SamuelRSmith on 23 January 2010
| TheRealMafoo said: I find it interesting that so many people are putting Hitler on the list. The only thing he will be remembered for, is being a crazy guy who killed a lot of people. If that's your measuring bar, there are a lot better people for that title. In Genocide, Hitler killed 12 million people. Stalin killed 23 million, and Mao Zedong killed between 49 and 78 million people. So I would replace Hitler with Mao on everyones list. |
Hitler's actions caused the world to change in a massive way: they really changed how international politics worked. If it wasn't for Hitler, there wouldn't have been a UN, or an IMF, or World Bank, or World Trade Organisation, and, indirectly, nor would there be a NATO, or EU - and the EU has led to things like NAFTA, ASEAN, and the African Union, Stalin helped influence the latter institutions, also. Mao, not so much.
