How to Deal with a Dictator

How to Deal with a Dictator

Dictators create tricky situations for citizens and outside countries. It is essential that these dictators are dealt with in order to ensure the safety and human rights of the country are intact. But the part that poses a problem is how to deal with the dictator. There are several different possibilities of how people can overcome a dangerous dictator. This really depends on the situation and the dictator, but the first way that a dictator should be dealt with is with peaceful protest or confrontation. Many dictators strongly punish their opponents as they throw them in jail or somehow silence them. Clearly small rebellions are not affective with such mighty leaders but if enough people are gathered together, they can also be powerful and start to make a difference. It’s not necessary to directly jump to violent solutions such as assassination.

Caesar’s dictatorship is a clear example of how confrontation may have been more successful than assassination. Caesar was a dictator as he had a dangerously large amount of power over Rome. He was much too ambitious and arrogant, so he needed to be dealt with wisely. The conspirators chose the option of assassinating Caesar. This seemed to be a productive and beneficial solution but it backfired when it caused domestic civil war within Rome. If enough people had found enough strength and bravery to confront Caesar or protest somehow, the outcome may have been less harmful to Rome. Confrontation is a great way to start to deal with a dictator as the people can have a sense of how ignorant or open-minded their leader is. If confrontation doesn’t work, it would then seem reasonable to attempt assassination. Although confrontation or protests are more safe and practical, some dictators are so powerful that it’s hard to have a strong enough rebellion group. These situations require outside help in order to be effective.

Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin are certain dictators that are in need of a stronger rebellion. Kim Jong-un is secretive as the world knows very little of him and North Korea. He also has nuclear weapons under his control which means that he must be dealt with very carefully. Not only citizens with North Korea, but also countries from the outside should work together to urge Kim Jong-un to allow more freedom in the country. Alone, the people within North Korea would not be able to fight Kim Jong-un, but outside help could make this possible. The same solution could be used for Vladimir Putin. Russians are helpless as Putin has too much power over shutting down opposing demonstrations. The most positive yet efficient result would come from outside countries helping to confront and remind Putin that his people deserve the basic human rights. If he refuses or this technique doesn’t work, then it would be a good time to consider other options. But confrontation or peaceful protests are always the most efficient and safe solutions to try to start dealing with a dictator. It allows you to try different options before resulting to assassination while also being able to take note of the dictators’ strength ad resistance to the opposition.