TruckOSaurus said:
mrstickball said:
Dictators are usually horrible in 99% of the time they are allowed to seize power.
The only one I can think of that didn't make a total mess of things (and I'd love to see Pastro chime in on this) would be Augusto Pinochet.
Despite the fact he was a total dictator in the vein of many other Latin Americans, he did embrace ravenous free trade ideas, and grew the country into being very economically prosperous during a time in which most other countries were stagnant. When he left power, better men took over, and have taken Chile from being a rather minor nation in Latin America to the forefront of being a poster child for economic development in the region. |
Wasn't he on trial for crimes of war around the year 2000?
|
That is correct. I wasn't trying to justify his inhumane treatment of others...Just that his economic policy led Chile to prosperity during his rule, and especially moreso when he left office and more democratic men and women came into office.
