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A '''dictatorship''' is a [[political]] system of [[government]] in which a single person (the [[dictator]]) or [[collective]] committee ([[politburo]]) has absolute [[power]], because no legal process exists by which the leadership can be removed from office against their will.
A '''dictatorship''' is a [[political]] system of [[government]] in which a single person (the [[dictator]]) or [[collective]] committee ([[politburo]]) has absolute [[power]], because no legal process exists by which the leadership can be removed from office against their will.
Many ancient non-[[monarchial]] systems were effectively dictatorships, often under wartime conditions where a leader could fight an enemy with unchallenged power. The term is usually heard in it's modern context, where [[democracy]] and checks on power (a Council of Elders, such as the [[Senate]], [[House of Lords]], or judicial processes) exist as an alternative to absolute power by an [[Executive]].
Many ancient non-[[monarchial]] systems were effectively dictatorships, often under wartime conditions where a leader could fight an enemy with unchallenged power. The term is usually heard in its modern context, where [[democracy]] and checks on power (a Council of Elders, such as the [[Senate]], [[House of Lords]], or judicial processes) exist as an alternative to absolute power by an [[Executive]].
[[Extreme Leftism]], which opposes democracy and advocates [[single party control]], fosters dictatorship. A core principle of [[Marxism]] is dictatorship, which [[Socialist]]s claim is a transitory stage; however no socialist victory was was ever won without the dictatorship becoming a permanent institutional feature and leading the [[nation state]] it possesses to [[democidal]] warfare and [[economic]] ruin.
[[Extreme Leftism]], which opposes democracy and advocates [[single party control]], fosters dictatorship. A core principle of [[Marxism]] is dictatorship, which [[Socialist]]s claim is a transitory stage; however no socialist victory was ever won without the dictatorship becoming a permanent institutional feature and leading the [[nation state]] it possesses to [[democidal]] warfare and [[economic]] ruin.
==An historical context==
==An historical context==