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Douglas MacArthur though.
by paleotrope 1y ago
Douglas MacArthur though.
- dudeinjapan 1y agoMacArthur was there till 1952 and was tasked with rebuilding, establishing a viable democratic government, then exiting. The majority of growth came after him. Compare to Mao, Stalin, and other dictators of the era.
- rayiner 1y agoMcArthur did way more than that, including things like land reform, welfare programs, censoring media, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Commander_for_the_Allied_Powers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Commander_for_the_Alli.... In some ways, he was a “good authoritarian” like Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore.