Why would you want to be a dictator when your people don't support you?

Apart from riches and title, a dictator can have many more things that an elected leader can have. He can kill for joy, rape whenever he is pleased, marry as many women/men as he see fit, pass his law for everyone to follow except himself, That is quite an attractive career option for a man or even a woman who is reckless and greedy in nature.

If you can enjoy privilege that come with the power, you are suppose to understand why the dictator hang on to the power. The people around them keep telling him how loyal they are and how important he is to the country. He was alway surrounded by people try to keep him in power for their vested interest

Many of these people are sounded by very loyal to you and tell you that things are not as bad as they seem. You get a very nice picture of the love people have for you. You know only what your loyal people tell you. His loyal associates have a vested interest in keeping him in power. It is interesting that you rarely see these leaders leave the country because if they are not there someone else might just take power like he did.

I totally agree with you and I am also as confused as to why these unwanted leaders still want to cling to power. Is it perhaps the fear of being powerless and all the corruptions and wrongdoings will be exposed or just plain stupidity or false pride? That kind of leader is shameless.

I suppose that once you gain access to the power and hold it for a longer time,it starts getting to your head and affecting your judgement. I think so many dictators hang on to power at any cost,even that of innocent lives,because they have a distorted vision of reality,after a while they start to believe that everybody loves them and their people can't live without them,and they simply refuse to give up their power and privileges because they refuse to accept the reality.I guess power is a very dangerous thing for a person,it can turn a normal person into a maniac willing to commit anything,even genocide,to keep it.

Dictators usually labour under the illusion that the sycophantic adulation they receive from their people is genuine. They are also surrounded by YES men who protect them from reality and filter out any negative attitudes. So it seems to me.

People like that thrive on contention and enjoy the challenge of beating the people with their iron fist. It makes them feel manly. They probably love the challenge of outwitting their assassins, proving that they are better than everyone and more intelligent, too. They laugh at the puny people that grind into the dirt, they take joy in starving them into submission. They are the sickest of the sick, taking pleasure in the misery of others--not just a few, but an entire nation. They are not even remotely human so we will never understand them.

For me yes it is your owned way so be not bad because they are you meant to be.

i can understand that some people in power need that power because it becomes part of who they are. the lifestyle, the wealth, the way they are treated because of their position and wealth would be difficult to give up for many persons. a wealthy friend once told me that after a while the money isn't the important thing. it's the acquisition of money that drove him.