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George Orwell took the liberty to tell us how what the world look like if despotic and oppressive regimes took the upper hand.
乔治奥威尔大胆的告诉我们在专横暴虐的政权下这个世界会变成怎样。
Despotic rulers stay in power by rewarding a small group of loyal supporters, often composed of key military officers, senior civil servants and family members or clansmen.
专制统治的维持依赖于一小群忠实的支持者，这些人通常由重要军官、高级政要以及宗族成员构成。
This could lead to the indictment of Laurent Gbagbo, his despotic predecessor, whose refusal to cede power after losing an election led to hundreds of deaths.
这个行动可能导致专横的前任总统洛朗•巴博（Laurent Gbagbo）受到起诉，他在选举失利后拒不下台，因而导致数百人死亡。

It was not of a brutal despotic ruler, because they didn't have any such thing.
并非是一个暴政野蛮的独裁者,因为他们从来没有过这样的人
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If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.