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
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Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
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Editor: Paul Tael
Expert: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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It is pointed out that dictators see certain racial groups as threats: my question is *why* do they see it that way? What’s the psychology there?
Whole bunch of TDS in this comment section. He’ll be gone in 3 years people, he’s 79 years old. There will be an election. Relax
China?
Sure, they voted for the democrats didnt they, than they burned their cities and today they cant distinquish between men and women,
She might be an expert, but heavily left-wing biased regardless.
It says a lot about you when you think any thing that is fact-based is automatically left-wing…
@gustavoalvarezmontero1545 🤡🤡🤡
isn’t this the lady who played in the good place
Is every single expert on this show jewish or just most of them?
🤡🤡
Donald? You taking notes?
Guys, Trump is not a dictator. He was voted into office by a majority of voters. He loves the country, and he’s doing his best to make it better. This is woke nonsense. Stop hating.
*~clears throat and tugs at collar~*
Degrees while imbecilic, DWI offense
Usually enjoy these bids but this one is trash propaganda
No mention of the guy who runs i$real 🤔 😏 😉 or Ukraine?
Nice surname BTW 👀👀🤣
Hitler built Audubon 😂 Who transcribed this?
It’s supposed to be Autobahn.
I wonder who she voted for
An Israeli giving out explanation on Dictatorship lmao
How come dictators never just… do good? A happy populace doesnt rebel, if they spent more time being liked than feared they’d last way longer
I love how every other sentence is describing Trump and yet we completely avoid naming him
Ruth Ben GYAT
This was in informative video