How do most dictators rise to power? Most dictators are not born with power, it takes them a while to rise to power and have control over civilians. In the book, Maus written by Art Spiegelman was a comic book about Vladek, who was a survivor in world war II. During world war II the main character, Vladek, experience a lot of terrible moments and how Jews were taking over and control other people who were not the same race or nationality as them. Most dictators used violence and propaganda Rising to power is not easy; dictators rise to power in the following multiple steps: manipulating people through propaganda, followers do not want viewed as weak, and lastly followers do not want to face any life threatening consequence
