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What do you guys think about Idi Amin, leader of Uganda from 1971 to 1979? (lemmygrad.ml)
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Was he a brutal dictator, or was he (somehow) not?

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[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Fair point, but he was... err pretty horrible, ngl LMAO

Edit: I mean, I agree there is a Western obsession, but he was certainly "up there" In terms of evil. He also was staunchly anti-communist, though did it with a "Black nationalist" veneer at times (obviously it wasn't, but you know how it goes).