How do tyrants fall?

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Blutiger Kampf gegen Tyrannen

Democracy has established itself as a form of government in many parts of the world. But you also have to admit that there is a lot of dissatisfaction with democracy and that many people long for 'strong men — or women — to really take action. Marcel Dirsus is a young German political scientist who knows this desire for strength and warns against it. He has written a highly acclaimed book called “How Tyrants Fall” and presented it at the Sydney Writers' Festival. But, he was asked, are there still many tyrants?


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Autor Marcel Dirsus signiert sein Buch
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