Democracy, Populism, & Domestic Politics, Power & Security How To Be A Dictator: Sarah Bush on Power Corrupts

February 20, 2020
By Power Corrupts | Brian Klaas

If you're trying to consolidate power as a dictator, what's the best way to go about it? Is it better to be feared or loved? How do you eliminate your enemies? Power Corrupts speaks to Perry World House's Sarah Bush; Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion who now plots his moves against Vladimir Putin; and a journalist who got kidnapped by a military junta in a surreal attempt to give him Stockholm Syndrome for his dictatorial captors.

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