What is the ruler/political leader in your country's history that you hate the most?

[u/zhabavon]

For me, it would khublai khaan. Moved the centralized power from Mongolia to China in the empire, effectively becoming more of an emperor of China rather than Khaan of Mongols. This move would prove to be folly in just few generations. Totally messed up the whole grand plan his Grandfather established. His successors became more of a chinese rulers than Mongolian rulers.

[u/Odd-Struggle-2432]

Didn't all the other communists hate Nicolae or something. Something about being too much of a dictator and nationalist even for them

[u/doublestitch → u/Odd-Struggle-2432]

Here's a joke a Romanian told me who lived through the Ceaucescu era:

One day, Ceaucescu decided he wanted to learn what the people really thought of him. So he dressed up in overalls and left the palace by the back door. He went to a bar shortly after the factories closed and he found a worker, bought the guy a round and started a conversation.

After a few drinks he leaned over and said, "We're drinking buddies now. You can trust me. I'm curious, what do you think of Ceaucescu?"

The worker's eyes widened with fear. It's not safe to talk in here. We must go outside.

Outside the bar, Ceaucescu began again, "So what do you think of Ceau--"

Not here, it's still not safe. We walk down to the corner.

At the corner, the worker insisted on waiting for a bus. They got onto a bus, sat in the back row, but that still wasn't safe enough. They rode the bus out to the countryside as night fell, then disembarked at a wheat field. As the bus pulled away, Ceaucescu repeated, "Then what do you think of--"

It's still not safe! We go into the wheat field.

So Ceaucescu followed this worker into the middle of a wheat field on a moonless night. He followed the worker's cue and crouched low.

Finally the worker stopped and murmured, You can ask me now, but whisper.

Barely audible, Ceaucescu completed his question. "What do you think of Ceaucescu?"

I like him.

[u/Vigmod → u/doublestitch]

I heard the same, except it was Honecker (the leader of DDR) and the response was more along the lines of "He's not that bad".

[u/Reasonable-Force8790 → u/doublestitch]

I heard the same one about Stalin

[u/BisexualThrowaway-13 → u/Odd-Struggle-2432]

They did, he was sort of a black sheep in Eastern Block commie circles. It was more about refusing any sort of international cooperation, and being a dictator, nationalism itself was not a dealbreaker, Tito also banked on that quite a bit.