Dictators

 Time and time again, brutal and power-hungry dictators use the tyrant playbook to take control of their countries, repress their people, build a following of loyal and armed sycophants. Wealth pours into their bank accounts as their citizens suffer. Putin, Kim, Maduro, Bashar al Assad, the list goes on.

This is not a new process of political control, but it seems to work for the skilled dictator. And sadly, democratic countries have not found a strategy to prevent the success of these tyrants. Sadly, today, autocracies flourish.