2007-06-26 07:57:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
They all seem to have a common theme of one person holding all the power, but what is the true difference?
2007-06-26 07:58:13 · update #1
Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power.
A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by a dictator.
A tyrant is a single ruler holding vast, if not absolute power through a state or in an organization. The term carries connotations of a harsh and cruel ruler who place their own interests or the interests of a small oligarchy over the best interests of the general population which they govern or control.
2007-06-26 08:04:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they are all the same: Absolute rule, autocratic rule, totalitarianism.
I hear people say Pol Pot and Idi Amin are despots and Adolf Hitler is a dictator.
2007-06-26 15:03:50 · answer #2 · answered by Global warming ain't cool 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
All seem like the same meaning, different words
2007-06-26 15:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by jean 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Idi Amin, Mussilini, and Saddam. In that order.
2007-06-26 15:01:11 · answer #4 · answered by booman17 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They're all spelt differently....duuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh.
2007-06-26 15:01:32 · answer #5 · answered by Black Hole Gravity Unleashed 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