Most interesting dictator?

[aronnax]

The Korean Communist Monarchy is the weirdest and most interesting

 

[amaterasu]

oops, voted hitler by accident :\

the korean leader/s are just wierd rather then interesting imo.

 

[Sofista]

Yes, but you can't deny that it was an embarassing loss, one that the Italians were probably too eager not to repeat

Still today it's pointed at as the perfect example of the amateurism our colonial ambitions were pursued with.

And sure, that was why Benito didn't want to take chances - and presenting the victory as a great achievement, well, that was the only thing to do then. As for humanitarian concerns, we're talking about a man who had his first wife and son carted off to die in asylums, after all.

 

[aelf]

Still today it's pointed at as the perfect example of the amateurism our colonial ambitions were pursued with.

Too bad Garibaldi wasn't interested in politics or colonialism, eh?

 

[Sofista]

Um? He was never a prime minister - he was not a monarchist, although he accepted it as the only solution (in Mazzini's words, what's the point of fighting for democracy if we know perfectly that Victor Emmanuel II would become the president?)

Garibaldi himself had few experiences in international affairs: he joined the separatists in the War of Tatters in 1835, helped Uruguay against Argentina in 1842-48. Later in 1870 led the Army of the Vosges trying to help France against Prussia - so I don't think he'd have been much of a colonialist.

 

[aelf]

Um? He was never a prime minister - he was not a monarchist, although he accepted it as the only solution (in Mazzini's words, what's the point of fighting for democracy if we know perfectly that Victor Emmanuel II would become the president?)

Garibaldi himself had few experiences in international affairs: he joined the separatists in the War of Tatters in 1835, helped Uruguay against Argentina in 1842-48. Later in 1870 led the Army of the Vosges trying to help France against Prussia - so I don't think he'd have been much of a colonialist.

No, I was referring to his substantial military prowess. After all, he gave Italy what was probably its most impressive victory Imagine if he was in charge.

 

[Sofista]

Heh, there was a very capable poiltical leader behind Risorgimento: Camillo Cavour. In fact he and garibaldi would be my choices for an (impossible) Italian civ - although military talent is hardly proof of political flare.

 

[aelf]

Heh, there was a very capable poiltical leader behind Risorgimento: Camillo Cavour. In fact he and garibaldi would be my choices for an (impossible) Italian civ - although military talent is hardly proof of political flare.

I know. I studied the Risorgimento in a relatively extensive way.

Well, when I said in charge, I was thinking more of in charge of the army.

 

[Sofista]

Lol, the Savoy kings had a knack for always trying to kep the better men away from power. Vic Emmanuel II disliked Cavour, his nephew disliked Giolitti and ended with Mussolini as helmsman for two decades. And Garibaldi as thanks for giving him half a country was made more or less a prisoner at Caprera.

But yes, he'd be a good GG to add to the game.

 

[Withouthatred]

I have to go with mao, not so much because of his actions after, but his actions, beforehand in his fighting with CKC, I think as a military stratagist, he was among the brilliant in history, as a countries leader, not so much.

 

[Mrdie]

Enver Hoxha, leader of Albania from 1944 - 1985. Even thought he fought against Italian occupation and improved the country quite a bit (Illiteracy went down from 80-85% in 1944 to around 30% in 1950, life expectancy went from 38 to around 70 by 1980s, Albania became an industrialized state, blood feuds were made illegal, women given equal rights, averted famine, etc) he was also über-nationalistic and did some idiotic things like banning saxophones. He completely isolated his country later on which screwed up any chance of a Socialist state continuing. And so, a few years later after Hoxha died (in 1991, to be exact) Socialist Albania was no more.

 

[ParkCungHee]

The Korean Communist Monarchy is the weirdest and most interesting

Weirdest Dictator goes to Idi Amin by far. The man:

-Had a Human Head kept in his Refrigerator.

-Believed he owned the only copy of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and believed it to be entirely true.

-Claimed to not fear death, because he had forseen the time and place of his death.

-Was the first person to have their heavy weight boxing belt taken away on charges of torture.

-After a supposed prophetic vision, declared that all Asians must leave Uganda

-Believed himself to be a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement

-Claimed (semi-seriously it seems...its hard to tell) that he had a mighty Navy in Lake Victoria.

-Relied on "elite" paratroopers that trained in childrens playgrounds.

-Said he wanted to marry the (male) president of neighboring Tanzania, which he would later invade.

-During the Stagflation of the 70s, offered food and foreign aid for the people "starving in the streets of London."

-Offered to have sex with the Queen of England.

 

[demokratickid]

For me, it was either Hitler, or other (Josef Tito). I choose Hitler because of Mein Kampf, which I have recently read. Quite an interesting, and demented, read!

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Weirdest Dictator goes to Idi Amin by far. The man:

That guy is awesome.

 

[Alpha Killer II]

Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Hitler, and Pol Pot
All in that order

 

[Orthodox Warior]

Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Hitler, and Pol Pot
All in that order

Good list, it's just I think Hitler was far worst than Castro for example.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

It's not worst dictator, it's most interesting dictator.
Hitler is very one-dimensional and in retrospect rather predictable. He is just interesting because he was the leader of a country strong enough to start a global conflict.

 

[Azale]

Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Hitler, and Pol Pot
All in that order

Personal heroes?


I have a new list. Go read up on: Elizabeth Bathory (Countess of Trannsylvania), Francisco Solano Lopez (Dictator of Paraguay), and Leopold II (King of Belgium, sole controller of the Congo Free State)

Plus the old favorites of the Dear Leader, Robespierre, and Caligula.

 

[TheLastOne36]

Stalin. He did many good things and many bad things, (obviously the bad things are more numerous then the good things) but still.

 

[MarshalAlex]

Josip Broz Tito

yes thats true! he is the moust intresting dictator! He has workd for the people, and he was loved and respected during the cold war on bouth sides! If he didnt die yugoslavia wuld still live!