Three Lesser-Known Dictators Who Probably Didn’t Get Invited to the Tyrant Club
When you think of dictators, the usual suspects—Hitler, Stalin, Mao—steal the spotlight, twirling their mustaches (or not) and hogging all the infamy. But what about the underdogs of despotism? The guys who didn’t quite make the A-list of authoritarianism but still managed to ruin a few lives with their own brand of megalomaniacal flair? Thanks to a delightfully obscure YouTube video (shoutout to Top 10 Lesser-Known Dictators), we’re diving into three lesser-known tyrants who deserve a sarcastic slow clap for their efforts. Buckle up for a wild ride through the B-grade dictatorship. 1. Enver Hoxha: Albania’s Paranoid Bunker King First up, meet Enver Hoxha, the guy who turned Albania into a fortress of fear and concrete. Ruling from 1944 to 1985, Hoxha was the dictator equivalent of that friend who cancels plans because “someone’s probably out to get me.” His paranoia was legendary—he built 750,000 bunkers across Albania, one for every four citizens, because apparently, you can never ha...