For obvious reasons, sunglasses to hide your eyes is a favorite tool of dictators including a long list of characters from Idi Amin to Gaddaffi – Dictators Plus Sunglasses!

When strongmen appear in sunglasses, it is never a good sign

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As if they have something to hide, authoritarian leaders have a habit of wearing sunglasses when facing the public. More often than not, a leader wearing sunglasses is a worrying sign. There are endless examples of bespectacled autocrats.