Making of a Dictator

 Regarding the evolution of a dictator, it is said that some childhood trauma leads to skewed mental development culminating in the development of antisocial behavior, (psychologically defined as sociopath and psychopath), which is the root cause of the birth of a dictator. The reality is far away from understanding as each and every dictator has its own realm of life and childhood and in the same realm, one evolves as a dictator and the other as a sociopath, psychopath, depressed, or suicidal. It seems to me that it is all destiny of an individual, not in the individual's control. 

To be a dictator one must harness muscle power (local Gunda), political Power (State level or National level leader), and wealth (global touts). The one who holds all three sources of power to rule then becomes the real dictator. However, dictators have some common characteristics and common ways of ruling.

History says about political dictators that every dictator first talks of nationalism and captivates people (creating Andhbhakts). They win the elections by engaging people in issueless politics, and through manipulating elections by hook or crook, eliminating their opponents even of their own party (in reality they are not for a party but exploit the party for themselves). 

The top 20 world-famous dictators are listed as:

Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler,  Benito Mussolini,  Idi Amin, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong Un, Muammar Gaddafi, Kim Il-sung, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Francisco Franco, Augusto Pinochet, Bashar al-Assad, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ferdinand Marcos, Nikita Khrushchev, Robert Mugabe. Robert Mugabe, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Julius Caesar, and François Duvalier.

    However,  from Indian history, no one is listed as a dictator despite the fact their existence from Satyug to Kalyug, Manu to Democratic RamRajya karta, Vedik to the Modern era. It is probably that we are expert sinners, captivated historians, and nurtured flatterer historians. Or we are experts in hiding everything from diseases to sins to humanity. Or the World considers us subhuman not to be included in human history. Or we are experts in painting every dictator of ours as another God, and who can speak against God. In most parts of India and most of the time periods, it was Raj-shahi or autocracy and another name for dictatorship is autocracy thus it was not worth mentioning the dictators of India. 

    It is now not necessary to rule people only through muscle power or political power, economic power is now the mother of all powers, and one who holds it, can rule over even dictators. The modern era is facing the biggest-ever economic dictatorship where a few hold wealth equivalent to >90% of the rest and make the world spin on a few coins rolled by those few.

Note: The above write-up may be blinkered due to my Socialist political inclination, and it is supplemented by other learned people. 

Dr. Krishnendu Kundu added, 

The British Monarchy, Spanish Monarchy, Dutch Monarchy, Sultanates, and Islamic Kingdoms of the Middle East should also be called dictatorships. What about the capitalist dictatorship of a few powerful conglomerates in the so-called world's most powerful democracy (Soros/Rothschild family)? Above is the coat of arms of the Rothschilds the oldest Jewish mafia, who funded Biden and  Kamala; funded the Coronavirus mutation research through their pet George Soros, Via Pfizer, where the greatest philanthropist of present times Mr. Bill Gates also holds shares.

    They funded the creation of a new state of Rhodesia in Africa to expand their monopolistic mining operations. Well, they also fund the visits of some intellectuals and politicians to Harvard/ Cambridge/ Oxford/ various conventions, etc. Is it, not an autocratic way? For autocracy, one does not need to be in the mainstream of power.

Further, Dr. Saikumar added

Agreed, autocracy can very easily switch to dictatorship. But, be it in Kings' rule or democratic dispensation, when subjects mute themselves and keep increasing their tolerance level, democracy can also turn to dictatorship. Andh-Bhakts have blinkered vision, I suppose.

Some facts:

• The bottom 50 percent earned Rs 53,610, while the top 10 percent earned over 20 times more (Rs 11,66,520)
• The top 10% of the population holds 57% of the total income while the bottom 50% share has gone down to 13%.
• The average household wealth in India is Rs 9, 83,010, with the bottom 50 percent owning almost nothing, with an average wealth of 6 percent of the total Rs 66,280. (https://www.nextias.com/current-affairs/08-12-2021/world-inequality-report-2022)
• The more developed the nation, the more inequality as 69 percent of the total wealth in the United States was owned by the top 10 percent of earners. In comparison, the lowest 50 percent of earners only owned 2.4 percent of the total wealth.