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#200 – Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy
Lex Fridman Podcast
Chow Chezku, the Dictator of Romania
There's something especially disturbing about a weak man, given power and just abusing that power. Chow Chezku was the dictator of Romania who imposed a personality cult on his country. He would have in any other culture been accomplished nothing or war if he'd had an honest job. That sense of vindictiveness is what makes human nature most primal.
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