@parados,
parados wrote:
So..
A ruthless dictator can be a person that is treated badly or one that is treated like a God?
Either, neither, or both I would think.
The interesting thing is that so many of these guys experienced unusally difficult or ugly events from their childhoods--the kinds of things that are traumatic for most kids, and you don't find all that many who seem to have enjoyed a normal, uneventful childhood. Even Ghenghis Kahn had a troubled childhood--his father died when he was young and his family abandoned his husbandless mother and kids. That would tend to freak a kid out wouldn'tyou think? Perhaps make him angry. Vengeful against people in general?
Certainly most kids with troubled background don't grow up to be any kind of dictator, much less ruthless ones. And certainly there are some who seem to have had it all and turned bad.
But then most kids who have normal upbringing and experiences turn out to be productive, law abiding, useful citizens, some rising to positions of fame and power. But not all.
So there are no rules.
Just interesting correlations.
