Dictator's Guide to Holding Power: Part 6 (Finale)

As the events in the Muslim world of late have shown, despite thousands of years of evidence on what works to acquire and maintain a stranglehold on a populace, modern (im)potentates have clearly been out of the loop. Thus, for their benefit and that of their subjugated masses, I present

The Dictator's Guide to Holding Power (Part 6: Finale/America!)

There really isn't a whole lot to add.  I've shown you how to handle the masses AND the elite.  You should have a pretty solid grasp on it.  Lastly, I'm going to show you the best example of a dictatorship the world has ever seen:


The United States of America


1.  Entertainment


Exhibit 1

Gun? Check. Flames? Check. Bond? Check. T-n-A? Check. Check. Check.

Exhibit 2

2.  Food

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

3.  Puppetry

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

4.  Crackin' Skulls

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

5.  Keep Them Running in Circles

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

Conclusion:  Someone's pulling the strings, but the bastard is good.  REALLY good.  Like, I-have-no-idea-who-s/he-is good.

Or we're tearing ourselves apart and hurtling towards mass chaos until everything gets so broken that we'll beg a dictator to step up and fix everything.

We are so screwed.