The Fourth Worst Person in History

The Fourth Worst Person in History

Most everyone agrees on the three worst persons in history: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. Who was the fourth worst? Fifth, sixths, seventh?

I'm thinking the Germans sweep 4-7: Himmler, Eichmann, Goebbels, Ludendorff

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14 November 2024 at 11:09 PM
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Wouldn't Mengele be considered worse than those other Nazis?

I might put Muhammed above all your top three though.


If you rank Hitler as first, then you are not only considering their ideas and personality, but also their power/influence and thereby their impact

I would argue there have been worse persons than your top 3 But they lacked power, so they have been doing their utterly despicable things at a very small scale.


Please define worst people - as in evil? Then you could at a Jeffrey Dahmer or serial killers such as Columbine killers or Newhook (Adam Lanza).

There are so many in history - look at someone like Ghenghis Khan, Pol Pot, Kim Jong Il (I know these guys are from the East) or some of the African dictators like Robert Mugabe.

History is filled with powerful and charismatic people that are twisted.


Steve Bartman


This is an abuse of history


Caligula must be somewhere in the top 10


History is written by the winners.

Caligula is in Hell hanging out at the Bar with Hitler and pol pot.


The bar tender is Stalin.


strong disagree with your top 3 being a consensus


Has anyone here played '2nd best holdem'? The 2nd best hand at showdown wins. Multiway pots are a mindf***. Makes more sense than this thread though


by adonson k

Most everyone agrees on the three worst persons in history: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

Jesus, your knowledge base is severely packing context.


by MSchu18 k

Jesus, your knowledge base is severely packing context.

Are you using “Jesus” as an exclamation, or is that your nomination for the fourth worst person in history? 😁


by adonson k

Most everyone agrees on the three worst persons in history: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. Who was the fourth worst? Fifth, sixths, seventh?

I'm thinking the Germans sweep 4-7: Himmler, Eichmann, Goebbels, Ludendorff

This is quite an extreme recency bias.


by krunic k

This is quite an extreme recency bias.

German centric too

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