RetroFed Forums
Your home away from modern life.
If the whole world knows your country's leader's name, it's probably a bad thing
Post Reply
AuthorMessage
roofuskit lemmy.world roofuskit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-03
#52 · Quote Reply

Can't make an omelet without cracking a few eggs my friend.

I've never once had to bomb a wedding or extra judicially kill an American citizen to make an omlet.

7
VitoRobles lemmy.today VitoRobles@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-01-26
#53 · Quote Reply

There's plenty of people who don't know about pol pot.

Yep. It's like if it doesn't affect western countries, the genocides aren't really brought up.

1
🔍🦘🛎 lemmy.world Zoomboingding@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#54 · Quote Reply

Not current, but a possible counter point would have been Nelson Mandela.

Ghandi, Abraham Lincoln, and Queen Elizabeth were known for their positive contributions

1
🔍🦘🛎 lemmy.world Zoomboingding@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#55 · Quote Reply

I've never heard Jacinda Ardern mentioned until now. And Barack Obama was the first black POTUS (and also ridiculed by some because of that). Xi Jinping is probably the best example.

Xi? The guy orchestrating a genocide?

1
𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍 lemmy.world Witchfire@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-07
#56 · Quote Reply

Can't make an omelet without cracking a few eggs my friend.

What exactly is the omelette in this analogy, war crimes?

3
𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍 lemmy.world Witchfire@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-07
#57 · (edited) Quote Reply

Not current, but a possible counter point would have been Nelson Mandela.

Not a country leader, but Zohran Madani is quite well known

4
HamsterRage lemmy.ca HamsterRage@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
#58 · Quote Reply

Hmmmm...

I give you Mark Carney.

4
Mulligrubs lemmy.world Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-11
#59 · Quote Reply

That's the problem, people think of Trump as the cause

He's the result.

When your government is for sale, the elected are greedy, ruthless, amoral villains.

Trump is stupid, we'll miss him when someone brilliantly evil "wins".

10
plm00 lemmy.ml plm00@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-12-28
#60 · Quote Reply

Hmmmm... I give you Mark Carney.

Who?

4
Goodlucksil lemmy.dbzer0.com Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-15
#61 · Quote Reply

Xi? The guy orchestrating a genocide?

Of being known worldwide

2
🔍🦘🛎 lemmy.world Zoomboingding@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#62 · Quote Reply

Of being known worldwide

Ah, I should have directed this at the top comment which implies he has a good reputation worldwide.

1
ThirdConsul lemmy.zip ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-01-03
#63 · Quote Reply

Ghandi, Abraham Lincoln, and Queen Elizabeth were known for their positive contributions

Abraham Lincoln for their positive contribution

Whole world knows his name

No? He was a leader during USA civil war, nothing noteworthy on the world scale. He was for freeing some slaves, but famously not his.

Roosevelt, yes, that guy is more known for their contribution.

1
nightlily leminal.space nightlily@leminal.space
Joined: 2024-08-08
#64 · Quote Reply

Jacinda Ardern and Barack Obama both had a pretty good rep and worldwide appeal. Maybe even Xi Jinping Idk if your statement is correct

Ardern unfortunately ended her term prematurely after having been through three major disasters (Christchurch terrorist shooting, Whakaari eruption which killed 22 people, and of course COVID) and has been chased out of the country by a bunch of rancid conspiracy nutters (and the far right politicians that support them). The Prime Minister of a tiny country like NZ is only going to get well known for negative reasons for the country, even if she handled those issues mostly well.

1
Post Reply Page 2 of 2   Goto page « First 1, 2
Back to top