What happened when these 6 dictators took over? - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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Examine the myth of the benevolent dictator, which is a leader who holds absolute power yet only uses it for the common good.
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Under certain conditions, the idea of a dictator can sound appealing, like when a democracy isn’t functioning as it should due to corruption or political polarization. People may believe the solution is a "benevolent dictator"- a leader who only uses their absolute power for the common good. But can such a leader actually exist in today’s world? Stephanie Honchell Smith examines this common myth.
Lesson by Stephanie Honchell Smith, directed by Avi Ofer.
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@Aezra27 15 дней назад

What about when a democracy installs a dictator in another country?

@capibara2296 15 дней назад

👏🏼🎩

@skyemiddletonx9006 15 дней назад

Eehhh do you mean "what about when a country who believes they are democratic country install or help a Dictator take power in another country". Because yeah the government of a seemingly democratic country can definitely help a Dictator take power, for example Pol Pot. But there were other factors to that, and no one really knew exactly how he'd turn out at the time. But yeah Ted Ed could have briefly mentioned such.

@Pmf95k 15 дней назад

Diem?

@Xada35 14 дней назад

Yeah, people seem quiet when mentioning the amount of coups and subversive actions done by USA.

@davidtingley9978 14 дней назад

Like Pinochet

@shivamsolanke4660 14 дней назад

*_Politicians and diapers must be changed often and for same reason._* ~ Mark Twain.

@The_Observer_god 12 дней назад

Because both get wet*

@c.jishnu378 8 дней назад

Pretty sure he copied that from Sun Tzu.

@The_Observer_god 8 дней назад

@@c.jishnu378 Sun Tzu lived in era where there where no diapers nor politicians, I think you are being sarcastic but I thought this is necessary.

@c.jishnu378 8 дней назад

@@The_Observer_god Sorry I didn't notice.

@c.jishnu378 8 дней назад

@@The_Observer_god I thought I was sarcastic enough in being sorry but you did not reply so just a reminder.

@Ilumenix 15 дней назад

The art style gives me wings 💀

@yellowstarproductions6743 13 дней назад

Nice one

@ShinichiKudoQatnip 7 дней назад

so accurate

@itsblitz4437 5 дней назад

Red Bull reference

@TheGreyPeregrine 15 дней назад

I fear that the issue of oligarchy is far more concerning. You may topple an individual but it's near impossible to dismantle an entire political elite unless extreme measures are taken, and even then it's not a guarantee.

@Imperator-vo4to 15 дней назад

This is what no one wants to address.

@jesusojeda7850 15 дней назад

It's easier for the masses to understand their enemy it it has a name- it's way easier to blame a single individual rather to think about the context of the problems inherent to a political system or any kind of conflict.

@dovh49 15 дней назад

Like the current regime in the US is pretty much a dictatorship. It's so powerful it committed a coup against Trump. It owns the media, social networks and the institutions.

@clayel1 15 дней назад

tbf, oligarchies are usually led by dictators, since no one dictator can hold all of the keys to power

@grantzolldan 15 дней назад

@@Imperator-vo4to Nobody in power wants to address.

@mylonoceda 15 дней назад

Praise the artists who animated this video. This style is hilarious and entertaining.

@xxxxxx-lu4ui 14 дней назад

Reminds me of Roald Dahl

@silurusdominus 14 дней назад

Except that it has some woke bs in it but mainly yes.

@apple_m2_delight 14 дней назад

@@silurusdominus can you people stop screaming "woke" on anything you don't like? what's so "woke" about an animation art style anyways 😂

@silurusdominus 14 дней назад

@@apple_m2_delight Watch it again with open eyes. It is sad that you were fed with so much woke propaganda that you can't even notice not normal things.

@silurusdominus 14 дней назад

@@apple_m2_delight the problem is with you, because they brainwashed you already so much that you didn't even notice what scene wasn't normal... sad.

@erikziak1249 15 дней назад

The amount of hidden detail that was put in the video by the animator is excellent.

@dannieee333 15 дней назад

what hidden detail

@krista2216 15 дней назад

Handmaid's Tale was the first one I saw, but I'm not hugely political. It was a delight to watch

@HulaHula667 14 дней назад

Shirtless Putin

@pierrecurie 14 дней назад

@@HulaHula667 on a unicorn

@seren7173 12 дней назад

@@dannieee333 the only one I know is the extremely-long table ,it is Putin's.I heard Putin always fear of his officers one day will murder him.

@johnchessant3012 15 дней назад

Singapore is the closest modern example to a benevolent dictatorship: continuous one-party rule since independence in 1965 that is viewed favorably by most of the population. It administers good social services and public safety, and has little corruption. However, civil liberties are severely limited. Political opponents were detained for decades without trial, homosexuality was criminalized until recently, and the government heavily censors news media as well as art and curtails the right of assembly and association.

