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