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How to Become a Tyrant

TV·2021–2021·1 season, 6 episodes·Netflix·Documentary, War & Politics·30m·7.4

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The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

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  1. 01How to Become a Tyrant S01E01Seize PowerS01E01 · 8.0Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.
  2. 02How to Become a Tyrant S01E03Reign Through TerrorS01E03 · 8.0When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question.
  3. 03How to Become a Tyrant S01E04Control the TruthS01E04 · 8.0Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.

Cast

Peter DinklagePeter DinklageSelf - Narrator (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2021Aired 7.8Season avg
  1. S01E01How to Become a Tyrant S01E01Season's bestSeize PowerJuly 9, 2021 8.0Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adol
  2. S01E02How to Become a Tyrant S01E02Crush Your RivalsJuly 9, 2021 7.5You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam
  3. S01E03How to Become a Tyrant S01E03Reign Through TerrorJuly 9, 2021 8.0When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that
  4. S01E04How to Become a Tyrant S01E04Control the TruthJuly 9, 2021 8.0Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth
  5. S01E05How to Become a Tyrant S01E05Create a New SocietyJuly 9, 2021 7.5Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he
  6. S01E06How to Become a Tyrant S01E06Rule ForeverJuly 9, 2021 8.0Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themse

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