Season 1 – How to Become a Tyrant

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Malou M @SamUK Jan 29 The 'How to become a' series is so amazing. I'd recommend everyone to watch these, they are so interesting and capturing. They're not too long, they're not dragged out, you're fed with constant information but not in a tiring way at all. Recommend recommend, definitely!! See more Amir S @RT70696713 11/17/2024 A witty and interesting documentary series, interesting and fun to learn history with in a nutshell. See more Cat J @LabradorLady 04/25/2023 Useful resource with many titbits to share with secondary students on what to watch out for to protect a democracy, what civil liberties are vital to protect, the role of judiciary as a check on legislative powers, the role of propaganda, how morally wrong it is to vilify the other. It was easily digested - in short episodes. The narration of Dinklage was a great asset - what a gorgeous voice! I really hope Netflix create Season 2 to cover some other dictators and to explore the role of Western influences. See more Ruhaan A @RT81776423 08/29/2022 it was a good show. some funny moments and i learned a lot about the dictators covered. wish they did more then 6 See more 04/25/2022 I really liked this series. It's strangely humorous and has a very different approach to the subject than I've seen elsewhere. Some of the criticisms I've seen in other reviews don't make a lot of sense to me. I'm glad they limited the scope of their presentation to a handful of dictators, and I'm very happy they didn't insult their audience's intelligence by going on about current geopolitics. Anyone with half a brain can figure out how to apply these concepts to autocrats who aren't mentioned explicitly, including present ones. Some very qualified researchers were involved in this project and I think it works really well. See more 11/03/2021 I was curious about the show, but as the episodes go on, you realized that it's completely biased and pro US/Western World/Capitalism. For example in Gadhaffi, at no moment they mention that it's US/European military intervention that causes the fall of the dictator (and thus the current civil war still raging on in Libya) and blame him for not following the book instead, which is a completely stupid assumption. From that point it was impossible to give any credibility this show. See more Read all reviews

How to Become a Tyrant — Season 1

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