7.3/10589 votes#1 - Seize Power
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2021
Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.
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7.5/10551 votes#2 - Crush Your Rivals
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2021
You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.
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7.3/10486 votes#3 - Reign Through Terror
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/9/2021
When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question.
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7.3/10483 votes#4 - Control the Truth
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/9/2021
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
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7.3/10456 votes#5 - Create a New Society
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/9/2021
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
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7.4/10443 votes#6 - Rule Forever
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/9/2021
Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.
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The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
Genres:DocumentaryWar & Politics
Network:Netflix
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Seize Power" is the best rated episode of "How to Become a Tyrant" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 589 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/9/2021. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Crush Your Rivals".