A Dictator is totally dependent on the power that the people give him or her.
The people? 99% of them not only don't know what is happening, they don't want to know. As long as they are well fed and entertained,they could not care less. 95%percent think that the Constitution gave two things:1.A right to dree speech 2. A ritht to an abortion on demand. It does neither. It was suppose to prohabit the Government from prosecution anyone who critized the Government. Abortion "rights" were never mentioned. They were pulled from some "justice's" ass late in the history of our Nation.
Granted most, if not all dictators are initially put in power by the "people". And after he/she is put in power, a lot of weeping and wailing is done by said "people".