Lust for Power
When bad boys get a crown, it's hard to pry them off their thrones. Unelected monarchs, emperors and military strongmen don't go quietly in the night.
Regimes in North Korea (nukes) and Iran (nuke wannabees) protect their playgrounds.
The late Fidel Castro and now Maduro (so far) managed with routine military support, while citizens out of favor have just one hope - escape.
When bad boys threaten other nations' welfare, the latter spend blood and treasure to cut them down to size. See Germany, Japan, Iraq and Libya. Unfortunately, new bad boys often replace the old. See Iraq and Libya.
Many nations, some ruled by kings for centuries, now have sensible ways of limiting power, like term limits and free (maybe) elections.
One of our U.S. political parties sees itself alone as worthy of power, while news media and certain professors largely sing the same tunes. An interloper must be verbally tarred and feathered.
If they gain permanent control ... a Constitutional tweak here and another there ... and what do we have? A regime. FDR & Co. came close.
Just for fun, try to match these nations with regimes (old or current). It's easy.
Cuba Pol Pot
Venezuela Assad
Spain Ho Chi Minh
Libya Hussein
Sudan Alexander
Botswana Jong-un
South Africa Hirohito
Saudi Arabia Ottoman Empire
Egypt Communist Party
Italy Communist Party
Germany Wilhelm II, Hitler
Soviet Union Mussolini, Nero
China Pharaohs
Turkey House of Saud family
Japan Apartide
North Korea Mugabe
Greece al-Bashir
Iraq Gaddafi
Vietnam Franco
Syria Maduro
Cambodia Castro
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Jimmy
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