Simple History. Good Things Evil Dictators Did. Posted: January 15, 2025 | Last updated: January 15, 2025. Believe it or not, dictators weren’t all bad all the time… just 99% of it.

It looked as if the good dictator, like the bad ones, only created what he wanted most to destroy. More Must-Reads from TIME. Cybersecurity Experts Are Sounding the Alarm on DOGE; ...

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When I responded that Bukele is an elected autocrat and that there is no such thing as a good dictator, the man politely shook his head and sat down. He was clearly disappointed.

If Trump mentions these autocrats’ repression at all, it is to justify it, as when he lauded former Iraqi dictator Hussein in 2016 for being “good” at killing terrorists, or praised Turkish ...