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{{Quote|The masses are nothing to me, but a flock of sheep as long as they aren't organized. I'm not against it, I just deny that it can govern itself.|[[Benito Mussolini]]}} A '''dictatorship''' is a form of government that centers power in a single organ, party or in the hands of just one person that gets called "dictator". == Types == === [[Authoritarianism]] === ==== Summary ==== Authoritarianism is when a state in which sovereignty is exercised by a hegemonic party or a dictator. ==== Features ==== * It abolishes the rule of law of the principles of legality, thus it violates the freedoms of the human being and acts as a force above the law. * It limitates the fundamental individual rights: personal freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of the press. * It represses any form of dissent with the prohibition of setting up private associations or organizations, other than those expressly authorized, and the creation of a single party. * It suppress the trade union freedom. * It replaces the elected bodies, with bodies nominated by the government. * It creates a rigid hierarchical system. [[File:Totalitarists.png|thumb|374x374px|The three major exponents of a totalitarian dictatorship: [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Benito Mussolini]] and [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]].]] === [[Totalitarianism]] === ==== Summary ==== Totalitarianism is a type of dictatorship similar to authoritarianism, but it also expands its control in the life of the single individual. ==== Features ==== * It concentrates power on an immovable and politically irresponsible oligarchy. * It imposes an official ideology, such as [[fascism]] or communism. * It has a single mass party in power. * It controls the forces operating in the state and uses terror. * It has complete control of communication and information. * It uses [[propaganda]] to plagiarize the mind of the people into thinking their ideology. [[File:Militaristi.png|thumb|375x375px|The three major exponents of a military dictatorship: [[Muammar Gaddafi|Muʿammar Gheddafi]], [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Gamal Abd el-Nasser]], and [[Idi Amin Dada]].]] === [[Military dictatorship]] === ==== Summary ==== A military dictatorship is an authoritarian form of government in which political power is held by the military. ==== Features ==== * It is guided by collegiate body. * The head of state can be a senior officer or supreme commander of the armed forces. * The dictator pushes a [[cult of personality]] to become the emblem of the nation. * It starts after coup d'etat. * Very often it has the characteristics of an autocracy. * It often abandons power only under the pressure of an already ongoing or imminent popular uprising. * It justifies itself with excuse of protecting the country from dangerous ideologies. * It applies martial laws. * It strives to portray civilian politicians as "corrupt" and "incompetent". [[File:Teocrati.png|thumb|375x375px|Three major exponents of theocracy: [[Pope Innocent III]], [[taliban]] leader [[Abdul Ghani Baradar]] and [[Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud|Salmān bin Abdulazīz al Saūd]].]] === Theocracy === ==== Summary ==== Theocracy is the form of government in which the management of religious and secular governmental activities coincide. ==== Features ==== * It has one religion of State. * Every product that goes against the faith will be banished/censored and its creator will be persecuted. * Every minority that gets discriminated by the holy book of the official religion will be persecuted. * It is ruled by two shared heads of State: one is a secular ruler and the other is a religious leader. * The clergy has direct or undirect control over the government. * The religions outside of the official religion are banned. == Examples == === People === * [[Abdul Ghani Baradar]] * [[Adolf Hitler]] * [[Alexander Lukashenko]] * [[Alfredo Stroessner]] * [[Ali Khamenei]] * [[Augusto Pinochet]] * [[Bashar al-Assad]] * [[Bazilio Olara-Okello]] * [[Benito Mussolini]] * [[Bolesław Bierut]] * [[Charles Taylor]] * [[Chiang Kai-shek]] * [[Daniel Ortega]] * [[Deng