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The Passing Of Fidel Castro
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When Castro came to power the firing squads started to operate. They slaughtered those who had worked for Batista. Even if they hadn't done anything wrong they were executed. Che Guevara who is idolised by many presided over some of these firing squads. One out of every six Cubans fled the island. Those who were openly opposed to the new government wound up in prison. There was no freedom of the press or expression. Homosexuals were imprisoned for the mere fact of being homosexual. The concentration camps were horrible. Of course TIME made Hitler the man of the year. Dictators get admired and loved by the masses and by the media. I pointed that out. That makes them neither good nor right. Ask those who fled Germany or Cuba whether they thought Hitler or Castro were good guys?
Gandhi and Kissinger were not dictators so I don't know how they are relevant to this discussion. A dictator may be democratically elected as Hitler was. A dictator is one who has power with no checks on him. Castro, Lenin, Hitler, Mao, Mussolini, Franco, Kim il Sung and Stalin are examples of dictators. They are characterised by centrality of power, torture, imprisonment and execution of disfavoured groups or opponents, an all-encompassing ideology or religion, restriction of freedom of expression, press and freedom of association and movement, concentration camps, hatred of democracy and propaganda. Popes used to have such powers. When they had such powers they acted like any other dictators.
In my opinion all absolute monarchs are bad. No human can have such power and remain a decent person.