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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 == | == Types == | ||
=== Authoritarianism === | === [[Authoritarianism]] === | ||
==== Summary ==== | |||
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]].]] | ||
=== Totalitarianism === | === [[Totalitarianism]] === | ||
==== Summary ==== | |||
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. | * It imposes an official ideology, such as [[fascism]] or communism. | ||
* 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 | * It uses [[propaganda]] to plagiarize the mind of the people into thinking their ideology. | ||
[[File:Militaristi.png|thumb|375x375px|The three major exponents of military dictatorship: [[Muammar Gaddafi|Muʿammar Gheddafi]], Gamal Abd el-Nasser,[[Idi Amin Dada]].]] | [[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 === | === [[Military dictatorship]] === | ||
==== Summary ==== | |||
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]].]] | |||
[[Category: | === 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:Ideologies]] | ||
[[Category:Hegemony]] | |||
[[Category:Government support]] | [[Category:Government support]] | ||
[[Category:Lawful Evil]] | [[Category:Lawful Evil]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Totalitarians]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Fanatics]] | ||
[[Category:Jingoists]] | [[Category:Jingoists]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Military]] | ||
[[Category:Tyrants]] | [[Category:Tyrants]] | ||
[[Category:Oppressors]] | [[Category:Oppressors]] | ||
[[Category:Control Freaks]] | [[Category:Control Freaks]] | ||
[[Category:Propagandist]] | [[Category:Propagandist]] | ||
[[Category:Brainwasher]] | |||
[[Category:Mongers]] | [[Category:Mongers]] | ||
[[Category:Warlords]] | [[Category:Warlords]] | ||
[[Category:Usurper]] | |||
[[Category:Barbarians]] | |||
[[Category:God Wannabe]] | |||
[[Category:Power Hungry]] |