Great dictators: Who's your favourite dictator?

I know you were not literally talking about "Class", but here's an interesting fact: Hitler did not care about Class. He was a strong believer in meritocracy- valued those with a greater ability. He had no interest in Class systems or how they structured German society. One of the main reasons why he felt it was necessary to get rid of the SA (their contrasting views)

Post your favourite beloved dictator here and reasons why he/she is of such merit to be ranked amongst the gods of our beloved liberators!

Here's mine - Mao Zedong
49-78 million kills: 1 death

Came up with the revolutionary idea of making people have smelting shops in their backyards! Great success!
Moreover the Cultural Revolution was perfect in every way, and its overriding mission was to abolish: Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas. Mao fervently believed in was that destruction and chaos could bring re-birth which was proven right in the utopian lives his people lived and still live in in.
Finally his intellectual wisdom had no bounds, one such famous quote such as "The more books one reads, the more stupid one becomes" shows us how enlightened Comrade Mao was to the rest of us mere mortals.

So Tsr, do you have any more beloved dictators that are worthy of the title "Great dictator", and whose people shouted "oppressed at last!" when the great liberators took command.

Sadly you just didn't get what I was trying to convey.

Post your favourite beloved dictator here and reasons why he/she is of such merit to be ranked amongst the gods of our beloved liberators!

Here's mine - Mao Zedong
49-78 million kills: 1 death

Came up with the revolutionary idea of making people have smelting shops in their backyards! Great success!
Moreover the Cultural Revolution was perfect in every way, and its overriding mission was to abolish: Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas. Mao fervently believed in was that destruction and chaos could bring re-birth which was proven right in the utopian lives his people lived and still live in in.
Finally his intellectual wisdom had no bounds, one such famous quote such as "The more books one reads, the more stupid one becomes" shows us how enlightened Comrade Mao was to the rest of us mere mortals.

So Tsr, do you have any more beloved dictators that are worthy of the title "Great dictator", and whose people shouted "oppressed at last!" when the great liberators took command.

It isn't really sad, the fact that you now understand your "favourite dictator" in just a little bit more depth.

Hi there.

Do you mind expanding on this opinion, and why do you think Putin is such a great leader? What are your views on the current "democratic" situation in Russia? Very interested.

Tito And Thomas Sankara - actually helped their countries.

That's one of the funniest things i'v ever read.

I am however quite alarmed at this thread and suspect that most meaningful admiration's of dictators will be from socialists who want nothing more than to curtail liberty so that they can live in a society where inability and incompetence will not hold them back from equaling the success of those who are superior.

I wouldn't say there are any great dictators but Hitler did take Germany from being destitute, weak and pathetic to ruling Europe in little more than a decade. Historically Attila The Hun probably deserves a mention for pretty much crippling the Roman Empire and leading to their eventual slow death.