WW3 against terrorist
Peter I "The Great" of Russia
@R00KB4 said in #29:
> If I remember correctly, a dictator helped develop Singapore into the country it is today. I wouldn't call them evil. That's also my answer.
But in my opinion, I already said that when someone is called a "dictator", that person is almost certainly evil. I know that Singaporean man (but don't know his name) is sometimes called "The only successful dictator in history". But he's not a dictator but rather just a good leader.
> If I remember correctly, a dictator helped develop Singapore into the country it is today. I wouldn't call them evil. That's also my answer.
But in my opinion, I already said that when someone is called a "dictator", that person is almost certainly evil. I know that Singaporean man (but don't know his name) is sometimes called "The only successful dictator in history". But he's not a dictator but rather just a good leader.
@WantedAName said in #33:
> But in my opinion, I already said that when someone is called a "dictator", that person is almost certainly evil.
Have pity upon the evil -- they only wish to enact fiendish plans for global domination...
youtu.be/eqBR8knRM2w?si=Qo9hEdd2PRh5CRJ8
> But in my opinion, I already said that when someone is called a "dictator", that person is almost certainly evil.
Have pity upon the evil -- they only wish to enact fiendish plans for global domination...
youtu.be/eqBR8knRM2w?si=Qo9hEdd2PRh5CRJ8
I'd say Lenin.
My God does his mustache look cool.
My God does his mustache look cool.
@dstne said in #2:
> If you can consider God a dictator, then He is objectively the best one.
Technically, you're right. We are all slaves of God.
> If you can consider God a dictator, then He is objectively the best one.
Technically, you're right. We are all slaves of God.
Very telling that in the West 1) Politicians and media like to talk about "human rights" 24/7 - accusing China, Venezuela etc. 2) The greatest hero is Churchill who literally killed hundreds of thousands civilians in wwii (by terror bombing). Just ridiculous. (Stalin and Putin are war criminals as well).
@NaturalBornTraveller said in #36:
> Lenin was not a dictator.
"Lenin as a ruthless and single-minded despot and a 'product of his time and place: a violent, tyrannical and corrupt Russia.' He seized power in a coup, promised a revolution, a socialist utopia for the people, offered simple solutions to complex issues and constantly lied; in fact, what he created was more 'a mirror image of the Romanov autocracy.' He authorized the deaths of thousands of people, and created a system based on the idea that political terror against opponents was justified for the greater ideal. One of his old comrades who had once admired him said he 'desired the good ... but created evil.' And that would include his invention of Stalin, who would take Lenin's system of the gulag and the secret police to new heights"
From Lenin : the man, the dictator, and the master of terror
by Sebestyen, Victor, 1956- author
> Lenin was not a dictator.
"Lenin as a ruthless and single-minded despot and a 'product of his time and place: a violent, tyrannical and corrupt Russia.' He seized power in a coup, promised a revolution, a socialist utopia for the people, offered simple solutions to complex issues and constantly lied; in fact, what he created was more 'a mirror image of the Romanov autocracy.' He authorized the deaths of thousands of people, and created a system based on the idea that political terror against opponents was justified for the greater ideal. One of his old comrades who had once admired him said he 'desired the good ... but created evil.' And that would include his invention of Stalin, who would take Lenin's system of the gulag and the secret police to new heights"
From Lenin : the man, the dictator, and the master of terror
by Sebestyen, Victor, 1956- author
there's differences ... dictator vs tyrant vs autocrat vs monarch vs many many variations ... reign of terror ... single party regime .... chieftain ...
a dictator isn't neccessarily a mass murderer or terror regnant
a dictator isn't neccessarily a mass murderer or terror regnant