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The class was called “Democracy and Authoritarianism” and the lecture titled “How Modern Dictatorships Work … and Why they Persist.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Dictatorships have an uneasy relationship with artists, writers, performers and all creative people.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2020

Dictatorships have a way of manipulating historical narratives.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2017

Dictatorships are sometimes identified as either autocracies or oligarchies.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Dictatorships were resorted to in temporary emergencies: neither the power of the decemvirs continued in force beyond two years, nor the consular authority of the military tribunes for any length of time.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)