Totalitarians

Let's look at four Totalitarians from recent history:

Saddam Hussein: Hussein was a member of a religious minority. Sunni Muslims are about 30% of Iraq's population while Shia Muslims make up the rest of the population. Hussein was a minority within the Sunni population in that he was irreligious.

Lacking a huge, popular support base, Hussein relied heavily on object lessons. Hussein sent soldiers to villages and every resident executed and the buildings torched if the suspected somebody wanted to assassinate him.

It is common in Iraq for every person in a village to be closely related since marrying of first-cousins is not just allowed but is often considered desirable as a  way to keep wealth in-the-family. Destroying a village also meant destroying a family line.

Hussein's father disappeared before Hussein was born.

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Joseph Stalin: Stalin was not Russian. He was Georgian. Natives of Georgia represented about 2% of the Soviet population.

Stalin's mother separated from Stalin's father when he was 5. They lived in poverty.

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Adolf Hitler: Hitler was Austrian rather than German. Current data shows that Austrians are less than 1% of Germany's population.

Hitler's father started beating him when Hitler was six.

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Justin Trudeau: Trudeau is considered French-Canadian. French-Canadians are about 20% of Canada's population.

Trudeau's father separated from his mother when he was five. Trudeau's father was given primary custody even though his nanny is quoted as saying "Justin is a mommy's boy, so it's not easy, but children's hurts mend very quickly."