What actions characterize authoritarian governments? check all that apply.

leaders often seize power by illegitimate means.
all citizens prosper under the government.
citizens support the government’s official ideology.
a single leader or a very powerful group rules.
leaders refuse to tolerate dissenting views.

The correct answers are:

- A single leader or a very powerful group rules;

- Leaders refuse to tolerate dissenting views;

The authoritarian governments usually come to power in a legitimate way, as weird as it may sound, with the leaders usually convincing the people that they will make them and the country prosper. After they gain power, all of that changes. They become very cruel, eliminate all opposition, imprison people that disagree with them, and there's often lot of murders involved, or torture and working camps. The leader or the group that rules has total power, and there is no institutional body in the country that controls their actions. The people live in fear, and the countries usually experience either stagnation or decline in pretty much all aspects. This type of governments still exist in the present, with Belarus, Turkmenistan, Brunei, North Korea being some of them.

Option A, Leaders often seize power by illegitimate means.

Option D, A single leader or a very powerful group rules.

Option E, Leaders refuse to tolerate dissenting views.

Explanation:

The options that make don't make sense are:  Options B and C

The options that make sense are:  Options A, D, E

Option A, Leaders often seize power by illegitimate means.

Option D, A single leader or a very powerful group rules.

Option E, Leaders refuse to tolerate dissenting views.