How does a dictatorship government work?

Answer:
An individual, supported by a political faction, has supreme power in a nation. Opposition to the dictator's rulings are not tolerated very far.Criticism of the dictator is suppressed or punished.
A dictatorship can be sustained for decades - it was in Ceasar's Rome, Mao's China, Hitler's Germany, Stalin's USSR, Tito's Yugoslavia, Franco's Spain.
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