Question

One of the modern-day dictators was/is _____.

Answer 1

Xi Jinping

Step-by-step explanation:

In 2018 china removed term limits on their presidency. This means that Xi Jinping is the president for life until he resigns or is overthrown. As the president of china is elected by their general assembly he cannot be voted out by the populace and can accrue power indefinitely.

Answer 2

Kim Jong-Un

Step-by-step explanation:

Kim Jong-Un is a dictator because he obtained power via illegitimate methods, there is no mechanism to remove him from office, and he has the authority to impose nearly any policy he chooses, including the execution of his rivals or their banishment (together with their families) to dreadful labor camps.

You can be a dictator even if you support the US. The US supported a number of totalitarian governments throughout the 1960s and 1970s, mainly in Latin America, and these regimes were obviously highly pro-US.

Thank you,

Eddie