The article lists Stalin, Mao, Franco, Baby Doc, Pinochet, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and Idi Amin all dying in comfort of natural causes

https://www.realclearhistory.com/2019/12/20/how_dictators_die_211577.html

Live by the sword, die by the sword? For brutal dictators, the adage is more often than not completely false.

In fact, dictators and warlords are more likely to die of old age or disease than at the hands of an enraged populace or sneaky assassin, according to an analysis by Matthew White, author of "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst Atrocities" (W. W. Norton & Company, 2011). White's look back at history found that 60 percent of oppressive warmongering types l

DetroitLegalBeagle

(2,527 posts)

4. Depends on your definition of peaceful

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 01:37 PM

Feb 2025

Stalin had a stroke and Mao had a heart attack. Both were still in power when they died and neither met a violent demise.

rurallib

(64,831 posts)

5. I can think of many whose lives ended living in luxury in other countries

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 01:37 PM

Feb 2025

from their own. But the lives of the people in their countries were always shattered for generations.

Franco comes to mind. I can't remember how Peron ended. Didn't the Shah end up in luxury? If you got the money someone will be willing to save your worthless ass.

dweller

(28,677 posts)

6. If not

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 01:45 PM

Feb 2025

WHY NOT ?!?
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bucolic_frolic

(55,816 posts)

7. Stalin died of natural causes. /nt

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Sun Feb 2, 2025, 01:46 PM

Feb 2025

unblock

(56,261 posts)

8. Monarchies have lasted for ages.

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 01:46 PM

Feb 2025

Monarchies aren't exactly dictatorships, as they vary in the extent of their autocracy, but some are pretty much dictatorships.

The key for an autocrat to survive long-term is not so much brutal repression, but actually gaining cooperation (implicit consent) from anyone else with power, I.e., rich people.

The brutal end usually comes when a dictator gets too greedy and posses off the wrong people.

OutNow

(917 posts)

9. General Augusto Pinochet - Chile

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 02:04 PM

Feb 2025

Pinochet was never brought to justice for his crimes of overthrowing the elected government of Chile and running a brutal dictatorship. He was fond of throwing his political opponents out of helicopters over the sea. Thousands were "disappeared" and almost 200,000 fled the country. He lived into his 90s. Oh, and his rise to power was assisted by the CIA.

multigraincracker

(38,040 posts)

10. Look back far enough and we've had our hand

Reply to OutNow (Reply #9)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 02:34 PM

Feb 2025

in the rise of many of them.

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