by Elliot | Mar 16, 2025 | Lists
World leaders tend to be judged by how their accomplishments measure up to others. It’s all relative, you see. It was always going to be difficult for Lyndon Johnson to follow John F. Kennedy. For Anthony Eden to follow Winston Churchill. So too is this true for...
by Elliot | Dec 1, 2024 | Lists
Some say there can be no such thing as a good dictator. That the very nature of dictatorial rule is contrary to the conditions of a healthy modern society. Perhaps that is true, yet it should be obvious to all that not all dictators are made equal. Many dictators,...
by Elliot | Jan 5, 2024 | Lists
There is a tendency to view dictators in a specific light – a strongman who seized power through illegal means. Shadowy figures who lurk in the dark, emerging only when their country is in crisis. For many dictators this is an accurate description. But no stereotype...
by Elliot | Mar 24, 2023 | Lists
Not all nations are free and democratic. Indeed, many are ruled by tyrannical strongmen. While not all dictators are equally bad, there is a reason the term carries such a nasty tone. This is partly why their rule is often cut short – usually by popular uprising or...
