Yes, its ruler is, to our way of thinking, a textbook dictator, an autocrat, a despot, a dinosaur.
The local despot was indifferent to such niceties and ran a ruthless, coercive population policy of eliminating children of one gender.
Currying favour with despots has never been a successful recipe for longevity.
With indomitable courage, impelled by the common need for safety, they have exposed themselves to danger in facing the mercenary avidity of political despots.
Plainly, it was correct for those who had initially participated in the revolution to replace someone who was himself becoming a despot and a dictator.
They have gone from being despots to being fusspots, and that is not justified by the circumstances.
It is very frustrating when time turns a man who fought for freedom and independence into a harmful despot.
By the timely deployment of troops, or by diplomatic initiatives or other suitable counter-measures, the ill-disposed despot can be prevented from launching an invasion.
