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{{Quote|~~You walk into this room at your own risk, because it leads~~ to ~~the future. Not a future that will be but one that might be. This~~ is ~~not~~ a ~~new world;~~ it is ~~simply an extension of what began in the old one~~. ~~It has patterned itself after every dictator who has ever planted the ripping imprint of a boot on the pages of history since the beginning of time~~. ~~It has refinements, technological advances, and a more sophisticated approach to the destruction of human freedom. But like every one of the super-states~~ that ~~preceded~~ it~~, it has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and truth is a menace~~.|~~''The Twilight Zone'', "The Obsolete Man"~~}}

{{Quote|The mass to me is nothing more than a flock of sheep, as long as it is not organized. I'm not against it at all. I only 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".

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* 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, [[Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud|Salmān bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd]].]]

=== 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.

~~[[Category:Modern Villains]]~~

[[Category:Ideologies]]

[[Category:Hegemony]]

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[[Category:Jingoists]]

[[Category:Barbarians]]

[[Category:Fanatics]]

[[Category:Military]]

[[Category:Tyrants]]

[[Category:Oppressors]]

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-{{Quote|You walk into this room at your own risk, because it leads to the future. Not a future that will be but one that might be. This is not a new world; it is simply an extension of what began in the old one. It has patterned itself after every dictator who has ever planted the ripping imprint of a boot on the pages of history since the beginning of time. It has refinements, technological advances, and a more sophisticated approach to the destruction of human freedom. But like every one of the super-states that preceded it, it has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and truth is a menace.|''The Twilight Zone'', "The Obsolete Man"}}
+{{Quote|The mass to me is nothing more than a flock of sheep, as long as it is not organized. I'm not against it at all. I only 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".
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 * 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, [[Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud|Salmān bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd]].]]
+=== 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.
-[[Category:Modern Villains]]
 [[Category:Ideologies]]
 [[Category:Hegemony]]
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 [[Category:Jingoists]]
 [[Category:Barbarians]]
+[[Category:Fanatics]]
+[[Category:Military]]
 [[Category:Tyrants]]
 [[Category:Oppressors]]