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Before Hitler became the comparison for anything that was extreme bad or evil by a ruler, who was it before Hitler and why? When was the whole world pretty much like screw this guy? or gal? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 10 points 4 months ago

In Europe it'd be mythical Bible villains, especially the Egyptian Pharaoh in Exodus where god interfered with his supposed free will to not free slaves that they never had in reality. Or earlier historical figures like Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon Bonaparte.

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