Xiaoping]] * [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]] * [[Emomali Rahmon]] * [[Enver Hoxha]] * [[Erich Honecker]] * [[Ferdinand Marcos]] * [[Fidel Castro]] * [[Francisco Franco]] * [[Frank Bainimarama]] * [[François Duvalier]] * [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Gamal Abd el-Nasser]] * [[Gerardo Machado]] * [[Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej]] * [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]] * [[Gregorio Álvarez]] * [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]] * [[Hafez al-Assad]] * [[Hastings Banda]] * [[Hissène Habré]] * [[Ho Chi Minh]] * [[Hugo Chávez]] * [[Ibrahim Babangida]] * [[Idi Amin Dada]] * [[Ion Antonescu]] * [[Isaias Afewerki]] * [[Islam Karimov]] * [[Ivan the Terrible]] * [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]] * [[Jorge Rafael Videla]] * [[Joseph Stalin]] * [[Josip Broz Tito]] * [[Józef Piłsudski]] * [[Juan María Bordaberry]] * [[Juan Perón]] * [[Kim Il-sung]] * [[Kim Jong-il]] * [[Kim Jong-un]] * [[Konstantin Chernenko]] * [[Kwame Nkrumah]] * [[Lee Kuan Yew]] * [[Leonid Brezhnev]] * [[Leonid Kuchma]] * [[Louis XIV of France]] * [[Luis García Meza]] * [[Manuel Noriega]] * [[Mao Zedong]] * [[Marcos Pérez Jiménez]] * [[Mary I of England]] * [[Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]] * [[Maximilien Robespierre]] * [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] * [[Michel Micombero]] * [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]] * [[Mobutu Sese Seko]] * [[Muammar Gaddafi|Muʿammar Gheddafi]] * [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] * [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] * [[Nicolás Maduro]] * [[Nikita Khrushchev]] * [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] * [[Omar al-Bashir]] * [[Pol Pot]] * [[Pope Innocent III]] * [[Rafael Trujillo]] * [[Ranavalona III]] * [[Raoul Cédras]] * [[Robert Mugabe]] * [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] * [[Saddam Hussein]] * [[Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud|Salmān bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd]] * [[Samuel Doe]] * [[Sani Abacha]] * [[Siad Barre]] * [[Slobodan Milošević]] * [[Suharto]] * [[Sukarno]] * [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]] * [[Tito Okello]] * [[Viktor Orbán]] * [[Vlad Tepes the Impaler]] * [[Vladimir Lenin]] * [[Vladimir Putin]] * [[Xi Jinping]] * [[Yakubu Gowon]] * [[Yuri Andropov]] === Groups === * [[Ba'ath Party]] * [[Communist Party of China]] * [[Communist Party of Cuba]] * [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]] * [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]] / [[Khmer Rouge]] * [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] * [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] * [[Congolese Party of Labour]] * [[Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea]] * [[Derg]] * [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]] * [[Fidesz]] * [[Hellenic State]] * [[Imperial Japan]] * [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] * [[Kuomintang]] * [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]] * [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]] * [[MRND]] * [[National Fascist Party]] * [[National Legionary State]] * [[National Party (South Africa)]] * [[National Renewal Alliance]] * [[National Reorganization Process]] * [[Nazi Party]] * [[Parmehutu]] * [[People's Redemption Council]] * [[Polish United Workers' Party]] * [[Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador]] * [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] * [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] * [[Supreme Council of Government]] * [[Taliban]] * [[Ustase]] * [[Workers' Party of Korea]] * [[ZANU-PF]] [[Category:Political]] [[Category:Ideologies]] [[Category:Hegemony]] [[Category:Government support]] [[Category:Lawful Evil]] [[Category:Totalitarians]] [[Category:Fanatics]] [[Category:Jingoists]] [[Category:Military]] [[Category:Tyrants]] [[Category:Oppressors]] [[Category:Control Freaks]] [[Category:Propagandist]] [[Category:Brainwasher]] [[Category:Mongers]] [[Category:Warlords]] [[Category:Usurper]] [[Category:Barbarians]] [[Category:God Wannabe]] [[Category:Power Hungry]]
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