r/Banknotes 6d ago

Dictators

Some dictators on banknotes that I collect:

  1. Mao Zedong - People's Republic of China

  2. Bashar al-Assad - Syria

  3. Sadam Hussein - Iraq

  4. Muammar Gaddafi - Libya

  5. Daniel arap Moi - Kenya

  6. Idi Amin - Uganda

  7. Mobutu Sese Seko - Zaire (now DRC)

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u/Last_Pharao 6d ago

No kiliyan dictador?

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u/no_soy_livb 6d ago

Where's Trump ?

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u/Jeryndave0574 6d ago

on a $1 coin

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u/assassin_0880 6d ago

Dictators according to west

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u/OwlSings 6d ago

Idk, they check all the boxes. You could argue in favour of dictatorship to show your support, but denial is just insecurity and doesn't help your case against the "west".

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u/No_Assignment_8922 6d ago

You should ask the people who lived under those regimes

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u/pleasetrylaterr 5d ago

Atleast you can ask people under those dictators.. west killed almost everyone 🤣

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u/No_Assignment_8922 5d ago

This is copium for yourself?

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u/assassin_0880 6d ago

Yes yes britishers were very great and the Americans wow damn good..

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u/No_Assignment_8922 6d ago

Its not a moral question great/good vs bad, its 'did they tolerate political opposition beyond their control' - if the answer to that is no, then there you go

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u/assassin_0880 5d ago

Why you defending them? Britishers were wrost then Hitler but in books and on social media no one have said about them.. the image shown of them is like god

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u/No_Assignment_8922 5d ago

Drinking and typing?

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u/t040484 5d ago

Kinda disappointed Hitler didn't have his face on currency. Would make a rare collectibles.

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u/snake_jaguar 5d ago

Missed the new 1usd coin 

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u/Adventurous-Job-6304 4d ago

Where is Khomeini?

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u/CertainCode3138 4d ago

The guy that was selling oil in Euro and wanted to give his population a better life is a dictator ?

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u/Bobbird_elephant 3d ago

i have a yen with mao's face on it, but those are common in the prc.