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โ€œLeadersโ€ who have committed crimes against humanity leave a morality rate of astronomical proportions. They all make up an โ€œother:โ€ which is the external/internal group, class, or individual as the enemy, outsider/ www.worldatlas.com/politics/the...

worldatlas.comThe Deadliest Dictator Regimes In HistoryFrom political purges to state-driven mass killings, these regimes rank among the deadliest and most destructive in modern history.

Political theorist Carl Schmitt argued that โ€œcore foundation of the political is the strict division btwn friends & enemies. In a dictatorship, "the other" is designated as the enemy. This division allows the regime 2 transcend normal legal boundaries & declare states of exception.โ€

cato.orgThe Terrifying Rise of Authoritarian PopulismEnvy and resentment are driving collectivist impulses around the world.