The 1900s was an insane time for people. Most individuals lived through a World War, saw their country split up by foreign nations, and sat through immense cultural and technological change. Authoritarian regimes rose out of this tumult, with leaders like Mussolini in Italy, Idi Amin in Uganda, and Raphael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic all taking power in the mid-1900s. With the advent of international humanitarian organizations and the United Nations, however, democracy seemed to reign supreme again by the turn of the century. This is once again changing, though. Putin’s Russia, for example, is balancing eerily on the precipice between “informational autocracy” and becoming an overtly violent dictatorship. That’s why, for my senior project, I will be examining infamous leaders and events from the 20th c. and writing about the uncanny similarities they share with many contemporary politicians. My writing will largely be satirical, as not everyone is a history nerd, so gilding my research in humor will hopefully be more palatable. My work is intended to educate people on history so they can make more informed political decisions in the modern day.