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Genghis Khan is up there. His conquests killed millions, I see estimates of up to 40 million, a significant percentage of the world's population (possibly double-digits). It's even theorized that so many people died that global temperature dropped as a result. You could go and argue that a large unified empire would prevent many future wars and thus could be a net positive even if establishing it is very bloody, and Genghis' rule was reportedly relatively progressive compared to his contemporaries. But then, you need to make it so that the emprie doesn't immediately break apart after its ruler dies, which he failed at.
Though you can always argue that he wasn't really more evil than other rulers, just more successful. Which still makes him a "great villain", but there are more directly evil deeds than conquest, such as genocide.
Also, let's not put too fine a point on it, his famed virility - leading to potentially millions of people with traces of his DNA - was likely expressed (for the most part) through decades of rape in unheard of numbers.
bingo. the Mongol Empire lasted less than 90 years. A flash in the pan in terms of world history. Yeah he was great at conquering a massive amount of land mass but they sure as fuck were unable to hold it. and the 4 Khans after Genghis ruled for like a handful of years each. One of which only lasted a couple years.
Yeah I'm inclined to agree with this if we define "evil" by destructive power at least (and always worth remembering that we merely have general agreements on what "evil" is, usually based on what is and isn't considered advantageous for human well-being. Absolute good and evil are religious myths.). But GK was also kinda interesting in that his conquests etc. were "honest". He wasn't trying to build some ideal society, he just lived in accordance to "Might Makes Right" and surprisingly indiscriminately applied that into his domain as well. Whatever one could claim for themselves, was theirs so long as they could defend it. Regardless of gender, religion, further cultural details etc.
I feel like he represents the logical conclusion of non-conservative right-wing ideals taken to the extreme. Individual power (however that manifests - raw strength, charisma) trumps everything else, so in a way, libertarian... but everything was of course to be absolutely subject to the Mongol Empire rule so, authoritarian.
If we go by ideology + destructiveness as a metric of "evil", probably Hitler.
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Genghis Khan was the original Thanos!?! 🤯
He did also have a good side sort of. He also did some good, there are people who only did pure evil.
I hear Hitler treated his dog very well.
IMO, people generally aren't pure good or evil. But that doesn't mean that people like Hitler or Genghis Khan aren't giant assholes.
I call him, "Rapey McRapenstein".