Top 20 Authoritarian or Fascist Figures. Jim Luce published in The Stewardship Report his piece Enemies of the People: Global Tyrants Who Strangle Liberty (March 8, 2025) that enumerated the world’s ‘Top 20 Authoritarian or Fascist Figures.’
“These so-called leaders are strangling the soul of humanity. They are truly ‘enemies of the people,’ Luce wrote. The article states: “These twenty aren’t “complex leaders” or “disruptors”—they’re tyrants, plain and simple. Some, like Trump and Musk, hide behind elections or wealth, but the stench of authoritarianism doesn’t wash off. Others, like Kim and Xi, don’t even pretend. They’re united by one goal: control at any cost. And we’re the collateral damage—our rights, our voices, our future.”
Top 20 Authoritarian or Fascist Figures (2025 Context)
- Vladimir Putin (Russia) – Centralized power, suppressed dissent, annexed territories.
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Turkey) – Jailed opponents, curtailed press freedom.
- Mohammed bin Salman (Saudi Arabia) – Ordered Khashoggi’s murder, absolute rule.
- Kim Jong Un (North Korea) – Totalitarian control, human rights abuses.
- Donald Trump (USA) – Threats to democracy, authoritarian rhetoric in 2025 term.
- Elon Musk (USA) – Unelected influence, pushes anti-democratic agendas.
- Xi Jinping (China) – Surveillance state, crushed Hong Kong’s freedoms.
- Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela) – Rigged elections, economic collapse.
- Viktor Orbán (Hungary) – Nationalist, eroded democratic norms.
- Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil) – Embraced authoritarian tactics, denied 2022 election.
- Narendra Modi (India) – Curtailed press, targeted minorities.
- Aleksandr Lukashenko (Belarus) – Rigged elections, brutal crackdowns.
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt) – Military dictatorship, mass arrests.
- Rodrigo Duterte (Philippines) – Extrajudicial killings in “drug war.”
- Min Aung Hlaing (Myanmar) – Coup leader, violent suppression.
- Nayib Bukele (El Salvador) – Mass incarcerations, eroded checks.
- Bashar al-Assad (Syria) – Brutal civil war, chemical attacks (pre-2025 fall).
- Ali Khamenei (Iran) – Theocratic control, suppressed protests.
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema (Equatorial Guinea) – Decades-long dictatorship.
- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (Turkmenistan) – Cult of personality, total control.
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Enemies of the People: Global Tyrants Who Strangle Liberty (March 8, 2025)
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