I'm torn - Muhammad, Marx, Keynes, Hitler...... I don't think Hitler could have taken full command of the German people and then used that command to do evil without the prior general acceptance of the subordination of the individual to the state - i.e., without Marx there is no Hitler (and no Stalin, Pol Pot, etc...) - I mean Hitler would have lived but you'd never have heard of him.
Similarly, Keynes told government officials what they wanted to hear - his ideas didn't lead to genocide of tens of millions but they did lead to life being more difficult for hundreds of millions than it would have been with financial independence. It's almost like comparing battle deaths to battle wounded.
Then there is Muhammad. He killed thousands in unprovoked raids to spread his religion by force. He preached hate and murder and taught that God wanted people to kill and every year tens of thousands take his teachings literally.
In terms of numbers of lives lost so far, I vote Marx...
2007-02-23
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