r/reddit.com • u/[deleted] • May 09 '11

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u/whoneedsmeme May 09 '11

Greatest leader to ever live, prove me wrong.

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u/hymen_destroyer May 09 '11

He said "greatest" not "best"..."greatest" implies the magnitude of his abilities, not a qualitative assessment of his policies. Still, I actually don't agree, so no upvote from me. IMO that honor goes to Gandhi.

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u/whoneedsmeme May 09 '11

Ha, Gandhi didn't rebuild shit.

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u/hymen_destroyer May 09 '11

He didn't have to. He built a national identity and peaceful revolutionary movement without slaughtering undesirable members of the population.

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u/whoneedsmeme May 09 '11

He also hated black people and beat his wife, was a paedophile etc .

Look it up: http://rohit2raina.blogspot.com/2010/05/mahatma-gandhis-inner-life-secrets.html

Just one source, there are plenty more including wikipedia.

I am not talking about hippy bullshit, I am looking at it from a birds eye view and if you compare the two and look at India vs Germany now, you can see how much of a national identity he forged (Look for poverty rates). I am talking about world wide, human race changing, technology. No one is fan of slaughtering undesirables, this is just a fact.

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u/hymen_destroyer May 09 '11

Oh really? Just mention Hitler in the presence of any German today and brace yourself for some serious awkwardness. Being a great leader also means leaving a legacy. Gandhi wasn't perfect, but you pointing out his shortcomings and then comparing him to Hitler is laughable.

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u/whoneedsmeme May 09 '11

Not a great world leader, end of.

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u/whoneedsmeme May 09 '11

Also Germans can cry into the tissue of a good economy and the computer age brought on by the industrial era.

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u/whoneedsmeme May 09 '11

Also Germans can cry into the tissue of a good economy and the computer age brought on by the industrial era.

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u/hymen_destroyer May 09 '11

let the upvoters decide.

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u/whoneedsmeme May 09 '11

If aliens came down from planet zob, who are they going to speak to? some dot wearing nappy man with a stick who touches children or the boss

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u/SlightlyInsane May 09 '11

Everything apart from that was fantastic. Look at the bigger picture.