@ethereal2620 15 дней назад

"closest" is indeed the correct word. The highest mountain is still very far from the sky. 🤷

@BeaverChainsaw 14 дней назад

Singapore is not corrupt but it's still crony capitalist. Business and political elite are very intertwined with businesses supporting the People Action Party's dominance over politics. The Economist newspaper estimates that half of billionaires' wealth comes from crony sectors (10% of Singapore's GDP) In comparison, crony sectors makes up less than 2% of GDP in America and less than 1% in Germany For those who don't know: Crony capitalism is an economic system where politically connected people or businesses (cronies) in the private sector benefit from government policies giving them advantages over competition.

@crazyhawaiidrivers4310 14 дней назад

Singapore will put its leaders on trial though and even convict them. Can't say that for most democracies or any authoritarian regime.

@QuantumPhysics-my5wb 14 дней назад

India is going to become

@phelanwolf6747 14 дней назад

@@BeaverChainsawin Germany and the US the crony sectors likely make up a lot more of their GDP then you stated. Alone the car and energy industries in Germany or the oil and arms industries in the US. Those industries practically ruled their respective countries and still partially do.

@The_Observer_god 15 дней назад

"A good dictator is like having an honest politician which is....... *You know* " - An observer

@bensoncheung2801 15 дней назад

222 👍

@neroatlas9121 15 дней назад

Thats called Nayib Bukele buddy. Or 1800s paraguay if you wanna go back a little longer.

@ricardo-2022 15 дней назад

N O C No one cares

@applesushi 15 дней назад

If this offends you because it seems too close to a situation you endorse, you’re the problem.

@shivamsolanke4660 15 дней назад

Honest politician DOES NOT EXIST...! - Anonymous.

@austine1425 13 дней назад

"Once in office such leaders graduate dismantle checks on their power. Including removing judges, who might rule against them, abolishing term limits, or refusing to acknowledge unfavorable election results" this sounds familiar somehow living here in the US.

@Lonsdaleitehard 6 дней назад

One best ways to know if you are heading into a one party dictatorship, is that the party in power starts trying to imprison their main political rivals 🤸‍♂️

@jangzhang7323 15 дней назад

Do you want the Aladeen dictator or the Aladeen dictator?

@saltdaemon4453 15 дней назад

so many choices...

@ghostderazgriz 15 дней назад

I'll have the chicken please.

@ThePrimordialAbyss 15 дней назад

Vote for the Aladeen Dictator

@lucasthepro0 15 дней назад

@@ThePrimordialAbyss you are HIV Aladeen

@shivamsolanke4660 15 дней назад

How Aladeen this comment is !

@ismaelismael8543 15 дней назад

Something people who praise Rome's dictator system seem to ignore is how it clearly failed eventually. Sulla used his influence over the military to proclaim himself dictator for life and purge political oponents, Caesar was made dictator for ten years upon defeating his rival Pompey in Greece and quickly accumulated enough power to be made dictator for life as well. Caesar's nephew and adopted son Octavian, along with Mark Anthony and Lepidus, two of Caesar's liutenants, seazed dictatorial powers during their regime, which culminated in Octavian ousting the two of them and creating the political dynasty that became the Roman Empire.

@dangroom9120 15 дней назад

In the end, every system will fail if man is not righteous/ethical; agreeing to abide the system's rules, while not abusing those whom they don't like by using loopholes found within the rules.

@yoshihammerbro435 15 дней назад

@@dangroom9120 and you know like caring for other peoples safety over your own

@edwinhuang9244 13 дней назад

Also it's not like the dictators had complete unchecked power. The Senate was the body with the authority to appoint a dictator, and they also held the power to overthrow a dictator. The Senate was powerful enough to do both of those actions, so ultimately the dictators answered to the Roman Senate. In short, the Roman concept of a dictator is different from the modern concept of a dictator in terms of definition and politically speaking. Of course, there is a caveat that things do vary from across the many years that the Roman Republic was alive, but the point still stands that the dictators had some form of checks and balances for most of its existance.

@ismaelismael8543 13 дней назад

@@edwinhuang9244 That's true. Dictators where still checked by the Consuls and a clear deadline and could be held accountable once their term came to an end. However, figures like Sulla, Caesar, Mark Anthony and Octavian used the office of dictator to legitimize tyranny in the way we understand it to this day. Whenever accused of being despotic they could hide behind the fact that their title enabled them to take any actions they personally believed would defend the republic, which translated in whatever they wanted. It's kind of an emergency state. Sure, its ment to be called for in certain ocassions and it's not ment to immediately turn the country into an autocracy. However, it can easily be misused to establish an autocracy.

@shubhnamdeo2865 12 дней назад

@@dangroom9120 I agree. No matter how benevolent democracies and dictatorships are, they'll last as long as they have politicians that have some humanity in them ruling the regime. The biggest enemies of benevolent countries are totalitarianism and oligarchy.

