History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Professor and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about dictators and fascism. Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? What's the difference between a dictatorship, an autocracy, and authoritarianism? What are the most common personality traits found in tyrants and dictators? Is Xi Jinping a dictator? How do dictators amass wealth? Professor Ben-Ghiat answers these questions and many more on Tech Support: Dictator Support.



0:00 Dictator Support

0:16 wtf is fascism fr

1:41 Shirtless Putin

2:53 What defines a dictator?

3:38 Dictatorship v. Authoritarianism v. Autocracy

4:25 Dictators maintaining power amidst mass unpopularity

5:51 Fascist dictatorships v. Communist dictatorships

6:55 What all tyrants have in common

8:48 What’s with all the statues and such

10:17 How do dictators come to power?

11:07 "self-coup d'etat"

12:03 The Beer Hall Putsch

13:18 Reproductive rights in authoritarian states

14:22 Tacit fascists? In MY populace? It’s more likely than you think.

16:03 How dictators accrue wealth

17:20 Senator Self-Own

18:14 Dictators: Why though

19:53 Rallies

20:57 The internet was a mistake(?)

22:21 Is Orbán a fascist?

23:56 Benevolent dictator? (Nah)

24:24 Rigged!

25:41 A coup by the richest, for the rich

27:04 When oligarchs outlive their use

28:28 Can a dictator be good?

29:47 Game recognizes game

30:35 Blame “the enemy”

31:55 Is Xi Jinping a dictator?

32:30 More power, more assets, more control



Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey

Director of Photography: Ben Dewey

Editor: Paul Tael

Expert: Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi

Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White

Production Manager: Peter Brunette

Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark

Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer

Camera Operator: Constantine Economides

Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen

Production Assistant: Caleb Clark

Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin

Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim

Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo

Additional Editor: Brenda Cespedes; JC Scruggs

Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

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