A dictatorship is defined as an oppressive state where power is held by a single individual or group that has gained control through violence without citizens' consent. In dictatorships, citizens' rights are not respected and people can be imprisoned or killed by the state. Dictatorships are considered bad forms of government because they harm citizens and do not respect individual rights or economic freedom, resulting in poorer societies and lower standards of living compared to democratic systems of government.

1. Dictatorship
Dictadura
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2. Dictatorship
Dictadura
Definition
An oppressive state.
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3. Dictatorship
Dictadura
Definition
An oppressive state.
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Un estado opresivo.
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4. Explanation I
Dictatorship is contrary to democracy. It is a state where the
ruler is only one individual or a group that citizens have not
elected.
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5. Explanation I
Dictatorship is contrary to democracy. It is a state where the
ruler is only one individual or a group that citizens have not
elected.
Una dictadura es lo contrario de una democracia. Es un estado
en el que manda una sola persona o un grupo que los
ciudadanos no han elegido.
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6. Explanation II
Dictators get control of the state by means of violence, without
consulting the citizens’ will.
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7. Explanation II
Dictators get control of the state by means of violence, without
consulting the citizens’ will.
Los dictadores han llegado a controlar el estado por la fuerza,
sin consultar la voluntad de los ciudadanos.
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8. Explanation III
In dictatorships citizens’ rights are not respected. Usually the
state pursues the citizens, it jails them or kills them.
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9. Explanation III
In dictatorships citizens’ rights are not respected. Usually the
state pursues the citizens, it jails them or kills them.
En las dictaduras no se respetan los derechos de los
ciudadanos y frecuentemente el estado persigue a los
ciudadanos, los encarcela o los mata.
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10. Explanation IV
Dictatorships are bad because they harm people and people’s
rights.
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11. Explanation IV
Dictatorships are bad because they harm people and people’s
rights.
Las dictaduras son malas porque perjudican a las personas y a
sus derechos.
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12. Explanation V
Since most dictatorships do not respect economical freedom,
their societies are poor and their citizens’ welfare is greatly
impaired.
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13. Explanation V
Since most dictatorships do not respect economical freedom,
their societies are poor and their citizens’ welfare is greatly
impaired.
Dado que la mayor parte de las dictaduras no respetan la
libertad econ´omica, sus sociedades son pobres y el bienestar de
sus ciudadanos es enormemente impedido.
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14. Explanation VI
Dictatorships are commonly related with wars. Either
dictatorships are the result of a war or they end by provoking
one. Civil and internacional wars are the usual result of
dictatorships.
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15. Explanation VI
Dictatorships are commonly related with wars. Either
dictatorships are the result of a war or they end by provoking
one. Civil and internacional wars are the usual result of
dictatorships.
Las dictaduras est´an com´unmente relacionadas con las guerras.
O las dictaduras son el resultado de una guerra o acaban por
provocar una. Las guerras civiles o internacionales son el
resultado usual de las dictaduras.
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16. Exercises
Why are dictatorships bad?
Why are dictatorship and democracy contrary things?
Why are dictatorships related with wars?
Do dictatorships have free elections? Why?
Do dictatorships respect human rights? Why?
What are the relation between poverty and dictatorships?
What is a democracy?
Why are democracies good?
Name an example of relation between dictatorship and
war.
Name an example of relation between dictatorship and
poverty.
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