Talk:Dictatorship/Archive1

Tito -
Though a commie, Tito was part of the non-aligned movement and not a Soviet satellite/puppet - is there somewhere else to put him? PFoster 18:24, 1 January 2008 (EST)


 * "Other Eurasion"? I forget where Yugo is right now, since we aren't bombing it (that's how US geography works - we invade countries to learn where they are on the map).  Also, feel free to tinker with the groupings I made.  While mostly geographic, a few political alignments seemed to make sense.  And wasn't Japan a dictatorship until the end of WW2? human  18:30, 1 January 2008 (EST)
 * Imperial Japan was a hereditary Monarchy, ruled by a descendant of the Sun-Goddess Amaterasu. But the military were pretty much running the show. --Gulik 19:08, 1 January 2008 (EST)


 * Dictators, also known as autocrats, despots, or tyrants, are totalitarian absolute rulers with very few checks on their power. Fits the description. I seem to remember him interring Soviets on an island and torturing people who opposed him. So is that an American ally? 99.236.221.124 (talk) 09:01, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * This list is misleading and needs rewriting. Tito does not fit with men like Pol Pot and Pinochet. Milošević was not bright example of democracy, but he was not a dictator. --212.200.166.24 (talk) 19:50, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Dates?
Should we knock ourselves out and put in the dates of these people's respective rules? human  19:31, 1 January 2008 (EST)

Time
How far back shall we go? Because I bet a few caesars and maybe even popes would qualify. Or does tht start getting silly? Everything right now is 20th-21st century, right? human  19:31, 1 January 2008 (EST)
 * We might as well stick to the 20th+ century, or we'll be here forever, as just about everyone from Julius Caesar to Genghis Khan would qualify.. --Gulik 12:58, 2 January 2008 (EST)
 * I agree - 20th century dictators were a different breed from their predecessors for a number of reasons.PFoster 12:59, 2 January 2008 (EST)

Who is a dictator?
Alexander Lukashenko is a dictator. Hugo Chavez is working becoming one, Lukashenko already is, Especially if the "CIA World Factbook" says so.

And why is Erich Honecker of East Germany listed as a dictator? I thought someone told me he was a figurehead.

And why is the Iranian leaders listed as dictators.&mdash; Unsigned, by: 76.228.209.71 / talk / contribs
 * Have you got any reasoning behind this or are you randomly spurting again? 00:41, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * What is this nonsense? I'll have a beer and give you a moment to think. Ace McWickedI'm a pretty big deal around here... 00:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I think it's just more gibberjabber. I swear, one more load of BS comes from this BON, and we are talking vandal brake! 00:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Na, no need for vandal brake. This guy is amusing. Ace McWickedI'm a pretty big deal around here... 00:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * If this guy doesn't start signing his post I am going to crawl through the intertubes, pull out his lungs and force-feed them to him in front of his wife and children. RaoulDuke 00:55, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Not to support a random BON< but Lukashenko is definitely a dictator. Even if he was fairly elected the first time, he has now concentrated all power into his own hands (including the power to assemble a parliament of just those who support him).  All of the elections are as much of shams as the ones in other places on here (such as Syria).  There's a reason people refer to him as the "last dictator in Europe." Researcher 13:18, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

I have NO IDEA what happened
I did not try to remove anything from the talk page. Very weird. Apologies for any confusion/inconvenienceRaoulDuke 12:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC) Requesting thread archival (why?) Bongolian (talk)

Libya
It should be removed because it makes no sense that Gaddafi was dictator, since he was no president or prime minister of the country or even hold any political position, the nation had direct democratical system. 122.169.2.220 (talk)
 * And kim jong il wasnt president of north korea, just a party and military leader. now fuck off with your revisionism. -- il' Dictator   Mikal  07:17, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Wherefore the snarl word usage of revisionism? Aren't you a history major? 07:18, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * wha?-- il' Dictator   Mikal  07:19, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Stop twisting out two different things when you don't know about them, 'supreme leader' is the word used in north korea for president which is the highest political position there, got it????122.169.2.220 (talk)
 * :( il'  Dictator   Mikal  07:24, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems like you really got no point to backup against the thing which i have pointed, so now i would like you to edit and remove the objected line asap.122.169.2.220 (talk)
 * fuck off; your point was "HE DIDNT ACTUALLY HAVE A POLITICAL POSITION!!!!!" il' Dictator   Mikal  07:43, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Ofcourse he has none, that's what point is.122.169.2.220 (talk)
 * That's nice, but go away. -- il' Dictator   Mikal  07:50, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

So you admit that it's ignorant to put such false stuff? Well, just remove that's it.122.169.2.220 (talk)
 * That's nice, but go away. -- il' Dictator   Mikal  07:58, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Still no changes have been made?122.169.2.220 (talk) 09:44, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * So Gaddafi wasn't in charge, yet single-handedly defended it from The Terrorists? 99.50.98.145 (talk) 11:06, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * If you had told about some political issue then it would matter, but you are talking about the military issues, a country's Colonel is not a dictator, otherwise there's dictatorship in every country, Military officially never works on the order of politicians.122.169.2.220 (talk) 11:18, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:Commander-in-chief? Also, dictators do not have to be officially recognized as such to "count". 99.50.98.145 (talk) 11:26, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Well the government of Libya had supported the move, that's how colonel vowed to fight the terrorists. You are just proving that how he was a colonel, when we are here asking that how come he can be called as 'dictator' when he don't even have a political position, forget about the highest.122.169.2.220 (talk) 11:32, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Requesting thread archival (why?) Bongolian (talk)