Episode · The Jordan Harbinger Show · 2024-05-05
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Jordan Harbinger discussed How to Be a Dictator by Frank Dikötter and The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Be a Dictator
How to Be a Dictator by Frank Dikötter is a chilling historical examination of eight of the most notoriously effective authoritarian leaders of the twentieth century and the psychological mechanisms they used to control populations.
Discussed“I think there was a a uh a book called How to be a dictator which kind of talked about this how essentially dictators they need to please like three groups of people”
Where to get it
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The Dictator's Handbook
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith is a political science text that explains how authoritarian leaders maintain power by satisfying a small coalition of essential supporters rather than the general public.
Discussed“the dictators handbook is something I read for the show episode 794 and I think Alistair Smith who came on the show he I think he was the one who talked about you”
Where to get it