@kotulkin 15 дней назад

That loooong table, looks so familiar 😂😂😂

@MsTimelady71 15 дней назад

And the bare-chested guy on a horse...hmmm. Subtle TED.

@maxave7448 15 дней назад

@@MsTimelady71I thought i was the only one who noticed that reference lol

@difficult1003 15 дней назад

@@maxave7448 It was too much blatant.

@awantikasingh7877 15 дней назад

do u mind telling me what the reference is?

@awantikasingh7877 15 дней назад

@@MsTimelady71 i WANT TO BE IN ON THE JOKE SOOOOO BAD, TELL ME WHAT'S IT REFERRING TO???? :(

@MoneyGist 14 дней назад

4:55 "No modern dictator has lived up to this ideal." You're wrong, Ted. Olusegun Obasanjo was a Nigerian general who rose to power through a military coup in 1975 and voluntarily handed over to a civilian government 4 years later.

@NAVEMAN3 12 дней назад

Agreed but I think he meant in the last 20 years. Could be wrong though.

@user-kp1pz6zv8y 7 дней назад

You are talking about 1 dictator . Out of who many? It doesn’t end well for them

@MoneyGist 6 дней назад

@NAVEMAN3 Considering the video specially mentions Mussolini, who died almost 80 years ago, I strongly doubt that.

@MoneyGist 6 дней назад

@user-kp1pz6zv8y Out of how many? You tell me. The video didn't actually state any percentages. They only mentioned a few examples supporting their narrative. And when you say "it doesn't end well," last I checked, the country still exists today, under a democratic government. Any problems they're facing rn isn't due to Obasanjo (if anything, it's the opposite). Not an advocate for dictatorships or monarchies. But it's essential to maintain the integrity of your talking points when debating any topic, whether for or against.

@bazz6932 6 дней назад

I beg u make you keep quiet and do some more research. Power corrupts the longer you hold it the more it corrupts plus in Nigeria any one that tries to hold on power for too long ends up dead or overthrown . The country is to diverse for one man to rule. Plus I don't like dictator. U can sell your freedom for shortterm economic gains. I won't because eventually the dictator would seek to serve his own interest. Have a nice day

@IapetusStag 15 дней назад

2:40 - You used the wrong Libyan flag. Under Gaddafi, they used the all-green flag. Also, to be fair to Gaddafi, his death resulted to a power vacuum that turned Libya into another Yugoslavia. Shouldn't deny that.

@felixgroove4016 15 дней назад

His tyranical rule over Libiya IS the reason of the chaos that came after it. That's how it always is with dictators. The f*ck stuff up over decades and then when they leave the nations they led stay in ruins for another dictator to step in. I think Aleksandr Auzan called this effect "the rut" or "the path dependence problem". Look it up, maybe you can find english translations.

@ethancoster1324 15 дней назад

Dictators act like glue. If there aren't any strong institutions to take their place then destructive chaos can ensue.

@spiralingspiral72 15 дней назад

i remember when i was in elementary and we had a flag drawing contest, our teachers actually had to exclude the gaddafi-era libyan flag due to how simple it is, literally just buy green paper and you're done

@maxandlily6074 15 дней назад

@@spiralingspiral72which one did you do? And what year because if after 1981, Belize?

@charliefarmer4365 14 дней назад

Did Gaddafi try to choose a successor?

@Evolution__X 11 дней назад

Ted released this on the time of the Indian Election. So that it doesn't have to make a part 2 of it on Modi ji 😂.

@YTworld-69 5 дней назад

Well the 4th of June is coming

@patelabhay550 4 дня назад

@@YTworld-69yupp India is sliding towards dictatorship

@awesomehpt8938 15 дней назад

There’s a big difference between dictators in the Roman republic and modern dictators. There were actual legal limits as to how long these dictators could hold power. They had to be appointed by a sitting consul and the senate and they were limited by law to only have their power for a maximum of 6 months, afterwards they had to give up their power. Just like in any other position of power that a Roman could hold. Modern Non-monarchical dictatorships are a different and have only lasted about a century. No limits dictated by law whatsoever. And are mostly gained and maintained by force.

@maxave7448 15 дней назад

To be fair though, im pretty sure Caesar stayed dictator for a tiiiny bit longer despite the term limit

@TrueDargen 15 дней назад

Cesar feared for his life and refused to relinquish power and instead marched on the senate creating the rule of Augustus. I believe deoclitanus also relinquished his power in 3rd century but Rome knew a long century of strife before that. Today’s dictators are smart and squeeze enough to not to choke the local population and therefore maintain power through fear and contempt

@nilsp9426 15 дней назад

Also, back then, a lot of bad outcomes were not understood as such by those who documented history (e.g. slavery was seen as something quite normal), and if anyone even reported on their dark side, it is unlikely that this record exists today. Therefore, calling these stories "myths" is quite adequate.

