Aẕhān-i mustabid: Persian 1401

Not everyone can be cruel. This requires a certain confluence of events to gain absolute control over entire countries. First, you must be born with the potential to develop wild personality traits. Often, it is a combination of narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, paranoia, and extraordinary ambition to control others. Second, your dangerous personality needs to be developed and strengthened during childhood. You may suffer from physical or mental abuse. Finally, you should come of age when your country's political system is unstable. Together, these events create the foundation for a rise to power, one that Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein, and Muammar Gaddafi all used to gain life-or-death control over their countrymen and women. This is how the leaders of the Islamic State hoped to gain such power. Although these men lived in different times and places and came from very different backgrounds, many of them respected each other. They often seemed to recognize their common, "dark" personality traits and see them as strengths. Only in rare cases did they show symptoms of mental disorders. Psychological profiles can help us understand tyrants' urges to dominate, subjugate, torture, and kill. "The Minds of Tyrants" shows how understanding their psychological characteristics can provide insight into the motivations and actions of dangerous leaders, potentially Does it allow us to predict their behavior? And even how to stop them. With the rise of powerful people and authoritarian leaders around the world, understanding the most extreme examples of oppressive behavior should serve as a warning to anyone who is indifferent to the threats posed by political extremism.