TSDK No. 45. Unwritten Masterpieces III: Business Secrets of the Dictators

How to do evil and die happy

As enjoyable as it may be to mock dictators, one bitter truth should not be denied: many of them are out-and-out winners. The most successful don’t just govern nations or even empires according to their whims; they convince people living beyond their borders that they are super geniuses holding the keys to the just society, even as they destroy economi…