dictatorship

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In almost every movie about life under a dictatorship, there is a scene where the security services order someone to “show me your papers.”

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Former senator Brian Burston accused Hanson of running a "dictatorship" when he quit in 2018.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

“This new republic had more continuity than novelty, since many politicians who were central to the dictatorship moved to central roles in the democratic government,” explains Gasparotto.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

People who have lived under a dictatorship for almost half a century are forced to survive and rise within a sick system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

They apply to the organization of entire countries: remember the perennial arguments about whether the best form of government is a benign dictatorship, a federal system, or an anarchical free-for-all.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond