I've actually had the opportunity to sit down and talk with alot of people who have lived / do live under Mao, Stalin, Lenin, Tito and Casto.
Dictators are scary, no doubt - Stalin was NOT popular. Lenin wasn't popular either. Mao wasn't popular, but not as widely hated. Tito is/was quite popular and there is a substantial group of people of all ages and wealth that want to see a return to Tito's rule. (He quietly was a dictator, but did not align with the Soviets so he did get alot of support from the Western World including USA.) As for Casto, from what I can tell, the Cubans love him but who knows.
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