The Dictator holds both a fascination and a revulsion for humanity.
He - and the dictator must be male - commands a place in society that few democratically elected leaders can attain.
He gets his picture on the front pages of influential magazines.
He can murder his own people and get away with the crime.
He can enrich himself on the backs of his people, and not only get away with the theft, but find that they turn a blind eye to the wholesale looting of their country.
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