|Dimensions of the |Romania – Mr. Ceausescu |China – Mao Zedong |
|Dictator's Dilemma | | |
|Installation of Fear |- Fear of the secret police- the Securitate |- fear of repression and hunger |
| |(arbitrary arrest, indefinite detention, torture)|- no rule of law |
| |-Indescriminate attacks on people |- fear of labour camps |
| |- no rule of law |- land reforms and removal of property |
| |-psychological terror | |
|Means of Knowledge and Capacity|-Romanian Military Associates |- pervasive communist bureaucratic systems |
| |- vast amount of implanted microphones &recorded |- People's Liberation Army |
| |data |- hukou system |
| |- clandestine deals with citizenry |- societal information sourced through the proletariat |
| |-Big bureaucracy |organizations |
| |- Huge reconnaisence data administration |- Red Guards ( GONGO) |
| |- Vast networks of patron-client contacts |-communist party members |
| |- network of spies |-rigid conformity |
|Political Support while |- Personalist regime, vision of new man “without |- Personalist regime, vision of china conquering the west |
|Restricting Freedom |personality” |- Propoghanda & indoctrination |
| |- Propoghanda and Parades |- restricting flow of information |
| |- Cater to ruline elite and give them lavish | |
| |lifestyle | |
|Corruption – State's |- exorbitant corruption |- corruption monitoring systems but to little effect |
|Intervention causes opportunity|( based on the percentages of the population who |- corruption disrupting the economy and politics |
|to privately benefit |believe illegal means are neccesary to get | |
| |wealthier)
