American Greatness By Adam Mill
In Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2012 movie, “The Dictator,” we see the title character hosting and competing in his own version of the Olympics. He starts running before firing the starting pistol. The other runners, obviously real athletes, briefly attempt to overtake him until he turns the pistol on his competition. After two are wounded, the others get the message and back off long enough to allow him to continue “winning.” When he loses his breath, cronies holding the finish line tape move towards him so he can complete the race and win a medal without taking another step.
Dictators all have elections. But the dictators control the media so the public only hears the approved messages. For an election to qualify as “free and fair,” international criteria require, “Every candidate for election and every political party shall have an equal opportunity of access to the media, particularly the mass communications media, in order to put forward their political views.” …
