Dictatorships are never absolute; they often disguise themselves as democracies, co-opting elites and managing the disaffected through consent, promises of progress, and oppression.
While authoritarian regimes promise a bright future through grandeur and infrastructure, they often rely on creating a threatening other and legal repression to stabilize their rule.
The illusion of prosperity is coupled with a narrow distribution of benefits, leading to a reliance on populism and persecution of dissenters to maintain control.
Modern authoritarian governments blend tradition with modernity, portraying themselves as both stabilizers and modernizers, yet fail to address underlying issues of social justice.
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