@T.C.-st8uz 15 дней назад

So true, in theory. In practice though, weren't there certain Roman dictators that just decided they were going to hold on to power and flaunt the rules? I really appreciate your effort to clarify, and some people might not have known what you just wrote, but it seems to be a bit unclear.

@justindie7543 15 дней назад

Exactly. Rome's dictator system worked incredibly well for centuries without anyone abusing the position.

@jangzhang7323 15 дней назад

I find this video very Aladeen.

@The_Observer_god 15 дней назад

"People are only weak because they think they are" - Gene sharp

@thegoldengood4725 15 дней назад

“Only strong people are strong because they think they are” - Gene Blunt

@soyanshumohapatra 15 дней назад

@@thegoldengood4725😂

@grapeshott 15 дней назад

@@thegoldengood4725Gene Sharpe's one single book was influential in bringing Arab spring in several countries.

@_sayan_roy_ 15 дней назад

@@grapeshott And what did that result in ? Have the living conditions improved in the middle East where those Arab Springs occurred ? Maybe some places but overall on average, one can argue it decreased and in fact, one can argue it decreased tremendously and to this day, the extraordinarily negative effects in multiple aspects are in Syria, Yemen, Libya and even financial wise countries like Lebanon. Talking about power structures in political and military control is one thing and arguably easier and less nuanced than to address cultural ( with emphasis on religious as it's an important or often root part of the cultural value system which is Islam in case of Arabs ) and ideological breakthroughs though incremental progress often aided by technology and science ( both of these have done for humanity arguably more than any other philosophical dialogue, activism, politics, and revolution ). I knew a sub 6 minute Ted-ed video would not be able to provide analysis of the complexities of the situation of the democracy-dictatorship dynamic and try to find a solution for it, but comment section could have been less superficial. This comment is not for you specifically as I may have strawmanned you but to expand the thread on what you just said on something influential for Arab Spring. My personal info context - An atheist from an Indian Hindu Bengali family.

@jenkar5716 14 дней назад

@@_sayan_roy_ Gene Sharp's book is on Functionality of democratic Governments and how to bring them down. It doesn't talk on welfare of people.

@soham141 13 дней назад

Really worrying how the whole world only indicates Narendra Modi. Never says it out loud.

@abhijeetraut6427 10 дней назад

The whole world? Literally only Indian elite kids who are entitled to whatever whims and fancies and are acting as wannabe foreigners

@benjaminlim3936 15 дней назад

It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love democracy. I love the Republic. - Chancellor Palpatine.

@shubhnamdeo2865 12 дней назад

"In order to ensure security and continuing stability, the Republic will be re-organized into the First Galactic Empire! For a safe... and secure society!"- Emperor Palpatine

@dumbhein6042 14 дней назад

Watching from Myanmar here! Who else is living under a corrupt and unjust goverment??

@djayjp 15 дней назад

5:06 Oh the irony of burning Fahrenheit 451 😂

@daeseongkim93 14 дней назад

Lee Kuan Yew is the closest thing, if not, is the prime example of a modern-day benevolent dictator. Lee has not left widespread destruction in his wake, nor did he cultivate a cult of personality during or after his rule. He relinquished his power and lived a quiet life for the most part after retirement. He was well-loved by most of Singapore's population and was a brilliant economic planner and diplomat during the Cold War. He built Singapore up from a former British maritime port island, a developing nation fraught with ethnic violence into the strongest, first-world trade bastion of Southeast Asia, akin to Switzerland. A strong social welfare system, regional capital for banking services and FDI, with its universities coming in the Top 10 in the Asia region.

@BuddyReiner 12 дней назад

True, he has a legacy which no democratically elected clown will ever achieve.

@shubhnamdeo2865 12 дней назад

Few can even dare to rival to his legacy. He was not a politician, he was a human being

@catdogmousecheese 15 дней назад

4:03 It's funny how that picture of Putin riding a horse shirtless has just haunted him for years now.

@lequebecneserajamaisunpays7624 15 дней назад

« Maintaining a free press also helps keep politicians accountable for their actions » yeah if only « free press » could exist maybe it would help.

@catdogmousecheese 15 дней назад

I think the biggest problem with news media today is that so many media agencies prioritize reporting entertaining stories over factual ones.

@yoshihammerbro435 15 дней назад

Recent events in the US media have shown this as an issue hahahha

@Xada35 14 дней назад

Yeah i feel like we can't call current mainstream journalism "free"

@eg310 14 дней назад

Or if people took actions instead of protesting about a war on other side of continent

@BeaverChainsaw 14 дней назад

When I become president, I will dismantle any publication that isn't free! People often conflate freedom of press with unbiased, honest, benevolent journalism. That's false. The first newspapers were very partisan until the 1949 fairness doctrine, yellow journalism overexaggerated or fabricated Spanish atrocities to start the Spanish-American War, and the stories published are subject to the whims of the editor-in-chief and the (usually wealthy) owner. What makes the free press great is that the guy who disagrees with the government's narrative can't be thrown into jail and also that journalists have special protection by court system to publish classified documents. The free press isn't perfect but it's not like freedom is perfect either.

