Although many people may refer to leaders like Hitler and Stalin as a madman but unlike those people I don’t think this leaders are mad. Many people are hesitant to accept these leaders’ cruelty and ruthlessness as the result of anything but insanity. But their actions doesn’t make them mad and in fact many historical analysts believe that mental illness cannot explain the actions of these leaders. Saddam’s upbringing and his years in power prove that he didn’t suffered any severe mental illness. Researchers believe that these three leaders can accurately be described as a malignant narcissist. This is described as a severe form narcissistic personal disorder, in which people became self-centered, paranoid, and oversensitive to people’s criticism.
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I think is wrong to think that he was an irrational and unstable crazy person but rather he was a political calculator by no way irrational. If you look back in his childhood you will find that he was born to a poor family who were illiterate but he was heavily influenced by his uncle, who was a nationalist. He taught him heroic stories of his relatives who died for the sake of their Iraq and indoctrinate him with dreams of becoming a great Arab leader. When he rose to power he eliminated everyone that opposed him and that is what many dictators around the world do to gain full control of the country. Many people believe that Saddam was one kind because they argue that he had the ruthlessness of Stalin and risk taking of Hitler. These leaders maintain the control by terrorizing the population and fear is a key to their success. These leader use nationalism to gain support and power. Many may argue that these leaders sometimes bring stability and peace to areas in the world where peace is impossible without a strongman because the varies parts of a country may not like each other which can cause civil war like Iraq. They argued that a leader like Saddam can bring all of those factions together under a secular nationalistic rule. I believe that the harm those leaders like Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam can bring to a country and even a region in the world outweighs the good they bring to their
I think is wrong to think that he was an irrational and unstable crazy person but rather he was a political calculator by no way irrational. If you look back in his childhood you will find that he was born to a poor family who were illiterate but he was heavily influenced by his uncle, who was a nationalist. He taught him heroic stories of his relatives who died for the sake of their Iraq and indoctrinate him with dreams of becoming a great Arab leader. When he rose to power he eliminated everyone that opposed him and that is what many dictators around the world do to gain full control of the country. Many people believe that Saddam was one kind because they argue that he had the ruthlessness of Stalin and risk taking of Hitler. These leaders maintain the control by terrorizing the population and fear is a key to their success. These leader use nationalism to gain support and power. Many may argue that these leaders sometimes bring stability and peace to areas in the world where peace is impossible without a strongman because the varies parts of a country may not like each other which can cause civil war like Iraq. They argued that a leader like Saddam can bring all of those factions together under a secular nationalistic rule. I believe that the harm those leaders like Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam can bring to a country and even a region in the world outweighs the good they bring to their