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Kaleva

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39. The likes of Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot are the products of the actions of others.

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Original post)

Fri Jul 23, 2021, 04:30 PM

Jul 2021

Eliminating one single person doesn't change the conditions that allowed that person to rise to a position where he could wreak havoc in the first place. Conditions created by others.

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With the goal of making the world a better place, prevent one person from having been born. [View all] Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 OP

Mark Zuckerberg Dream Girl Jul 2021 #1

Jesus. LakeArenal Jul 2021 #2

+1,000 MiHale Jul 2021 #25

Controversial Pantagruel Jul 2021 #3

He probably was invented. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #18

Cain Ponietz Jul 2021 #4

Constantine the Great mrsv Jul 2021 #5

Interesting. What do you see as the benefits of that choice? Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #13

My take: Aristus Jul 2021 #33

I dunno...empires and religious heirarchies throughout history have done horrible things to people. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #37

That's a very good point. Aristus Jul 2021 #38

Adam PJMcK Jul 2021 #6

Perfect!!!! LakeArenal Jul 2021 #28

Second choice is Adolf Hitler secondwind Jul 2021 #7

Hitler CurtEastPoint Jul 2021 #8

Hitler. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #9

Rupert Murdoch. 2naSalit Jul 2021 #10

That's my choice, too Leith Jul 2021 #31

The Turtle question everything Jul 2021 #11

King Leopold II... NewDayOranges Jul 2021 #12

I believe Mao Zedong has him beat. Genghis Kahn as well, for that matter. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #17

Well then it's Mao Zedong FTW! NewDayOranges Jul 2021 #24

Vladimir Putin louslobbs Jul 2021 #14

Abraham nevergiveup Jul 2021 #15

Edward Bernays tenderfoot Jul 2021 #16

This is actually hard Johnny2X2X Jul 2021 #19

I think I agree with your Hitler points. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #49

How can this be anything but Hitler??? Nt USALiberal Jul 2021 #20

He doesn't hold the record for most people killed. But the Holocaust....um, yeah. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #21

And not to mention Nazism never really went away. Initech Jul 2021 #27

Hitler's mother or her mother... MiHale Jul 2021 #26

Saul/St Paul 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2021 #22

Adolph Hitler and Paul Kagame milestogo Jul 2021 #23

Those of you who'd stop Hitler from being born PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #29

Hm...I read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia, and I have a nitpcik. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #30

Nitpick as you like. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #32

My nitpick is only that. While I haven't read this particular AH book, I'm a huge fan of the Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #34

I apologize. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #42

No worries, it's all good. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #44

Oh, yes, the Yellowstone trilogy. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #45

I've never even heard of the delaCorte novel. I'll have to check it out. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #47

You are just outside of Denver! PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #50

Lenin Amishman Jul 2021 #35

But it was the Imperial German govt. that transported Lenin back to Russia. Kaleva Jul 2021 #40

Second choice: Hitler. (nt) Paladin Jul 2021 #36

The likes of Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot are the products of the actions of others. Kaleva Jul 2021 #39

Gavrilo Princip... First Speaker Jul 2021 #41

Naturally 48656c6c6f20 Jul 2021 #43

Obviously MustLoveBeagles Jul 2021 #46

lol Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #51

Constantine the Great (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Jul 2021 #48