The answer is absolutism. It is the political policy and exercise of limitless, centralized authority and absolute power, as bestowed especially in a sovereign or dictator. The principle of an absolutist system is that the reigning power is not subject to normalized challenge or check by any other agency, be it judicial, legislative, religious, economic, or electoral. King Louis XIV (1643–1715) of France gave the most acquainted proclamation of absolutism when he said, “L’état, c’est moi” (“I am the state”).
In Greece, the US supported the anti-communist side of the Greek Civil War after WW2, and in Turkey the US supplied abundant money and resources to the country in order to make communism seem less appealing.
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