Autocracy

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Not to be confused with Autarchy and Autarky.

Autocracy is an authoritarian unity and absolutist ideology that believes the supreme political power to direct all the activities of the state should be concentrated in the hands of one person. He has a massive ego, is very narcissistic, and is very cruel to other ideologies.

"What is a throne? — a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state— I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public—people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France."

Variants

  Liberal Autocracy (also called   Liberal Oligarchy) is the child of   Autocracy and   Constitutional Liberalism. It typically refers to   non-democratic regimes which follow   liberal principles, in a similar vein to   Enlightened Absolutism. Although differences exist. According to the   Brookings Institute, liberal autocracies in the modern day seek to subvert or prevent radical change, rule indirectly through the   "façade of democracy", limit freedom of speech or assembly to those who fall inside the Overton window, and elected officials have minimal accountability outside of elections.[1] In other words, liberal autocracies in the modern day tend to resemble   illiberal democracies. Liberal autocracies tend to have   constitutional limits on power. Still, there is enough leeway to ensure threats to the regime can be minimized and the   court system is often stacked with loyalists. Unlike "enlightened monarchies," liberal autocracies also derive their legitimacy from the   people's will, rather than divine right.

An historic example of this was the   Austro-Hungarian Empire.[2]   Egypt has also been described as a liberal autocracy.

History

There are many examples of Autocracy in history. Many ideologies have autocracy as the main part of their ideology like   Absolute Monarchism and Dictatorship. Some famous autocrats are   Adolf Hitler,   Benito Mussolini,   Ivan the Terrible,   Napoleon Bonaparte,   Diocletian,   Constantine the Great,   Hideki Tojo,   Dong Zhuo,   Francisco Franco,   Alfredo Stroessner,   Suharto and   Augusto Pinochet. While their ideologies are very different in many different ways they all have one thing in common, being autocracies.

Beliefs

Autocracy believes that supreme political power to direct all the activities of the state should be concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control. The autocrat can be anything from a monarch to a president.

Personality and Behavior

Autocracy has a massive ego. He makes everyone pretty much worship him as a god or they will execute them. He is also very cruel. He is known for using many horrific torture techniques on his citizens and on any political enemies. He is very narcissistic. This is personified by him holding and looking into a mirror and complementing himself whenever they can.

How to Draw

 
Flag of Autocracy
  1. Draw a ball
  2. Color it #A80000
  3. Draw a head and color it #FFC90E
  4. Draw a Laurel Wreath on the head or on top of the ball and color it #22B14C
  5. Draw the eyes and you're done!
  6. (Optional) Add a mirror
Color Name HEX RGB
Deep red #A80000 168, 0, 0
Gold #FFC90E 255, 201, 14
Green #22B14C 34, 177, 76


Relationships

Myself

  •   Me - Ah, I look so good today! I look good every day! Always making sure to put me above others as usual.

Useful Tools

Self-Interested Highborn

  •   Anarcho-Egoism - We both agree that only ourselves matters but anarchy for others would only harm my ability to please my own ego, while my system directly is used to empower me and me alone, there can only be one self-interested man on the top free to do as they will. The rest are my tools for achieving what I want.
  •   Ingsoc - Unperson the plebs! But I am not sure whether Big Brother is a real dictator or just an image created by a faceless bureaucracy.
  •   Populism - You claim to care about pl*bs (and many of you do care), but I like that you go against   elite collective leaders and that some of you end up becoming me after removing those power-sharers.
  •   Optimateism - Sulla was based, but you were the ones who killed Caesar and abolished the position of dictator. Fortunately, Augustus kicked your ass.
  •   Hive-Mind Collectivism - Only OK if there is a single ruling core (and that would be me).

Revolting Plebs

Further Information

Wikipedia

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  1. ↑ "Liberal Autocracy in Egypt" Brookings Institute
  2. ↑ The Democracy Reader page 174
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