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Like the Victor Hugo novel that inspired it, the musical rails against autocrats and the systems that elevate them.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2025 -
Biden often spoke about Putin’s threat beyond Ukraine’s borders, both in terms of taking more territory in former Soviet states and emboldening autocrats around the world.—
Colin Meyn,
The Hill,
11 June 2025
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While the modern world rages outside their four walls, everything inside is immune to the tyrant of time.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 June 2025
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But is that the same for employees who work for a tyrant?—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
30 May 2025
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Libya’s dictator Moammar Gadhafi disarmed in 2003, at Western urging, especially from the United States, and subsequently ended up dead in a ditch.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (left) and his great-grandson, Lazio player Romano Mussolini (right).—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Now the ultimate challenge is here, and the stakes couldn't be higher because if the fighters from Earth aren't victorious, Outworld overlord Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford) will invade and take over the planet.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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As for what happens after that, well, the overlords at HBO have requested that reviews be spoiler-free.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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And in the case that Israel withdrew without laying the groundwork for alternative governance, either Hamas would return or chaos would reign, with local warlords battling for control amid extreme human suffering.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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The Oscar-winning actor has embodied pure menace more than once throughout his decades-long career, with roles ranging from the iconic vampire of Bram Stoker's Dracula to the peacock warlord, Lord Shen, in Kung Fu Panda 2.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
18 June 2025
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That’s the sort of language used by dictators — fascist, Communist or any Third World despot.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025
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But, in Armstrong’s universe, tech is never morally in the black, and the people who create it are no better than despots—inept ones, at that.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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As some historians talk about Trump as a strongman in the Latin American mold, perhaps the region has something to teach us about democracy.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2025
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The formerly svelte star of Hollywood and The Politician also now has a comparable frame to Cavill, the product of hitting the gym for months before shooting his leading role in James Gunn's Superman (out July 11), which marks a fresh start for DC's Kryptonian strongman.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 June 2025
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His personal goal was surely the vanity of wanting to have never been wrong and the superpower of always being right—George Orwell speaks of the theological nature of totalitarians, who must constantly alter the past to claim to be always right in the present.—
Rebecca Solnit
April 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2021
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Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2020
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“Autarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autarch. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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