Most evil person in history

[eastsidebagel]

Who was in your opinion the most evil single person in human history? And why would you choose particularly him/her?

I'd go for Hitler, not because of the masses of innocent humans which got killed at his orders, but also for provoking WW2, which was just another cause of death for additional millions of people and because the sick, inhuman methods by which his victims were treated and abused before they died eventually.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

I'd agree he was the guy who industrialised mass murder.

 

[Annex]

God. sdsddsffg

 

[LightSpectra]

Chairman Mao Zedong killed more human beings than any other single person in the history of mankind. Him.

 

[MagnusImperious]

I'd have too go for Hitler too. He was insane, and he did it because he wanted it done.
Others, like Stalin and Mao, were just ruthless, and they didn't necessarily enjoy it. They just wouldn't let anything stand in their way.

 

[eastsidebagel]

Chairman Mao Zedong killed more human beings than any other single person in the history of mankind. Him.

Let me do some math for you: Hitler killed 6 million Jews, provoked WW2 which killed 56 millions, civilians and soldiers alike, and killed maybe even some people while fighting on the front in WW1. Are you going to claim that Mao killed more people than that?

 

[LightSpectra]

Let me do some math for you: Hitler killed 6 million Jews, provoked WW2 which killed 56 millions, civilians and soldiers alike, and killed maybe even some people while fighting on the front in WW1. Are you going to claim that Mao killed more people than that?

Is that death toll counting the amount of people who died in the Pacific Theater, which he had almost nothing to do with? The European and African theaters, together, only account for about 40 million.

But the high end for the amount of people Mao killed sometimes goes up to 80 million. I, myself, would argue for a figure closer to 60 million, and some people would go lower than that. But it's not some outrageous claim.

 

[Irish Caesar]

You're just arguing numbers.

Evil is more than that... you're looking for someone who took joy in torturing people, that sort of thing. There's plenty of people like that, and trying to define a "most evil" of them is absurd.

 

[LightSpectra]

Evil is more than that... you're looking for someone who took joy in torturing people, that sort of thing. There's plenty of people like that, and trying to define a "most evil" of them is absurd.

The "cruelest" person in history would be Vlad Tepes, I suppose. But I think evil should also account for how much damage they did to the world, which is why I picked Mao.

 

[Camikaze]

Idi Amin was pretty damn evil. This may be unsubstantiated, but I read somewhere that he had a whole bunch of disabled people rounded up and pushed into a crocodile infested swamp.

 

[eastsidebagel]

The "cruelest" person in history would be Vlad Tepes, I suppose. But I think evil should also account for how much damage they did to the world, which is why I picked Mao.

Hitler brought damage to the whole world, even after his death until the end of the Cold War which was his fault too (think about it). If there would have been a nuclear showdown in the Cold War, then Hitler would have been even accusable to causing indirectly the end of the world!
Mao OTOH just brought misery upon the Chinese people alone.

 

[LightSpectra]

Hitler brought damage to the whole world, even after his death until the end of the Cold War which was his fault too (think about it). If there would have been a nuclear showdown in the Cold War, then Hitler would have been even accusable to causing indirectly the end of the world!

Dubious logic, there. Should we also blame Hitler's parents for the Cold War, since they bore him? Should we blame the leaders of the nations of World War I for it as well, as they caused Hitler to come to power? How about their parents?

 

[eastsidebagel]

Dubious logic, there. Should we also blame Hitler's parents for the Cold War, since they bore him? Should we blame the leaders of the nations of World War I for it as well, as they caused Hitler to come to power? How about their parents?

Well, that's dubious logical indeed! But every person is up on his own, and you can't deny that the Cold War, which were triggered by the outcome of WW2, was just another tragedy caused by Hitler's existence.

 

[Dumanios]

I'd have to say a tie between Stalin,Hitler,Mao and the Evil Nurse.

 

[Dachs]

Evil is more than that... you're looking for someone who took joy in torturing people, that sort of thing. There's plenty of people like that, and trying to define a "most evil" of them is absurd.

This is basically my opinion. After a point (no, I can't quantify it ) it just becomes depressing to talk about millions of people slaughtered or something like that. People like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Idi Amin...they were all scumbags, and it's irrelevant who was more scummy than the next.

 

[Camikaze]

Are these people necessarily evil, or just plain mad?

 

[Dachs]

Are these people necessarily evil, or just plain mad?

You could take the position that only an insane person would be evil...

 

[Camikaze]

Someone wise once wrote, 'Insanity is a minority of one.'

 

[Agent327]

Who was in your opinion the most evil single person in human history? And why would you choose particularly him/her?

I'd go for Hitler, not because of the masses of innocent humans which got killed at his orders, but also for provoking WW2, which was just another cause of death for additional millions of people and because the sick, inhuman methods by which his victims were treated and abused before they died eventually.

IMO it's a close call between Hitler and Stalin. But counted by just the number of victims Stalin wins easily.

BTW, saying Hitler personally is solely responsible for WW II is historically incorrect. He intended to start war, yes; but he could have been stopped earlier than after 6 years of world war.

 

[MagnusImperious]

Correction from before: Jesus Christ is the most evil person in the world. His religion caused the era of European domination of the globe, and it was during this era that more people died, more wars were fought, and more knowledge and culture was lost that in any other. Because of his actions we have Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and any other bad guy you can think.