Looking at the persona built around Stalin, Mao, Che, Saddam, Kim & Obama - you see that you are not allowed by the entrenched culture and the totalitarian government to criticize the leader - indeed they are to be revered to the stage of God / Savior / Divine / Anointed / Exalted. Any resistance is met with censure, penalty, fine, punishment, ostracization, imprisonment, excommunication. They are indeed tyrants across the board. If you want to know where corruption and tyranny starts, look at who you cannot criticize.
But looking further - look to the stories that they tell about themselves. The history and origins that they have crafted about their position in society. The infallible iconography; panting their mere existence into untouchable God status. Everything they do is excusable, beyond reproach, there are no consequences for any failures, no responsibility for lapses of judgement. You simply cannot criticize them. You will brandished as an enemy of the state were you to chip away at the crafted narrative.
Now look at the current state of women in society.
Extrapolate Appropriately.
Welcome to the new Tyranny.