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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
You know its funny but there used to be massively well attended rallies for Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot as well. In fact massively well attended rallies in support of a glorious leader are a sure sign of a brutal dictatorship holding their population in absolute fear, after all how many of us would bother to turn out in support of Harper or Layton, knowing full well we won't be shoot if we dont.
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You're right that Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot etc. held massive rallies for themselves, although I don't agree that people always attended out of fear. Hitler did many good things economically for the German people in his earlier years. One thing those dictators did not do however, is hand out AK-47 rifles and RPG's to their population for the purpose of defending themselves, like Ghadafi did.