{"id":62008,"date":"2025-10-10T20:14:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62008"},"modified":"2025-10-10T20:14:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:14:41","slug":"3-rules-for-rulers-explain-the-behavior-of-political-rulers-in-dictatorships-and-even-in-many-democracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62008","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;3 Rules for Rulers&#8217; explain the behavior of political rulers in dictatorships and even in many democracies."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No_Man_Rules_Alone.jpg\" alt=\"No Man Rules Alone\" width=\"1195\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No_Man_Rules_Alone.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No_Man_Rules_Alone-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No_Man_Rules_Alone-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/No_Man_Rules_Alone-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may have wondered why certain decisions are made that appear to be illogical. This presentation may shed light on some of the mechanisms required to maintain power.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flixxy.com\/how-dictators-stay-in-power.htm\">https:\/\/www.flixxy.com\/how-dictators-stay-in-power.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have wondered why certain decisions are made that appear to be illogical. This presentation may shed light on some of the mechanisms required to maintain power. https:\/\/www.flixxy.com\/how-dictators-stay-in-power.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62010,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62008\/revisions\/62010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}