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Gaddafi son capture shows dictators have destiny with misery

History has shown us that one thing is certain: When leaders become dictators or fail to read the signs of the times, collapse, misery, regret and hopelessness are the end result.

Put differently, why is it that leaders become tyrannical, after abdicating from democracy and turn into dictators without seeing the inevitable end and consequences before it is too late, or are they in denial?

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