter is a historian and author.
The 20th Century was characterised by an attempt on the one hand to build up civil society and have cheques & balances, and on the other hand an attempt to concentrate power into the hand of a single dictator.
Expect to learn what the characteristics of a dictator are, why the 20th century created a perfect petri dish for this proliferation, how a dictator coerces his people into supporting him and how dictators deal with the paradox of hiding their goals of tyranny in a democratic society.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hello there friends. |
| 0:02.5 | Today we're going to learn how to be a dictator. |
| 0:05.5 | What? |
| 0:06.3 | Kind of. |
| 0:07.2 | Frank Dickeurter is an author and his most recent book, |
| 0:10.7 | How to Be a Dickeater, |
| 0:12.0 | looks at eight of the most chillingly effective dictators |
| 0:15.3 | of the 21st century. |
| 0:16.8 | So we're going to learn about Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, |
| 0:19.7 | Mao Zedong, Kim Il Sung, |
| 0:21.4 | and a couple of leaders that I'm going to leave |
| 0:25.0 | to Frank to pronounce. |
| 0:26.6 | But yeah, the characteristics of a dictator, |
| 0:29.3 | a oddly similar whilst also being incredibly unique, |
| 0:33.6 | as Frank identifies one dictator from one regime |
| 0:36.8 | at one particular period of time, |
| 0:39.0 | wouldn't work at all if he was to swap places with another. |
| 0:42.9 | As always, if you've got any questions, comments, |
| 0:45.1 | or feedback, feel free to get at me. |
| 0:47.0 | At ChrisWillX, wherever you follow me, |
| 0:49.4 | but for now, please welcome Frank Dickeurter. |
| 0:53.0 | I am joined by Frank Dickeurter at the beginning of his book, |
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