Five Steps To Tyranny

Five Steps to Tyranny tells the story of how human nature allows us to descend into a barbaric society. A primetime documentary film for the BBC's Human Rights Human Wrongs series.

To implement tyranny, the aspiring tyrant should do as follows:

1. 'Us' and 'them': use prejudice to foster the (fictional) notion of the existence of superior and dominant in-groups and inferior and powerless out-groups.

2. Obey orders: insist that all people under your wing are to obey your orders.

3. Dehumanize the enemy: emphasize on making inimical factions look less than human.

4. 'Stand up' or 'stand by': suppress dissenting or opposing opinions to your own.

5. Suppress Individuality: foster the development of group identities while suppressing the individual.

YEAR : 2000
FORMAT : .AVI
LENGTH : 59:18