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In reply to the discussion: With the goal of making the world a better place, prevent one person from having been born. [View all]First Speaker
(4,858 posts)41. Gavrilo Princip...
...the man who shot Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo in 1914, sparking World War One. Without this one action, that insane war might have been avoided, and Hitler might have drifted off into obscurity as a postcard painter, and Lenin died an embittered exile, and maybe the 20th century would have been infinitely better. Maybe. What-if games are fun, but there's no way we can be sure of anything...
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Dial H For Hero
Jul 2021
OP
I dunno...empires and religious heirarchies throughout history have done horrible things to people.
Dial H For Hero
Jul 2021
#37
I believe Mao Zedong has him beat. Genghis Kahn as well, for that matter.
Dial H For Hero
Jul 2021
#17
He doesn't hold the record for most people killed. But the Holocaust....um, yeah.
Dial H For Hero
Jul 2021
#21
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've never even heard of the delaCorte novel. I'll have to check it out.
Dial H For Hero
Jul 2021
#47