A list for the moment
top 5 dictators of the 20th century.
1. Adolf Hitler
2. Benito Mussolini
3. Fidel Castro
4. Mao Tse-Tung
5. Saddam Hussein
I rated them based on several things.
1st, overall blood lust. A dictator doesn't mess around if he wants to be a dictator for long, so killing those that oppose you or those that might oppose you is a great measuring point.
2nd, coolness of the look. Being a dictator requires that you have a different look from other dictators. Quddafi might have made the list except for the fact that his military look is basically a rip off from all the others.
3rd, overall impact on history. Saddam Hussein fell to 5th because his impact on world history is relatively small in comparison to Hitler's effect.
BTW, Hussein makes the list based of that awesome footage of him shooting that shotgun into the sky. Classic dictator moment.
1. Adolf Hitler
2. Benito Mussolini
3. Fidel Castro
4. Mao Tse-Tung
5. Saddam Hussein
I rated them based on several things.
1st, overall blood lust. A dictator doesn't mess around if he wants to be a dictator for long, so killing those that oppose you or those that might oppose you is a great measuring point.
2nd, coolness of the look. Being a dictator requires that you have a different look from other dictators. Quddafi might have made the list except for the fact that his military look is basically a rip off from all the others.
3rd, overall impact on history. Saddam Hussein fell to 5th because his impact on world history is relatively small in comparison to Hitler's effect.
BTW, Hussein makes the list based of that awesome footage of him shooting that shotgun into the sky. Classic dictator moment.
posted by WDV at 7:36 AM
4 Comments:
I think you're underestimating the extent to which Slovadan Malosovic terrorized the Serbs. I'm pretty sure that he holds the record for killing the most people per year in power.
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really? he topped the 6-10 million Jews by Hitler in roughly 10 years of power? i would be impressed (in a bad way, i guess).
What about Stalin? Is he close to your top five?
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