1. By Reuben taverner
! ! ! ! Dictatorship.
A dictatorship is a form governance. It is one of the
least favored and is highly disregarded by democrats.
The reason is hidden within the way it is run because
there is one person/ a small group of people in charge
and they make all the rules. Almost always they keep
the money to themselves. Dictators are usually high
ranking men or military generals. A good example of
this is Fiji, where the country is ruled by a military
dictator. Most dictators take control of the government Kim-Jong un the current ruler of North Korea
by force in a coup (pronounced coo) which are illegal
but are done all around the world. A coup is usually
done with the to be dictator taking control of the military. So the government has no choice but to
back down and resign. Dictators do not call themselves dictators. They sometimes are know as
Presidents - for example Saddam Hussein or as Supreme Commanders as in the case of Kim
Jong-il. The dictators usually do not call themselves dictators because it would make themselves
unpopular as most people do not like dictators.
How it works.
Dictators have complete power over the citizens of the state. They make all the rules and
decisions. Most dictatorships use personal secret police and spies to keep watch on the citizens to
make sure they are not organizing an attack or riot. Dictators have
lots of statues and images of themselves. They make people
worship them. They want to look powerful their goal is to be
intimidating. They dress formally and powerfully to scare the citizens
with stripes and badges to show his military power if he is a military
dictator. Dictators are very wealthy as they use the for himself or
something he decides the country makes . The government is also
oppressive and scary as the people are worried about what might
happen to themselves and their family. A very good example of a
bad and oppressive dictator is Fidel Castro. He ruled Cuba starting
from 1952-2008. The CIA spent about 50 years trying to overthrow
him but failed. Fidel Castro was also a communist which is another
system of governance that is not regarded well. Many countries
Fidel Castro cuba military dictator
have low GDP’s and life expectancy under a dictators rule get lower
from 1976-2008
due to lack of care from the government. A dictator’s rule really just
rely’s on the people because usually the citizens out number the
military greatly and they might stand a chance if they all group
together and fight back. This is highly unlikely as the government try
to keep this from happening as they restrict people from getting
together because of their fear of the citizens of the country or state
organizing such a thing. The first dictator is thought to be Julius
caesar but is undetermined.
The real problem is that it is almost impossible to find a report that
does not have a biased perspective because the propaganda in the
country will report that everything is good and the dictator is the best Cuba military base 2 nuclear
and he is making great decisions e.t.c. While the other side could missiles aimed at US
report: He is completely unreasonable and mean, he is selfish and
cares only about himself not he welfare of his country. So the real purpose is hard to determine.
This report though is biased to the side of the people who oppose dictators and how they rule their
country. Dictatorships also have many things in common with communism as the rights section
says. If you know about communism you might connect to dictatorship.

2. By Reuben taverner
! ! ! ! The impacts of this system of governance.
The impact that this government form has on the people is staggering as the people do not know
what to do because if they try to stand up against the government they would or could get
imprisoned or even killed as the dictator would not want rebellions or riots that would threaten his
power over the citizens. It might also inspire people to take action. The people might also want to
take action and stop the dictator but it is a very complicated task as he often has the military by his
side. Access to the internet is limited and external media (books, tv,
newspapers).The citizens are restricted in access to to information that could
potentially be used to overthrow the government or is against what the
government believes. The media is controlled and influenced by the dictators.
Education is limited and controlled by the government so that the kids will only
learn what the dictator wants them to believe. The life
expectancy and the GDP per person is also impacted because People who failed to mourn North Koreas late
according to many sites communist and dictator ruled countries dictator Kim Jong-il are awaiting punishment for
have very low rates on these things. This is because the dictator lack of respect
takes all the money for himself and choses where it goes
whether it is to himself, the military or the welfare of the nation. This because he cares more for
himself and uses his power over the people for granted. Another impact is that the people are not
allowed to get together because the government is afraid of a riot. There are actually some positive
impacts to this system though. Some positive impacts are rates of crime in a dictatorship is very
low because the people are very scared and afraid of being punished. Most of the impacts in a
dictatorship are negative but the real positive impacts are really hard to actually find because of
biased reports.
The roles and rights of individuals in this system of governance
The roles of the people in this system are to basically do what ever
the dictator says because of the intense fear of his power and
control. Some people have special roles in this system e.g. the
special police have to report anyone who breaks the law or
organizes a coup or riot. The media have special roles to only
show and tell people what the dictator wants them to hear. Rights
in a dictatorship country: A dictator usually takes many or all of
the citizens rights away. The dictator does this because of his
fear of being overthrown. In this system of governance the
Handing out I agree with the government speech
people have a very small amounts of rights maybe even none.
bubbles that the people have no choice but to
For example in North Korea, the people are restricted in their take it
travel around the country, they are not allowed to practice
religion, they are not allowed to criticize the government and they
are not allowed to migrate to another country or travel to another country. Dictators control
reporters and punish them if they say bad things about them. In most dictatorships, people also do
not have the right to speak out because the dictator can do pretty much anything he wants
because he has absolute control over the citizens using mostly intimidation and just plain brutality.
The people also do not have the right to participate in a free election probably because the dictator
does not want anyone running against him. The reason of that is there is a high possibility that he
would not get voted on and he will not have power over the citizens. The dictator sometimes might
give special rights to certain people. The people would either be his close friends or trusted military
generals/ commanders.
In dictatorship countries you can be punished by death so the government can still stay in charge
e.g. if there was a robin hood type of character and he stirred the people. If the dictator captured
him he could pretend release him and then kill him and convince the propaganda that he/she died
of natural causes so the person would be no trouble and the people will not question it and if the

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truth came out it would stir the people. Still if the truth was kept the dictator would not be
questioned and could stay in power.
! ! ! ! ! Dictatorship good or bad?
I think dictatorships are not the best form of governance to pick but it does have some good points
but it is hard to determine because of biased reports. I think that Dictatorship is not a good type of
governance according to my research. The central idea falls under this because the people are
affected in many ways that have varying affects.
! !
Sources: http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/castrodictator.htm
Prior knowledge
http://people.howstuffworks.com/dictator.htm
wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_the_first_dictator_in_the_world
http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00540/dictatorship.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_role_of_citizens_in_dictatorship
http://www.cbv.ns.ca/dictator/default.html
http://www.ehow.com/info_8104290_rights-do-citizens-dictatorship.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_North_Korea