You have likely heard of the “dictator’s dilemma,” in which repression reduces knowledge of discontent and thus loosens an autocrat’s hold on power. But is the dilemma real? And what do dictators do to ease it? We have an answer. osf.io/preprints/so...

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Looking forward to reading it though this abstract accurately summarizes how I handle my lecture courses, so it sounds promising. Congratulations!