@charlesvane2774 15 дней назад

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others” -Churchill

@j.140 14 дней назад

yeah, Churchill, the best statesman of all time, except probably for Bangladesh and neighbours

@BeaverChainsaw 14 дней назад

The best part about this quote is that he said this in his concession speech

@eg310 14 дней назад

@@j.140and for the british .

@TPDTND 14 дней назад

The double meaning means anything else is better than democracy

@michaelaconstance4954 15 дней назад

Thank you for making a video like this, especially with everything that's happening recently this is very much needed!

@hardikitaliya1754 13 дней назад

That is India nowadays under Modi's rule.

@liborrajm2916 15 дней назад

Walking away at the right time might be the ultimate sign of a truly great leader. But then again if someone is already rotten when gaining access to power in the first place, you can bet it can only get worse. The 'yes men' situation is also quite 'funny' to consider cause what the limitless power of the dictator in combination with their zero tolerance for critique essentially does is that they become detached from reality which, if it does not allign with the dictator's fantasy, no one dares report or explain to them. That's comical and terrifying to think about (someone with absolute power making huge decisions based on lies or incomplete picture of the situation)..

@manojsreekantam7277 12 дней назад

India 2024, are you listening ?

@camelpissdrinkernabimuhamm6611 10 дней назад

Most people in India voting for Modi to make India a Hindu religious theocratic country just like Islamic theocratic Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or iran.. Etc.. Who are accepted by UN and.. If they can make Islamic theocratic country then why not India?

@sen2003-rbd 7 дней назад

To what? To elect a coalition of parties with no goal for leading thr nation other than deny the current govt 400+ seats?😂

@sachintitus417 7 дней назад

Do we have a going back? 😮‍💨

@mrinmoy187 20 часов назад

@@sen2003-rbdno goal ? Dude Congress has released their menifesto long ago

@milanchristi7939 15 дней назад

My, my. How timely.

@Melohalo 2 дня назад

What about when you country hides under a veneer of "democracy" but all the power are in the hands of corporate-backed legislators and policy-makers?

@Homo_-sapien 15 дней назад

Benevolent dictator Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore.

@ralpjosephjavelosa7451 13 дней назад

well at least he made singapore great compared to the kind of country you're living it right now

@theholyemu3716 3 дня назад

Singapore has huge human rights issues

@MythicTales993 15 дней назад

Well done to the creators for sharing such insightful content!

@theexiledcactus3735 9 дней назад

Wow! These people are so inspiring, I can't wait to follow in their footsteps. As an aspiring dictator myself its men like these that are a beacon of hope in a world overrun by democracy.

@sureshmukhi2316 8 дней назад

Which country will you dictate?

@bernardogortairemorejon6323 13 дней назад

This is a jewel. Congratulations to the producing team

@Otalonrye 9 дней назад

This video is for India

@michaelreid5615 15 дней назад

I praise, I do not reproach, [nihilism’s] arrival. I believe it is one of the greatest crises, a moment of the deepest self-reflection of humanity. Whether man recovers from it, whether he becomes master of this crisis, is a question of his strength. It is possible. . . -Friedrich Nietzsche This is what our next benevolent leader will emerge from. The ashes of prior moral decay. Whether we live quite long enough to experience it is anyone’s guess. Be sure, the price paid will be hefty, almost unimaginable. Who will lead? And with how hard a fist?

@varunmishra1994 15 дней назад

Thank you for your research. I find your videos are well done. RIght now I'm keeping an eye on Eledator

@4RILDIGITAL 14 дней назад

Intriguing explanation about the complex nature of power, whether it's wielded by a dictator or a democratic leader. The roast is deep, highlighting the dire necessity for stable systems of checks and balances to secure the common good against potential abuses.

@sarahossain1502 15 дней назад

Why do I feel like that ending part was trying to make a point about Project 2025 😭

@kevinblatter2369 10 дней назад

I noticed the same thing.

@davidtaylor142 7 дней назад

I mean Project 2025 IS a perfect modern example

@YTworld-69 5 дней назад

What's Project 2025

@MoneyGist 4 дня назад

Methinks the entire video was made to address Project 2025.

@YTworld-69 4 дня назад

@@MoneyGist what's project 2025 ?

@rishisharma8311 15 дней назад

3:50 Add Narendra Modi to the list as well

@sriramadharapurapu2262 12 дней назад

It shd be Indra Gandhi , who did emergency in 1976

@basantprasadsgarden8365 12 дней назад

@@sriramadharapurapu2262 memories of the past as a denial to the present, best argument that can be expected

@HotCoals 12 дней назад

He's not a dictator! ...yet.

@DaveGIS123 9 дней назад

The list of dictators was shortened to appeal to an American audience. Americans know something about H@tler, think they know something about Ghaddafi, and easily recognize Putin. Some of them might even understand the references to Trump and his MAGA movement.

