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

“It was a dictatorship that worked from a perspective of building certain legitimacy, keeping the congress functioning, but of course, after purging dissent,” explains the Brazilian historian.

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

Then nothing, not even a dictatorship, can take away your liberty.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez