Dictators in monogamous societies fathering multitudes of children

Fenestella

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Do ruthless dictators in monogamous societies really have scruples and inhibitions that keep them from having a staggering amount of illegitimate children?

What if they emulate the prolificacy of the tyrants in polygamous societies?

They could be:
Hitler and his lieutenants
Stalin and his lieutenants
etc.
 

trurle

Banned
Nothing really new. Just a variety of clan system. If somebody create an insane amount of children, he is likely to try to protect them..by creating a clan.
Normally disctators are inhibited by perceived danger of their work, making them less willing to father a children (who will be killed after dictatorship fails). It is incorrect to mess ruthless dictators with psychopaths:p.
 
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TinyTartar

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Depends on the society. Multitudes of children are a way of asserting control and dominance in some (see Ibn Saud), but tons of children create a problem when you have something to divide without a good system in place (see Feudal France).
 
I wouldn't say it's common. I think that even such dictators need to project an image of decent person who respects traditional family values. Rampant promiscuity that results in fuckton of children doesn't do that.

So while having a secret mistress or two who have couple of children is not out of question what happenes in some Muslim countries with dozens of children is.

I can't think of any recent dictator who had "many" children
 

LordKalvert

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Personal morality is a little different than political morality. Now given the easy access that dictators have to women, if one is inclined to this vice a great indulgence can be had.

In Paraguay, it was widely believed that Gen. Stroessner attended high school graduations so he could pick his choice of the litter. Others, like Nicholas II, are believed never to have had an affair.

It could be morality or it could be fear of contracting a venereal disease. Paranoia runs very deep among dictators
 
Personal morality is a little different than political morality. Now given the easy access that dictators have to women, if one is inclined to this vice a great indulgence can be had.

In Paraguay, it was widely believed that Gen. Stroessner attended high school graduations so he could pick his choice of the litter. Others, like Nicholas II, are believed never to have had an affair.

It could be morality or it could be fear of contracting a venereal disease. Paranoia runs very deep among dictators

There is still a difference between having a long time mistress and jumping from bed to bed. Doubly so in regimes that stress traditional values and rely on support of church.

As I've said, I can't remember any recent dictator who would be this promiscuous. Sure, mistress or two and child or two with them but not that many.
 
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