Who is the worst person in history? Also chicken!
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:31 pm
Have occasionally mulled this over the past 4 years, with some of the appalling gooseberry fool we've seen happening. Mainly in the sense that I genuinely wonder how bad Trump is compared to the likes of Stalin, Hitler, Mao. That may seem ridiculous but the way the world works nowadays kind of makes what they did rather harder to pull off and it really seeming like that if the protections weren't there to stop him he is capable of overseeing that kind of mass murder / genocide.
But then what about other figures, Caesar, Genghis Khan. I think the time period of their activities maybe rules them out but listening to Hardcore History at times you wonder whether they really should be considered worse than people like Hitler. What about those who have overseen more recent atrocities, Bin Laden, Al Baghdadi, current political leaders other than Trump?
Not a particularly fun conversation topic but was curious what GR thought.
But then what about other figures, Caesar, Genghis Khan. I think the time period of their activities maybe rules them out but listening to Hardcore History at times you wonder whether they really should be considered worse than people like Hitler. What about those who have overseen more recent atrocities, Bin Laden, Al Baghdadi, current political leaders other than Trump?
Not a particularly fun conversation topic but was curious what GR thought.