Factors should include oratory style, cool name, smart uniform, etc. Not so much the number of deaths responsible for.
POLL: Favorite 20th century dictator?
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Nobody had a better (self-appointed) title than Idi Amin:
"His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular".
And he ate people...
"His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular".
And he ate people...
Other... (technically he's not 20th Century, but his hairstyle is so I count him in.)
This post was edited on 3/24 12:14 PM by Formerly Rockymtnole
This post was edited on 3/24 12:14 PM by Formerly Rockymtnole
What a strange question.
I didn't vote, but I'll admit that I've always had a fascination with Castro, only because I was in Cuba with my parents the summer before he took over. I remember my dad questioning cab drivers and others about Castro. No one wanted to talk, but he was revered by the masses back then.
I didn't vote, but I'll admit that I've always had a fascination with Castro, only because I was in Cuba with my parents the summer before he took over. I remember my dad questioning cab drivers and others about Castro. No one wanted to talk, but he was revered by the masses back then.
This is actually a very good question as I've long believed one of the many utopian forms of governments is a benevolent dictatorship...
Now let's be clear all dictators have their faults (and some have violent histories), so this isn't a list of angels but these men have done remarkable things for their nations while harming (proportionately) fewer people than many democratic governments.
Paul Kagame - Rwanda
Lee Kuan Lew - Singapore
Félix Houphouët-Boigny - Ivory Coast
Now let's be clear all dictators have their faults (and some have violent histories), so this isn't a list of angels but these men have done remarkable things for their nations while harming (proportionately) fewer people than many democratic governments.
Paul Kagame - Rwanda
Lee Kuan Lew - Singapore
Félix Houphouët-Boigny - Ivory Coast
Francisco is fun to say but I went with Idi Amin because she was gorgeous singing the national anthem at the super bowl.