@mrinmoy187 20 часов назад

@@HotCoals yet......

@alexsbarricades8218 15 дней назад

Thank you Ted Ed! I love today's video

@awestruckcardboard3431 15 дней назад

Everybody gangsta until Sulla brings out his list, And creates a Blueprint for Marching on Rome.

@parasurama1320 15 дней назад

Do you think Nirendra Modi is a dictator?

@subhasisdas3332 12 дней назад

Yes

@JakeRed378 12 дней назад

As a Bangladeshi, Modi is not a dictator Modi is elected democratically by mejority He took few authoritarian steps but Indian institution are still stronger than Modi or a party and army is still controlled by indian institution and not by a man or party Economic policy are not fair but still independent Indian Market is manipulated by crony capitalist which have ties with all parties not one So modi is not yet a Dictator And India doesnt have primate cities or primate institution Modi doesnt have those skill to create a primate institution to be a dictator or have foreign support to help him to become a dictator

@funtube3512 10 дней назад

He is not yet, But every step he takes suggests that he is on the way.. Elections of 2029 will be very different with opposition nearly crushed and media suppressed. I wonder how our indian population will react 🤔

@JakeRed378 10 дней назад

@@funtube3512 Nah modi doesnt have those skiIIs to be a dictator

@SK-re7vo 10 часов назад

Mostly Indians don't! He is a really good leader

@Imperator-vo4to 15 дней назад

How did roman dictatorship work when we have people like Sulla, Ceasar, and August the first roman emperor?

@Daughterofminerva 15 дней назад

Because at the time of Sulla and Marius the political system of the Roman Republic was deeply polarized between two factions: the populares (led by Marius) and the optimates( led by Sulla). In the end the Repubblic wasn't working anymore,it was wrecked by the fight between these two factions. In the end Sulla won and took total power as dictator for life. At the time of Cesar the political landscape was similar.

@Pospolite-Ruszenie 15 дней назад

Well said. The Roman system of proclaiming dictators in times of crisis worked for a long time, but as most things it feel apart due to deep divisions.

@renevalleramos994 15 дней назад

Our top vlogger here in the Philippines, will becoming one of them...

@kevinkhumalo990 14 дней назад

Bantu Holomisa, a young dictator of the Republic of Transkei, who had overthrew the government of the day and ruled for close to a decade, with positive reforms for his country, gave up power willingly in order for South Africa to be United

@nilsp9426 15 дней назад

I think the fatal flaw in authoritarian thinking is that it equates a lack of accountability and the cumulation of power with the ability to take swift and decisive action. Think of the example of reacting to a pandemic. You might think that a dictatorship can do this easiest by immediately taking a decision that has to go through no checks and can be enacted by any means necessary. However, a well-prepared democracy can act just as swiftly, and much more comprehensively, if there is a good action plan that involves all the necessary authorities and experts. In fact, the cumulation of power can seriously impede the swift response to a threat, as can be easily seen in the example of Donald Trump single-handedly sabotaging the Covid response.

@skyemiddletonx9006 15 дней назад

I do love how well Ted Ed can use historical concepts and events and compare with contemporary and possible very near future issues. The art and the text were not missing anything that may come to pass.

@user-jw8ey4fv1l 13 дней назад

I would really appreciate if youmade a riddle video. I have watched all the others and i seek for a new challenge. Thank you and keep up the good work. DAY 1

@lovewhenshe 15 дней назад

Another amazing vid thanks again

@HouseboundPerspectives 15 дней назад

maybe ALL government leaders should have term limits?

@Echo81Rumple83 15 дней назад

and the SCROTUS

@ThZuao 15 дней назад

I quite like the idea. Every elective office: two therms then never again. The carreer politician is the worst thing democratic countries ever came up with.

@EdwinWiles 15 дней назад

@Echo81Rumple83 Judges serve for life precisely to make them immune to short-term thinking by the other branches of government. If you disagree with their rulings, push your legislature to pass laws that make the people's will clearer.

@bikramjeetsingh6382 15 дней назад

Hi fellow Indian, Were you thinking about the same personality, as I was, while watching ?

@awantikasingh7877 15 дней назад

IKR 😞 😼

@Akkikyadav 15 дней назад

Yes bro 💀😂

@user-nearby-attention-119 15 дней назад

I can already hear the footsteps of his yes-men who are marching

@sujal85826 15 дней назад

@@user-nearby-attention-119 Don't worry, they won't be here on this education channel untill provoked💀

@Spirit_of_Indus_Valley 15 дней назад

Prove me, Pappu is better than Dictator 😂

@mrtienphysics666 15 дней назад

"Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless" Lee Kuan Yew

@mecahhannah 15 дней назад

❤ Awesome as always thanks!

