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- A totalitarian leader of a dictatorship. They wield absolute authority, usually to the detriment of the people (evil dictator), however, there are cases (such as benevolent dictators) where they are beneficial.
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...In modern usage, the term "dictator" is generally used to describe a leader who holds and/or abuses an extraordinary amount of personal power, especially the power to make laws without effective restraint by a legislative assembly. Read full entry
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- 1.Dictator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- In modern usage, the term "dictator" is generally used to describe a leader who ... 2 Garibaldi as a positive dictator. 3 Modern era. 4 Modern use in formal titles ...
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- dictator n. An absolute ruler. A tyrant; a despot. An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency
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How can you or anyone disarm There are many horrible
African Dictators. Actually,
all of them are dictators.
They continually postpone
national elections, fail to
implement democratic process
and constitutions.
These are also the worst human
rights violators in the world,
with secret prisons for
political prisoners and this
all in the name of one man;
the dictator of that country.
What does it take to forcibly
remove a dictator?
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Overwhelming military power. |
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Is the Prime Minister a Can you guys not give me a yes
or no answer please. I need
explanations as to why the PM
would or would not be a
dictator. Thanks.
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Erm, no. By definition, a dictator is one where absolute power is reposed in. Absolute power is something a Prime Minister does not have. Why? Because the law does not prescribe absolute powers in the P.M. over the Government, and to rule without constraints accordingly. Apollo, to "dethrone" a P.M., all it requires is the exercise of the Queen's 'reserve power' in circumstances where the P.M's dismissal is warranted by convention including violating the law, a refusal to resign after losing an election or where the Government has lost confidence in the House. It does not 'take a lot' at all; a dismissal just occurs very rarely, and for understandable reasons. |
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How long before our new The first thing that any good
tyrant or dictator will do is
wipe out all opposing
political viewpoints.
Russia has done a fine job at
this.
How long will it take Obama to
supress any opposing political
points of view?
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Yawn. Oh, did you think this was an original idea? Why not follow it up with an "Obama is the Anti-Christ question" and really go for that lack of originality. |
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