The dictator states use terror and violence to control their population

totalitarian prob

Usually, dictators use terror to achieve the objectives of their mandate, called state terrorism. It basically consits in lead the population to behaves, act in a way they would never do if it was not fot the terror or fear inclined by the goverment to meet their objectives. Some examples are: kidnapping, forced dissapearences, ilegal persecution, instruction to their troop to behave in a way that causes terror in the population, etc.