despot

They are only a sticking point for would-be kings and despots who successfully deceive and subjugate the masses.

In Florida and elsewhere, there were individuals of rare caliber who rose up in their day to defeat these right-wing despots.

“We will never let the evil will of a sad, malignant despot dictate how we treat one another,” said the Greyhound Bar & Grill in Highland Park.

Ben-Ghiat goes on to explain that this is often a way that despots exert power, observing:

Until this show, they weren’t individualized in a way that explains what they get out of helping a despot destroy planets.