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~~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".

{{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"}}

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 ===

=== [[Authoritarianism]] ===

==== Summary ====

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* 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 controls the forces operating in the state and uses terror.

* It has complete control of communication and information.

* It uses a propaganda to plagiarize the mind of the people into thinking their ideology.

* 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]].]]

=== Military dictatorship ===

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-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".
+{{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"}}
+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 ===
+=== [[Authoritarianism]] ===
 ==== Summary ====
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 * 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 controls the forces operating in the state and uses terror.
 * It has complete control of communication and information.
-* It uses a propaganda to plagiarize the mind of the people into thinking their ideology.
+* 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 ===