@TusharAmdoskar 15 дней назад

Timing of this video 💀 🇮🇳(2024 general election today is 16th may 2024)

@GudasWorld 15 дней назад

FBI, DEA & cops are who y'all need to worry about. With out them, fascists are noting.

@NoName-hg6cc 15 дней назад

Except the worst violence it is not done by the police and most violent people come from the left and

@Demetrius900000 15 дней назад

Nice touch with a long table.

@KingN00B1 13 дней назад

I’m going to keep it straight: It doesn’t matter if it’s a dictatorship, a democracy, an aristocracy, or any other fancy political system, if the heart of a leader is not good, then their reign will cause their people to suffer. Now, here’s a good question: If you’re a leader, why should you be good? You might be able to come up with a dozen reasons, but do you need to be good? No. In this world, it’s might makes right. If you have the power, you can redefine justice. And once you realize that, you’ll understand why a lot of politicians are jerks. Because there’s no need to be selfless, compassionate, and honest. You only need the power, and you can do whatever you want, even if it hurts a lot of people.

@benitoharrycollmann132 15 дней назад

If anyone is interested in gaining some insight into the capacity for true terror that can be imposed by a tyrannical regime, The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn is a must read. It's Orwellian fiction brought to life

@dovh49 15 дней назад

Notice they didn't say much about left-wing dictatorships. Apparently left-wing dictatorships don't exist.

@dev.2813 15 дней назад

handmaid's reference: 1:44

@user-bp4nv3qp4d 15 дней назад

Astonishing animation 🤍💛

@rlc212 15 дней назад

You can't be serious about how modern dictators rise to power if you don't take into account the fact that virtually all XX Century Latin American dictatorships (except for Venezuela and Nicaragua) were put in place with support from the USA. The same applies to most Middle Eastern and half of Africa's authoritarian regimes.

@rovinteyvat4706 12 дней назад

True. It’s becoming clear that there’s some sort of propaganda in these “informative”videos

@opwave79 15 дней назад

Sadly, extremism is in vogue. People see compromise as weakness and partisanship as strength. So a dictatorship is inevitable.

@jamessandoval5843 14 дней назад

That's what they want you to believe. You must not let your cynical feelings drive you into the dark. Nothing is inevitable unless we don't act.

@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky 14 дней назад

Compromise on things that were NOT meant to be compromised with, may be weakness, but that doesn’t make one a dictator.

@Maya-ul1rr День назад

I love 3:03 where they say "Italy" and show a boot that looks like Italy.

@technerd5637 9 дней назад

Unpopular opinion: in regimes that allow a citizenry to thrive, it should be maintained with an iron fist on news media outlets. If you'll notice, the worst instigators of unhelpful outrage are the companies that make money on selling ads by leading you on with emotional responses.

@lathakm3366 10 дней назад

We Indians must wake up, else June 04 will be the beginning of the worst that is yet to come!!

@rohanrajput_9 15 дней назад

Video: lets have a discussion about dictators, it will be interesting Comments: modi, trump, biden ...

@epithalamia 15 дней назад

very good video!

@user-eq2dx2jp6v 15 дней назад

Thank youuuuuu ❤❤❤

@cru3her608 15 дней назад

if a position gives an individual too much power, then someone will surely come and abuse that power. therefore such a position should not exist.

@SudhaKiranGsk 15 дней назад

I feel like this is targeted at Modi Who is currently on his big for 3rd term RN

@Thecutecyanbird 12 дней назад

This is so perfect! 😊

@dayanaparedes7362 13 дней назад

So well explained 🎉

@matthewona 15 дней назад

What do you think of Lee Kuan Yew (Singapore), Park Chung Hee (South Korea), and Chang Kai Shek (Taiwan), considered dictators by western standards who repressed freedom in subservience to the state to achieve the seed of prosperity and stability that these countries currently enjoy (compared to others)?

@daeseongkim93 14 дней назад

Lee Kuan Yew was the better dictator compared to the latter two. Park and Chiang were brutal, executing thousands of opponents - communist sympathizers and random non-aligned civilians alike. Lee was dictator lite and generally only imprisoned detractors.

@brandonedwards6119 13 дней назад

Most of those countries only flourished due to outside assistance though? Those countries would be equivalent to non-oil middle eastern countries without western meddling.

@mr.d8794 15 дней назад

Correction...not democracies...They are plutocracies.

@basantprasadsgarden8365 12 дней назад

Then all Democracies are Plutocracies, because they all are following the same pattern

@cuberpunk3209 3 дня назад

Thanks for the tutorial

@kingdavis890 18 часов назад

Sorry your not him bro

@juliadavidking23 14 дней назад

The word dictator itself is anything but benevolent.

@vedj6515 15 дней назад

suprised no one noticed the putin reference 💀💀 4:03

@august6281 15 дней назад

By having FANATICS like DDS.

@PineappleOnPizza69 15 дней назад

NPA spotted

@michaelowino228 15 дней назад

Good video.

