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Most evil dictator

antix80

Now that Mugabe is in the news, it got me thinking.. He wasn't the worst, was he?

You had Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao and Genghis Kahn. I'm not even sure he was the worst living dictator seeing as Kim Jon Un is still alive. Moot point now.

So who is the most evil dictator - living or dead - and why?

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Bishop Len Brennan

DeVore.

My missus

OSI wrote: »

Leopold II was a considerable dick. Didn't even do it out of some idealism or self idolisation, he just wanted money. "Didn't harvest enough rubber this week? Grand, I'll just chop of the hands and feet of your 5 year old as payment."

Sounds like the quality over quantity of the evil exhibited by some of the competition.

irishguitarlad

Franco, absolutely ruthless, Hitler had a meeting with him and said afterwards that he never wanted to speak with that lunatic again.

Lil Sally Anne Jnr.

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Franco, absolutely ruthless, Hitler had a meeting with him and said afterwards that he never wanted to speak with that lunatic again.

Absolute nonsense. Franco is not even close to being the worst.

jam_mac_jam

Mao or Stalin I think. Hitler is obviously up there.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

OSI wrote: »

Leopold II was a considerable dick. Didn't even do it out of some idealism or self idolisation, he just wanted money. "Didn't harvest enough rubber this week? Grand, I'll just chop of the hands and feet of your 5 year old as payment."

Pure evil that guy. Ground his statues into dust.

irishguitarlad

Lil Sally Anne Jnr. wrote: »

Absolute nonsense. Franco is not even close to being the worst.

Touch a nerve? Did a family member go over and fight for him? He obviously wasn't as bad as Hitler but he's definitely up there.

JohnnyFlash

Mao if you’re to go by the number of people who died because of his egotistical idea for how Chinese society should work. He also showed all the classic signs of being a psychopath, which you’d presume all dictators are.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Touch a nerve? Did a family member go over and fight for him? He obviously wasn't as bad as Hitler but he's definitely up there.

But you said he was the worst.

Fun fact - the major exit countries for Jews fleeing Europe was via fascist Spain and Salazar’s Portugal.

Dr Strange

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Salazar’s Portugal.

Wasn’t that the undead pirate hunter in the last Pirates of the Caribbean franchise?

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Dr Strange wrote: »

Wasn’t that the undead pirate hunter in the last Pirates of the Caribbean franchise?

That too.

Harry Palmr

Do we measure by gratuitous cruelty or sheer numbers?

As a % of the global population Kublai Khan is probably the winner.

Lil Sally Anne Jnr.

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Touch a nerve? Did a family member go over and fight for him? He obviously wasn't as bad as Hitler but he's definitely up there.

Um no. You are just incorrect. France and America were responsible for far more heinous crimes throughout the world during Franco's reign than Franco was.

Fun Fact: Franco was the only Western leader that Fidel Castro had any respect for, as he was the only one prepared to ignore the CIA blockade of Cuba.

SnazzyPig

Hitler; people shouldn't conflate failed policies with murderous policies.

Ipso

Lil Sally Anne Jnr. wrote: »

Um no. You are just incorrect. France and America were responsible for far more heinous crimes throughout the world during Franco's reign than Franco was.

Fun Fact: Franco was the only Western leader that Fidel Castro had any respect for, as he was the only one prepared to ignore the CIA blockade of Cuba.

Well, as long as Castro liked him. That's all that matters.

Infernal Racket

Pol pot

cj maxx

Fcuk even thinking about them makes me wonder how the fcuk did they do what they did. And get away with it for the most part

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Lil Sally Anne Jnr. wrote: »

Um no. You are just incorrect. France and America were responsible for far more heinous crimes throughout the world during Franco's reign than Franco was.

Fun Fact: Franco was the only Western leader that Fidel Castro had any respect for, as he was the only one prepared to ignore the CIA blockade of Cuba.

This is true. The democracies certainly have killed more people in the 20C than most dictatorships. Vietnam alone was about 3M.

TheValeyard

Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot. Three of the worst most brutal dictators of the modern age.

Harry Palmr

Gerry G wrote: »

Pol pot

Probably wins for killing the greatest % of a countries population from within.

jam_mac_jam

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Do we measure by gratuitous cruelty or sheer numbers?

As a % of the global population Kublai Khan is probably the winner.

Are you thinking of Genghis rather then Kublai?

beejee

Gerry G wrote: »

Pol pot

Your man off x-factor? Didn't hear a thing about this

Arghus

I'm going to have to go with the anti-hipster choice and say Hitler.

Ipso

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Probably wins for killing the greatest % of a countries population from within.

And the kunt still managed to die of old age!

jam_mac_jam

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

This is true. The democracies certainly have killed more people in the 20C than most dictatorships. Vietnam alone was about 3M.

No they didn't.

USSR, Hitler, China. How many people killed? Against democracies? Not a hope. Unless you are going to consider WW2 the democracies fault?

TheValeyard

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

This is true. The democracies certainly have killed more people in the 20C than most dictatorships. Vietnam alone was about 3M.

Think you will find the Chinese and Soviets also had a part to play. That said, America had no business in that country and did carry out many atrocities.

Fritzbox

TheValeyard wrote: »

That said, America had no business in that country and did carry out many atrocities.

True. Same could be said about Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s as well.

howamidifferent

Leo