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u/Steven_Thacker · 2 pointsr/CapitalismVSocialism

https://www.amazon.com/Pol-Pot-Nightmare-Philip-Short/dp/0805080066

u/coinaday · 2 pointsr/btc

This is actually a really good point. Not to pull a Godwin's variant, as I'm really not comparing this in any way to the current Bitcoin situation, but just a response to your comment and the notion of a non-malicious leader being potentially still very dangerous: Having just finished a book on Pol Pot (amazon link, no referral code), I was quite surprised (having known almost nothing of the history before) to find a rather convincing argument that it wasn't actually pure malice and intention to murder hundreds of thousands of people that led to the events.

Granted, given that it was based on interviews with people who were heavily involved in the events, it's certainly a biased view. But I found it quite disturbing to consider the notion that such evil could result from arguably non-evil intentions and an apparently kind and friendly (from reports of students / followers) person. Of course, it makes some sense: if a person were wandering around foaming at the mouth shouting about how they were going to kill everyone around them, they might be less likely to reach a position of power.

It's really an argument that it's the quiet idealists you have to watch out for.