@swadiqueali6696 6 дней назад

Largest democracy smells these conditions

@kraneiathedancingdryad6333 15 дней назад

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

@jsb7761 15 дней назад

What about The Dollar Dictatorship??

@somnolentea 15 дней назад

Comrade!

@primatajenius28 4 дня назад

EPIC CONTENT!

@danielhavlin 8 дней назад

I like that the dictator they drew has the same haircut as Putin, and same as the long table that Putin has at 1:36, as well as with the picture of Putin on the horse without a shirt at 4:03, I think they're trying to say something, lol.

@spidermantom4367 15 дней назад

Like Modi with Hindutva Agenda 😢

@SouravTechLabs 14 дней назад

That sounds suspiciously similar to what the Indian government under Narendra Modi is doing to India. People are actually in a real danger 😥

@BeE_AriyaN 10 дней назад

Were you born yesterday?

@akshayagarwal3423 12 дней назад

With animation like this, I’ll watch anything!

@VILAKSHANGYAWALI 3 дня назад

I guess Ted Ed has video about dictator Thomas Sankara was close to benevolent dictator.

@ombra711 15 дней назад

Literally whats happening in the USA, we're slow walking into Dark times and my people want to elect the Dictator because "he gon' get us another Stimulus"..when I heard a room full of folks saying this, I lost all hope.

@PatrickLofstrom 15 дней назад

An unfavorable term does not make a country into a dictatorship, no matter how personally upsetting it might be.

@jordandino417 15 дней назад

Who’s the Dictator?

@Akkikyadav 15 дней назад

Best time chosen to upload this video seeing the situation in India!

@notfunny3397 15 дней назад

Yeah, it really sucks because despite it being a meme at this point, India really should be a more prosperous nation, they have the resources, they have the population and even the education. Unfortunately they seem intent on fighting literal wars with 14% of their population. I'm not even kidding about the war part. Find info about the Kashmir region. Most of the Muslims in India do in fact identify as Indians, otherwise they would move to Bangladesh or Pakistan or whatever. Yet despite this the government seems intent on alienating them. This is not only a waste of resources, both military and just straight up money, it's also waste of opportunity to not integrate the minorities more into Indian society, which would significantly increase the productivity of the nation.

@Akkikyadav 15 дней назад

@@notfunny3397 agreed! Are you also indian by the way?

@notfunny3397 15 дней назад

@@Akkikyadav no but I am South Asian so I know about how diverse the ethnicities are. I know all Indians aren't the same I mean, like some foreigners seem to think I mean. I'm Sri lankan, we had our civil wars and ethnic conflicts, and now that it's finally somewhat over, we are all in a better situation, imo at least

@mohitanand1844 15 дней назад

@@notfunny3397 we will keep doing it

@Spirit_of_Indus_Valley 15 дней назад

Bots can comment on RU-vid videos but they can't vote in Indian election 😂

@seren7173 12 дней назад

"People are only weak because they think they are" - Gene sharp I read him book "from dictatorship to democracy" for learn english .Anyone who live in dictatorship countries should read this book.

@iddiadamasalahedine3258 12 дней назад

Cameroon since 1982💔

@worthit5064 13 дней назад

So accurate about the Indian system.

@manuelper 15 дней назад

The easiest way to avoid dictatorships is by extremely limiting government power. I also find it interesting how you completely ignored communism in this piece.

@dutchvanl 15 дней назад

There's nothing inherently authoritarian about communism any more or less than capitalism. Authoritarian regimes come from dismantling accountability, not the economic system.

@logangillespie7675 15 дней назад

Communism isn't particularly authoritarian but when in practice it has to be to force people to do it because no one has an actually working way to do communism yet.

@Pospolite-Ruszenie 15 дней назад

A communist government has to be authoritarian, for obvious reasons.

@manuelper 15 дней назад

@@logangillespie7675 It's not authoritarian....in practice you have to force people.....Did you read what you wrote?

@manuelper 15 дней назад

@@dutchvanl Oh but it is, and don't tell me you also subsacribe to the "communism just hasn't been implemented correctly yet" group, which frankly is ridiculous considering what entails running communism outside anything larger than a hippie commune.

@heyhey3185 5 дней назад

We know who this video is about, and how devastating a second term of his poison would be.

@OmnipotentPotato 15 дней назад

2:35, and he actually did so. The vast majority of Libyans today regret the uprising against Gaddafi (which was mainly instigated by the US) and want him to return. He restored order to Libya and strengthened its currency, and improved many areas of life. The main reason the US decided to get rid of him was because he was getting too close to actually establishing a nation that is independent from the US and its dollar, and was on his way to do the same for many nations in Africa and the Middle East. That notion doesn't sit well with neocolonialists, does it? It's not that I support dictatorship, or democracy, or royalty. I think all of them are nonsense. Only very few democracies today function that well, and even then, eventually someone will come to abuse power.