Nazis were always well turned out, uniforms by Hugo Boss no less.
Nazis were always well turned out, uniforms by Hugo Boss no less.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
The hats on the North Korean generals have always impressed me. Probably 5 times larger than they need to be.
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vietcong wore pyjammas, how can you be bad in nightwear? i bet they would just have had a 'big lads-night in' if boxsets where around in the 60s, instead of getting into fights.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
The tyrants of ancient Greece deserve honorable mention. Ancient Greek armor, with those fancy helmet crests, looked pretty classy.
Ivan the Terrible deserves the booby prize for nailing someone's hat to his head. How is the guy supposed to keep up with the latest fashion in headgear?
I didn't realize when I read the title that this would be a thread about fashion statementsw. :)
In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was everywhere, in the rainbow and the comet, in the thunder and the wind. The Devil too raged openly upon the earth; he skulked behind the hedge-rows in the gloaming; he laughed loudly in the night-time; he clawed the dying sinner, pounced on the unbaptized babe, and twisted the limbs of the epileptic. A foul fiend slunk ever by a man's side and whispered villainies in his ear, while above him there hovered an angel of grace . . .
Arthur Conan Doyle
My personal favorite is Krum the Fearsome, making a cup out of the skull of the Basileos of the ERE. Gold encrusted and all that. Quite useful in diplomatic dinner parties.
The art of war, then, is governed by five constant
factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations,
when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.
These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth;
(4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.
Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
Hugh de Cressingham (died 11 September 1297[1]) was the treasurer of the English administration in Scotland from 1296 to 1297.
According to legend, his body was flayed by the Scots as he had flayed Scottish war prisoners, and William Wallace made a sword belt out of his skin.
The Lanercost Chronicle states the Scots dried and cured his hide and
“ of his skin William Wallace caused a broad strip to be taken from the head to the heel, to make there with a baldrick for his sword.
Not a dictator, but a fashion mile-stone.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
A book labelled "The Most Evil Dictators in History" lists:
Herod the Great
Genghis Khan
Shaka Zulu
Josef Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Mao Tse-tung
Anastasio Garcia Somoza
Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier
Kim Il Sung
Augusto Ugarte Pinochet
Nicolae Ceaisescu
Pol Pot
Idi Amin
Saddam Hussein
Robert Mugabe
So lets try to find ten dictators which are not listed and put them as the nicer one?
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How about:
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
Gaius Julius Caesar Dictator
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Anwar Sadat
Lee Kuan Yew
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Alexander Lukashenko
for a start.
Of those, I would tap Cincinnatus as my #1. Handed the job twice, succeeded twice, stepped down and went home twice. Kudos.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Elizabeth 1
Indira Ghandi
Were all mostly beneficial and friendly to their subjects. They were also pretty well-dressed, but I think that goes with the territory. One should dress the part.
"The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better."
John Dewey
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
Would Alexander the Great count as a dictator or tyrant? If so, maybe he should be on the "nice" list.
I don't know how Herod Tetrarch made it on the naughty list. AFAIK he is blamed for killing only one person (John the Baptist) and I imagine there is some dispute about whether or not he did even that. Killing someone because he embarasses you isn't exactly nice, but comparted to what some tyrants did, it doesn't add up to much.
In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was everywhere, in the rainbow and the comet, in the thunder and the wind. The Devil too raged openly upon the earth; he skulked behind the hedge-rows in the gloaming; he laughed loudly in the night-time; he clawed the dying sinner, pounced on the unbaptized babe, and twisted the limbs of the epileptic. A foul fiend slunk ever by a man's side and whispered villainies in his ear, while above him there hovered an angel of grace . . .
Arthur Conan Doyle
Cannot label him as a dictator. He did not obtain power not usually available under the Macedonian system. He was their anointed king and all that. Probably could qualify him as a tyrant. I'd disagree with him being a top ten though -- as a ruler Alexander was a good general.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was everywhere, in the rainbow and the comet, in the thunder and the wind. The Devil too raged openly upon the earth; he skulked behind the hedge-rows in the gloaming; he laughed loudly in the night-time; he clawed the dying sinner, pounced on the unbaptized babe, and twisted the limbs of the epileptic. A foul fiend slunk ever by a man's side and whispered villainies in his ear, while above him there hovered an angel of grace . . .
Arthur Conan Doyle
It's probably Fidel Castro at No.1,
I don't really consider him a dictator or tyrant though, i am a bit biased, he is a bit of a hero to me.
Although he took the country by force, he was no tyrant, and mostly talked wavering troops over to his cause without bloodshed.
He's lovely.
Favorite quote, while meeting The Manic Street Preachers (Musicians from Wales):-
Castro - how do you get on with the Irish?
Manics - Yeah, we get on ok.
Castro - and what about the scots?
Manics - Yeah, Scotland, ok (thumbs up), England though... not so good.
Castro - I didn't ask you about them...
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
10 is kind of lot to come up with, but would the 1st Roman Imperator Augustus apply? He was pretty tame fellow once he got the rule.
Ja Mata Tosainu Sama.
Do dictators of internet fora count?
I can be nice...
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Ja mata, TosaInu
And many moons after this one archaeologist find a headstone from some Dutch village graveyard saying:
"Here lies @Andres . Terror of members, both junior and senior alike. Master of Donjon and Keep. Ruler of front and backroom. Keeper of the secret pron stash and bane of TA´s existence".
Im sure that day you will get to be a target of historical research, oh the one with hangover eyes!![]()
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Ja Mata Tosainu Sama.
why anwar sadat lol![]()
Pervez Musharraf.
Man was a liar, but then what politician isn't. Pakistan saw relatively peaceful days when he was incharge.
The horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
The art of war, then, is governed by five constant
factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations,
when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.
These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth;
(4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.
Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
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Indeed The Nazies were the best! not only uniform but technology and science! they indirectly made USA & Russia the great super powers!
WHY HAVE YOU FORGOT KHOMEINI & KHAMENEI ?! oh! they will hang me if they know i have posted this!!
yes for sure..... i mostly agree with MUSTAFA KAMAL ATATURK that butchered Armenians & Kurds & Assyrians & .....his crimes are too many! but no one knows and he is like a god to Turks!!
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