None of this means we can excuse dictators for their crimes. But our brains simply weren't designed to wield absolute power. Dictators may fight to the end because they don't understand that any end is possible. Gaddafi should stand down before he loses everything; Mubarak should have left Egypt weeks before he resigned; Hitler could have brokered for peace; Saddam Hussein could bargained for his life. But dictators are too strong militarily and too weak psychologically to bargain. That's why they invite annihilation.
Friday, October 21, 2011
The Psychology of Dictatorship: Why Gaddafi Clings to Power
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