dic·ta·tor a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force. Similar: autocrat
perhaps worth adding...
au·to·crat·ic relating to a ruler who has absolute power. "the constitutional reforms threatened his autocratic power" taking no account of other people's wishes or opinions; domineering. "an autocratic management style"
I assume that Tito was benevolent, since my Bosnian neighbors liked him and he was a Serb. The worst thing about benevolent despots is succession; and he proves that point conclusively. The rest of the choices are a joke.
TTKSpectre: I assume that Tito was benevolent, since my Bosnian neighbors liked him and he was a Serb. The worst thing about benevolent despots is succession; and he proves that point conclusively. The rest of the choices are a joke.
My first of two wives was Croatian. her family loved Tito. No one, though, was ever able to explain to me how Tito was able to form a functional nation with Serbs and Croats working side by side.
DedovixBig Place, Central Serbia Serbia5,492 posts
TTKSpectre: I assume that Tito was benevolent, since my Bosnian neighbors liked him and he was a Serb. The worst thing about benevolent despots is succession; and he proves that point conclusively. The rest of the choices are a joke.
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