Authoritarian elites enrich themselves at the cost of millions of their own citizens’ lives.

Evidence

The High Elites also devoted over twice as much (22 world bucks) to their personal fortunes as the Low Elites did. Had they been less greedy, they could have saved hundreds of millions of their own people. Want to guess who ended up the richest person on the planet? You’re right. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1754