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DavidB:
If an international survey was conducted to determine who the most hated people in the world are, there's little doubt that George W. Bush would take top prize. He'd almost certainly be voted the most hated in the U.S. alone.

But who else would make the Top Ten? It's likely that a few members of Bush's administration would make the grade, notably Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleeza Rice.

The only other individual I can think of offhand who would make the Top Ten would be Bill Gates.

George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice and Bill Gates - all U.S. citizens. The other five finalists could well be U.S. citizens, too.

Ironically, these people aren't hated enough, thanks largely to their powerful propaganda machines.

Laukev7:
That's the problem when people aren't hated by a sufficient amount of people. The ones who hate them for the right reasons have to hate them twice as much to make up for it, thus making them look like extremists.

But then, the fact that those people aren't hated enough usually fuels that hatred even more, which easily compensates the hatred deficit.

Pathos:
I don't like any of those people the people who really should be hated the most are brutal dictators/war lords in the third world countries not some executives/politians with wishy-washy morals and tactics. The media don't spend enough time exposing the genocides occuring out side the first world countries and so everyone pretends they don't exist to make life easier.

cahult:
Well, hate is a strong word, much stronger on its side than love is on the good side. I would rather say loath. There you have a word which tells all  about these folks. Maybe, in a way, loath and loathe is stronger than hate. I don

DavidB:

--- Quote from: Pathos ---I don't like any of those people the people who really should be hated the most are brutal dictators/war lords in the third world countries not some executives/politians with wishy-washy morals and tactics. The media don't spend enough time exposing the genocides occuring out side the first world countries and so everyone pretends they don't exist to make life easier.
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I agree to a point - there are some bloodthirsty monsters who don't get nearly enough press. The irony is that many of them are our allies.

George W. Bush is special because of his extraordinary power. His actions have empowered despots around the world. Keep in mind, also, that George W. Bush could literally be as evil as the baddest Afghani warlord. After all, Bush hasn't yet achieved a dictatorship and therefore isn't able to do whatever he wants.

What would Dubya do if he had Hitler's power? I don't think there's any doubt that he'd have us involved in at least one more war, and he'd very likely find someone to test some tactical nukes on.

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