How do Dictators Stay in Power For so Long?
Outside of fringe extremist political groups, most people tend to agree that living in a dictatorship and dictators as a whole are not great. Indeed, many brutally oppress, murder and rob the people they claim to serve.
Yet a quick look at the dictators of the world and of history, many reign for several decades, often up until their deaths. Very few are deposed. So if they are such brutal and such horrendous human beings, how do they manage to stay in power for so long?
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International Support
Interestingly, of the 190 or so countries in the world (estimates vary depending on what you're classing as a "country"), 52 of them are considered dictatorships, most of which are in Africa, Asia and South America.
But ...