Dictatorship

Because China does not allow dissent. In other words, the society is governed by an authority that has absolute power over its citizens, which is the definition of an authoritarian government.

In communist countries, towns of those countries. And even more relevant, in common households. Rebellious children are usually a result of controlling and dictating parents... Having a father who believes in communism drove me right out of that house.

the puritan leader that abolished the monarchy and ruled as a military dictator was Oliver Cromwell.

Mostly through control of the military (and through that the people). Once one man (or woman) has full control of a countries' military it is all over for them, the people can't really do anything without running the chance of getting killed. No opposition, no resistance, means full power. The only thing that could break the deal by this point would be a war in which the country is beaten into the ground by another country (or by assassination but then someone else could take the dictator's place).

Dic + tator/ abusing his power

Yes Stalin was a dictator.

After the revolution the USSR was a democratic communist state but the elite took control of the state and it became another oligarchy like any other. The first dictator of communist Russia was Lenin but when he died Starlin took over. Stalin was an imperialist as well as a dictator which is against the ideology of communism.

For this reason communists distance their views from those of Stalin as he only used communist propaganda to remain as head of state.

However it can be argued that Stalin was not entirely a dictator as he was unable to gain complete power in the USSR. He was never technically head of government and he could still be removed by legal means if anyone challenged the regime. This almost occurred in 1934 just before the Kirov Affair, with Kirov seeming to be a realistic candidate to take the post of general secretary from Stalin.

There was also brutal opposition to many of his policies including collectivisation and his attacks on the church, and in the later case he even abandoned his policy against the church during the second world war to further patriotism. He was unable to gain full control.

As his time as a dictator Stalin caused a lot of blood shed. He,was much like Hitler, hated the Jews and believed they were a threat to his government and ideals. So Stalin ordered that all Jews where to be killed, or be placed in Labor camps (Where most of them died anyway). During WW2 Stalin signed a peace treaty with Hitler and helped Germany invade Poland. In this treaty the Germans gained one region of Poland and the Russians gained another. The Germans got all the polish Jews and the Russians got the Natural resources. However fighting broke out in Poland between Russian and German troops and a second treaty needed to be signed. Eventually tensions grew too tight and Russia and Germany declared war on each other.

During the war time Stalin put in place many harsh rules for the Red Army. He declared that retreating during battle was an act of treason, and that if any soldiers took a step backward during battle the commander of his platoon was to shoot him. Also Stalin put in place the scorched Earth policy. This policy stated that if the army was forced to pull back any buildings, materials or any other items of use that could not be carried along with the troops was to be burned to the ground as to not leave anything for the Germans to use.

Benito Mussolini.

Democracy, although the country is ruled by only one party in common for long, except one 'five term' from 1998-2004, No body ever liked the current government.

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A dictatorship is, by definition, the autocratic rule of a single person making all decisions. Under this government, the general population is subject to whatever whim striked the dictator at any given moment. Generally, dictators severely limit freedom and liberty, and may also use brutal violence to keep the population under his/her control.

In general, the underlying philosophy of most world countries is that the people as a whole should have some voice in determining the rules and laws of their country, whether through referendums or democratic elections.

Read George Orwell's book Animal Farm for the moral of communism

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-Ben Smith

Persia, also known as Iran operates under a Theocratic Islamic Republic. The president is democratically elected, but the Supreme leader must validate the person before they can even run for office. The religious leader or Ayatollah remains the supreme voice of the land, with the president answerable to him.

By definition a state is its own sovereign entity, however in the United States, all 50 states, even though they have their own form of government, are held together under federal law. So it would be impossible for one state to develop a dictatorship.

Despite being very corrupt and oppressive in general, there is no single person who exercises supreme control of every part of the country.

China, North Vietnam, Borneo, Syria, to name just a few.

The German kiaser during the 1900's. Also the czar's that ruled Russia for forever until 1918 when communist Russia was established.

In a dictatorship the citizens don’t have rights. They are told what to do, where to live. In Stalin’s Russia if he wanted a person with a particular skill he would send his state police to go get them. Often they were never seen again. In the 1990’s in Romania to have a typewriter a person needed government permission.

All power is in the hands of one person.

Rule by a single all powerful authority A person or small group of people that maintain total control

Not anymore. The dictatorship regime in Ecuador ended in 1979.

Ecuador is currently governed by a Presidential system and is a Democratic Republic country.

No. It a democracy.

Some of the most notable Enlightenment Despots would include Frederick II (the Great), Peter I (the Great), and Catherine II (the Great). Also in this group are Maria Theresa, Joseph II, and Leopold II.

The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin was considered to be Totalitarian because of the oppressive conditions the citizens of Russia had to live in. Many people were killed or sent to Gulags under Stalin's rule, and propaganda was widespread. For more info on Stalin, read Stalin: The Glasnost Revelations.

Democracies are a form of government. Democracies all have a public vote that put people into office. If a country is a democracy, then it has to follow the policies of this form of government.