Why do I admire rulers such as Napoleon and Stalin?
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So was Saddam Hussein for that matter.  They're very charismatic, with a black heart.  Don't let your admiration blind you.
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Machiavelli supported tyranny because he thought that emperors and kings had the divine right to rule, and then therefore had the best ideas overall. He also thought that if a strong leader kept people in line, even with semi-harsh rules, that it was what was best for the people.
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Stalin ruled on fear. He greatly rewarded family and friends who ratted on each other, and people were greatly rewarded. So, everyone lived in terror. People would rat, and others would disapear mysteriously into the night.
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A True "Prince" is instructed in the ways of PEACE and the Art of war as an understudy program.  The dialogs you present are true only in part.  A ruler who has no plan for his country and sets aside the historical facts and interest, will tend to invade with out justification, or utilize efforts to exercise the strength empowered to Him/Her. You bring good presentations for the counterpart IE: The teachings of terrorist...I find my self asking why your question is not supported by the proper and thought-out comments??
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I don't think it's just now.  Napoleon was a dramatic figure in world history--a brilliant tactician (for the most part!), notorious for his behavior.  He's a great study in how to do some things, and how not to do others.
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Victors in wars always get to write the history books.  \n\nWhy did we ally ouselves to a know butcher in Joe Stalin? Nations face similar dilemmas. The Roosevelt administration formed a strategic alliance with Joe Stalin, a known butcher of millions of his own people, to fight Adolf Hitler, a man they considered to be a greater threat. That difficult decision determined the survival of the free world.\n\nSome people call us liberators, others conquerors, martyrs, fanatics, heroes, or just plain nut cases....its' all relative.  Write the history and call them what you like.
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do you think the world would be a better place if people had shown more understanding to adolf hitler, josef stalin, or pol pot?\n\nif you give help to someone to do evil, you do evil yourself.\n\n'for evil to triumph it is enough that the good remain silent'.\n\n(or words to that effect).
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Emperor Augustus.\n\nThe link below has plenty of interesting information on the Emperor.
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I am able to answer part A of the question: Sargon.  He created the first empire, a strong military. He did establish a few heirs to rule after him. The Akkadians were very cohesive, some mistakes, yet the legacy is well established history, the First Empire. Look at history of the babylonians by HWF Saggs.  Kinda anti-semetic, but a lot of historians are,,,,
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Otto Skorzeny was a storm trooper extraordinaire.  He was a devoted Nazi through and through and was a favorite of Hitler.  He ran a successful mission to rescue Mussolini towards the end of the war.  He ran infiltration groups dresses as American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge.  He also alledgedly was involved in setting up the Odessa escape organization that helped my Nazis flee Germany and head to South America.  He was not necessarily a very nice guy, but he certainly was the "go to" paratrooper for the Third Reich.  He was called the "Most Dangerous Man in Europe", led a fascinating life, and died of cancer at age 67.
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Lenin was first.Stalin was later,But the theroy of communisam was started by Karl Marx.
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I'm from Canada and I like my leader.\n   He is for family values which the former Liberal government was against.\n   It's like a breath of fresh air having a leader who is for building up the country and not tearing it down.
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A Church is asexual.  Now you've really amazed me with how dominated you are by your Napoleonic complex.  \n\nIn the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis, Napoleon complex (or Napoleon syndrome) is a colloquial term used to describe a type of inferiority complex suffered by people who are short. The term is also used more generally to describe people who are driven by a perceived handicap to overcompensate in other aspects of their lives.\n\nAlfred Adler pioneered the psychological work on inferiority complexes, and used Napoléon Bonaparte as an example of someone who he thought was driven to extremes by a psychological need to compensate for what he saw as a handicap: his small stature (though in actuality, Napoleon's particular shortness is a myth; he was in fact slightly over 168 cm, or 5 ft 6 in). Typically people with this complex will compensate in many ways, reaching beyond their personal performance. A person with a Napoleon Complex may set pictures in their home to lower levels and make other such accommodations which will enable them to feel taller in their surroundings.\n\nCompensatory behavior exhibited by those with a Napoleon complex may also include being overly aggressive or argumentative and a need to over-achieve, which all serve to give the person a sense of greater self worth.\n\nAn example of somebody with the Napoleon Complex is the character Curley in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men". Curley finds the need to prove himself by fighting larger men, such as Lenny.
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I think that type of leader can get his employees to work for him in a postive way.  I had a boss like that. He lit up the room with his positive attitude.  He was a Biochemist and ex-naval commander.  Everyone that worked for him busted their buns to be the best employee..he had a way of making you feel good for your accomplishements...he died in 1994 and to this day I miss him but will always love him
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I suspect that when you talk about people we love to hate are minor villains like the oil company ex and politicians. the reason that we run across them so often is that there a re lots of them and they keep a high profile.
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Emperor Franz Josef of Russia, because he was a noble stateman and daring explorer.  I am sure he would have some great stories of life and death to impart upon me and my other dinner guests!
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The one area where Stalin can claim success is in updating certain industries and managing to catch up 100 yrs of technology that russia had been missing out on. \nT o do this he had to instill the fear of death into the people so that his "quotas" would be met. In addition he had many psychological problems, possibly stemming from his lack of height and the fact that he was ruling a russian nation and he wasnt even russian (a la hitler, a la napoleon)\nSo he was paranoid, killed anything that moved and showed a bit of vision, probably murdered lenin. \nGhosts were out to get this guy.\nUnfortunately bc he traumatixed the nation the next 30 years leaders spent all their efforts in avoiding anything stalin touched and this included industry.  \nSo he may have updated russia by 100 years but then he forced us back 60 years and caused another 100 years of mental stigma. So...overall i think Stalin has negative points despite his 5 years plans.