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I dictatorship would mean they'd die if they didn't do what you liked lol. It's in a government context, not a contractual obligation. A tennet can find another place to live, and a worker can find another company.
In what world does a dictatorship require everyone else to die if they don't agree? They have control over the institution, but they don't have total control over every individual.
It's literally the definition, you are just objectively wrong
https://www.britannica.com/topic/dictatorship
god forbid someone steal a packet of soy sauce.
I just imagine you as like a stiff Japanese business man and you're constantly holding up a katana, waiting to cut someone's head off for a petty crime.
way to suck all the cool out of it by being American.
Why do you talk like you're in a kung fu movie?