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The (Psychic) Dictatorship of 'the people you SHOULD be listening to' 

Welcome to the thing we are all doing... At this point in time we are experiencing...
Hym "The (Psychic) Dictatorship of 'the people you SHOULD be listening to'. It's one large Tu Quoque fallacy. You can see it everywhere. All over YouTube. They don't just arbitrate what you should think or how you should behave... They also dictate 'Who should or should not be listened to.' YOU NEED TO BE TOLD THAT BY YOUR BETTERS APPARENTLY!

Literally 98% of the YouTubers "Don't listen to THEM! You don't even have to listen to ME... But you SHOULD be listening to ME IN ABSTRACTION as someone who WOULD say the things I WOULD SAY to reinforce my ideological presuppositions!"

Hym "See that? ☝️ THAT right there is something to watch out for..."

theocratic dictatorship 

A government which is ruled by the combination of religious institution and dictatorial ruler(s).
In 2015, Saudi Arabia is an example of a theocratic dictatorship.

fart dictatorship 

someone utilizing farts to control a social situation.
James is the president of his own fart dictatorship when he uses his secret weapon to disperse a crowd at a movie theater (with great power comes great responsibility).

Dictatorship 

(Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 10th Edition)

1 : The office of dictator. 2 : Autocratic rule, control, or leadership. 3 a : A form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique. b : a government organization or group in which absolute power is so concentrated. c : a despotic state.
The country suffered for many years under his dictatorship.
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were dictators.
Dictatorship by kittyangel August 27, 2010

Dictatorship of the Proletariat 

The necessary transitionary stage between capitalism and communism in Marxist theory. A state controlled and wielded by the proletariat used to dismantle bourgeois control. Not to be confused with a normal dictatorship.
The USSR was an example of an attempted Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

democratic dictatorship 

A form of government where the candidate is elected by popular vote but rarely or never actually enacts any policies that reflect the actual wishes of the constituency. The elected representative can either use subtle diplomacy to deflect criticsm, arrange for various forms of distraction to divert public attention, or be brazen in publicly declaring that policy will be different to popular opinion. Coined by Tim Francis in 2005.
The United States Federal Goverment's track record in regards to foreign policy and engaging military conflict could lead one to the conclusion that it has evolved into a democratic dictatorship. The same could be said for both the Federal Australian and UK governments to some extent, particularly in relation to Iraq and the Kyoto Agreement.