Tyrant

Reading at Cold Fury.

My dictionary defines tyranny as:  The government or authority of a tyrant; the office, tenure or system of administration, of an absolute ruler called a tyrant.

Tyrant is defined as: An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.

Neither definition undermines Mike's position nor supports Ladd's.

I'll add:

Fascism: Any program for setting up a centralized autocratic national regime with severely nationalistic policies, exercising regimentation of industry, commerce and finance, rigid censorship and forcible suppression of opposition.