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It's Hard Being A Dictator
By Micah Halpern

Monday February 25, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

Castro has been quoted saying that he was relieved to have stepped down and that governing has exhausted him.

Being a dictator is a 24/7 job.
Castro combined his charisma with his oppression and that was exhausting.
A lazy king can delegate and luxuriate, but not THUG, not a dictator.
A dictator needs to have his eyes and ears open - there are just not enough people to trust.

In modern oppressive regimes dictators rule with an iron fist - the people must be kept in line, but at the same time, the people cannot be pushed too very hard.
In modern organizational theory dictators are the worst leadership model.

Dictators are micro managers.
Dictators do not play well with others
Dictators do not take criticism well.
Dictators have only a few trusted aides.
Dictators divvy out power like a miser.

Controlling the lives of an entire country is exhausting work.
But the benefits, the benefits . . .

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