Which of the following are common characteristics of a dictatorship? I. The dictator’s status is achieved and maintained through coercion, wealth, and military control. II. Competitive elections are held often. III. Political power is concentrated in a single individual.

Okay. So which of the following are common characteristics of a dictatorship? So let's read through these. So first, we have the dictator status is achieved and maintained through coercion, wealth, and military control. That is very, very common. Typically, these people, you know, they kind of gain power by having an elite status to start with, and then they will maintain that power through things like coercion, propaganda, and control of the military. So we're gonna check that one off. Next, we have competitive elections are held often. We're probably not gonna see that. Right? We can see elections happening under dictatorships, but they are usually non competitive and potentially rigged. So we're going to cross that off. And then three is political power is concentrated in a single individual, and that is absolutely a feature of dictatorships. So it looks like our answer is going to be b. Both one and three are common characteristics of a dictatorship.

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Which of the following are common characteristics of a dictatorship? I. The dictator’s status is achieved and maintained through coercion, wealth, and military control. II. Competitive elections are held often. III. Political power is concentrated in a single individual.

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Which of the following are common characteristics of a dictatorship?
I. The dictator’s status is achieved and maintained through coercion, wealth, and military control.
II. Competitive elections are held often.
III. Political power is concentrated in a single individual.