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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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[–] 21 points 4 months ago

In large parts of Europe, Napoleon.

Today we mostly glorify Napoleon as a great man of history. Not always in the positive sense, but we focus on his personality and historical impact.

Less mentioned is the sheer amount of destruction inflicted by his wars. It was "the war" untill WWI came along.

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