This is true of Communist China. This is true of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro. This is true of the Communist regime in Cuba, and this is true of Iran. Dictatorships depend upon convincing their citizens they're invulnerable. that nothing can defeat them. That's part of how you keep 92 million Iranians subjugated, is the feeling that it's hopeless. We cannot overthrow these tyrants and understand the Ayatollah was a tyrant. (18:55–19:01)
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Asserts that dictatorships maintain control by convincing citizens of their invulnerability.
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