At present, Democracy is being practiced
in many countries around the world. The people get to choose who is to
lead the government and who their representatives in parliament will be.
But that has not always been the case in the past where subjects were
subjected to dictatorial rule. Some nations are still under dictators at
present and they suffer under these tyrants. Dictatorship can be
defined as a form of governance whereby a country or a state is ruled by
one person or a small group of people who exercise absolute power over
their subjects. In this article we will examine the Top 10 Meanest
Dictators to ever live. Let’s begin the countdown.
10. Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)
Robert Mugabe is the current President
of Zimbabwe and he has been in power since 1987. This 92 year old tyrant
was a freedom fighter and a darling of the people before he rose to
power. His efforts to fight the colonialists won him favor among fellow
Zimbabweans and he was elected president as soon as the war was over. He
then went about to set Zimbabwe as a one party state. Anyone who
opposed his leadership was eliminated through assassination or
intimidation. Fearing that whites might oppose his rule, he went about
chasing all the whites in the fertile highlands and took all that land
for himself. He also set up laws that barred foreigners from owning more
than 50% stake in any company in Zimbabwe. This stupid measures
negatively affected the economy of Zimbabwe and the citizens dully
suffered. It is for these reasons that Robert Mugabe totally deserves a
place in the Top 10 Meanest Dictators of our time.
9. Fidel Castro (Cuba)
Fidel Castro is the former Head of State of Cuba
who served as president from 1976 up to 2008 when he handed the reins
of power to his brother Raul Castro. He treated Cuba like his personal
farm yard by assigning himself all the constitutional powers of
governance. By denying the Cubans the right to elect the leaders of
their choice, Fidel Castro makes it into the list of the Top 10 Meanest
Dictators of our time. His administration was responsible for countless
cases of human rights violation and the mass exodus of over one million
Cubans during the Cuban Exile. His stance on communism impoverished Cuba
and that was the major reason behind the Mass Exodus.
8. Joseph Stalin (USSR)
Joseph Stalin
was the leader of the Soviet Union from mid 1920s up to the time of his
death in 1952. Under his rule, Socialism was practiced in USSR and
those who opposed this type of governance were often imprisoned, exiled
or killed often without due process. During the Second World War he
entered into a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany but Hitler’s forces
did not adhere to this pact and went ahead and attacked The USSR. This
caused the death of over one million Russians and displacement of many
more. In entering into a pact with Hitler he sacrificed the well-being
and lives of Russians. This earns him a spot in the Top 10 Meanest
Dictators of our time.
7. Idi Amin Dada (Uganda)
Idi Amin ruled Uganda for 8 years
from 1971 to 1979. His rule was characterized by massive human rights
violations, political assassinations and extrajudicial killings. Anyone
who dared oppose his rule was executed mostly without due process. He
was so greedy that he would even take the wives of other people and make
them his own. Not only was he evil and malicious but he was also a
cannibal. He would cut pieces of flesh from those he has killed and eat
then raw.
6. Benito Mussolini (Italy)
He was the ruler of Italy during the
Second World War. He was an extreme socialist and exhibited totalitarian
rule on Italians by making Italy a one party state. He ruled Italy with
an iron fist but sadly enough the Italians still followed him. He
collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II and he was eventually killed in 1945.
5. Bashar Al Assad (Syria)
Bashar al-Assad
is the incumbent President of Syria despite calls both locally and
abroad for him to step down. By holding onto power he is responsible for
the civil crisis currently experienced in Syria. His regime is ruthless
and merciless in its efforts to hold onto power. They have even
resorted to killing children as young as 2 years old so as to scare
anyone who opposes his government. For all these atrocities is therefore
one of the Meanest Dictators of our time.
4. Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
Saddam Hussein was so cruel that he was
the first ruler to use Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) on his own
citizens in the Kurdish region. He entered Iraq into 3 wars that
resulted in massive causalities. Extra judicial killings were common
under his regime and the citizen feared for the worse during these tough
times.
3. Muammar Gaddafi (Libya)
He ruled Libya for over 42 years until
his death in 2011. During this time he used Libya’s oil wealth to enrich
himself and his close family. He ruled high-handedly such very few
dared oppose his rule. Peaceful protesters were often killed by his
military officials. This continued until 2011 when the Arabian
Revolution was in full swing. This motivated the Libyans to take to the
street in armed protest until they were able to kill one of the meanest
dictators of our time.
2. Kim Jong-II (North Korea)
Kim Jong-II was a modern day dictator.
He arrested anyone who opposed his workers party. He would lock them in
labor camps where he would overwork them and starve them to death. He
demanded total loyalty from his citizens and even demand that they refer
to him as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. Those who failed to do so
were executed or thrown into the labor camps. He was so obsessed with
military warfare that he would commit all government finances into the
military. This paralyzed other departments such as healthcare and it was
the citizens who suffered the most.
1. Adolf Hitler (Germany)
He was the leader of Nazi Germany.
He was personally responsible for the execution of over a million
innocent people mostly the Jews. He hated the Jews so much that figured
that the only way to stop this hatred was to kill all the Jews. He
initiated World War II when he invaded Poland in 1939. His actions and ruthless nature therefore make the meanest dictator of our time.
Top 10 Meanest Dictators of our Time
- 1. Adolf Hitler.
- Kim Jong-II
- Muammar Gaddafi
- Saddam Hussein
- Bashar al-Assad
- Benito Mussolini
- Idi Amin Dada
- Joseph Stali
- Fidel Castro
- Robert Mugabe.
culled from wonderslist
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