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  DESPISE DESPOTISM OR DESPITE THE DESPOTISM? In the ravages of war and elections worldwide, attention on characteristic leaders, liberals, autocrats, despots etc. is amplified. Thus, an article of on autocracy cannot be timelier. Constructed from a Greek word, Autocracy is resting of absolute power in oneself. Historically, the power in itself was not questioned as autocrats/despots propagandized historical claims and appealed to ethical/national victimhood. This rhetoric led to divisive politics with resentment as its means, thus legitimizing Hitler, Mussolini’s rise to power. However, fingers were pointed when the rise of autarkic traditions and backsliding of democracy was coupled with violence. The waning moral clarity redeemed in short time due to two reasons; firstly, the emergence of newly independent countries who won independence through popular struggle, thus paving democracy to be the obvious choice of the new State. Secondly, internationalism led to the birth of th...