Why is there a distinction between an autocratic and a dictator? What is the difference?
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In one sense, a dictator is a specific form of an autocrat where the person is a head of state. You can have an autocratic company or boss but it would be hyperbolic to call them a dictator.
Technically, autocracies hold to the rule of law; whereas dictatorships don’t.
So, Iran is an autocracy; as the leadership follows the same rules as the citizens (in theory). Russia is a dictatorship, as the leadership doesn’t even pretend to follow it’s own laws.
*autocrat
you know what I mean
Technically, autocracies hold to the rule of law; whereas dictatorships don’t.
So, Iran is an autocracy; as the leadership follows the same rules as the citizens (in theory). Russia is a dictatorship, as the leadership doesn’t even pretend to follow it’s own laws.
In one sense, a dictator is a specific form of an autocrat where the person is a head of state. You can have an autocratic company or boss but it would be hyperbolic to call them a dictator.
In one sense, a dictator is a specific form of an autocrat where the person is a head of state. You can have an autocratic company or boss but it would be hyperbolic to call them a dictator.
Technically, autocracies hold to the rule of law; whereas dictatorships don’t.
So, Iran is an autocracy; as the leadership follows the same rules as the citizens (in theory). Russia is a dictatorship, as the leadership doesn’t even pretend to follow it’s own laws.
They are essentially synonymous, just coming from different roots. Both mean one individual has power unconstrained by law. Other words with more or less the same meanings are tyrant and despot.
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