Assertion: dictator | /r/CapableOf | rise to power
Facets:
value: in many nations
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In many points throughout history, democracies stopped being democratic — and started being the grounds that helped dictators rise to power.
text: Once a dictator rises to power, they slowly remove the power people have to elect anyone else, leave the country, or even speak freely.
text: Unfortunately, democracy is still shaky in these countries, and the possibility of another dictator rising to power is likely.
text: In many nations, dictators rise to power by manipulating the fears of the people.
text: Glossary absolute monarchies governments wherein a monarch has absolute or unmitigated power anarchy the absence of any organized government constitutional monarchies national governments that recognize monarchs but require these figures to abide by the laws of a greater constitution democracy a form of government that provides all citizens with an equal voice or vote in determining state policy dictatorship a form of government in which a single person (or a very small group) wields complete and absolute authority over a government or populace after the dictator rises to power, usually through economic or military might monarchy a form of government in which a single person (a monarch) rules until that individual dies or abdicates the throne oligarchy a form of government in which power is held by a small, elite group representative democracy a government wherein citizens elect officials to represent their interests totalitarian dictatorship an extremely oppressive form of dictatorship in which most aspects of citizens’ lives are controlled by the leader