of all the bad evil leaders from history, have there been many, or even one, who actually reduced the government instead of using the government's power to further their own evil goals?

>>17847944 (OP)
I have no idea
I'm guessing Pol Pot

>>17847944 (OP)
“Shrinking the government” doesn’t mean anything by itself. It’s a buzzword like “living wage.”

Reducing the scope of the government? No, pretty much every tyranny sought to make their regime the lynchpin through which the state, economy, and society operates.

Reducing the bureaucracy? Yes, plenty did this to replace them with their cronies who’d mismanage and misplace tax dollars/state industries.

You mean" has there ever been a tyrant who stripped social services to fund the military and secret police". There, fixed that for you.

>>17847965
Idk much about Pol Pot but would a Communist dictator really shrink the government?
The only guy I can think of that would maybe fit is Pinochet. He overthrew a socialist and I think he undid some of the government takeovers of the private sector, but Idk if he really reduced the power of the government or just sold some land or something.

>>17847944 (OP)
Oy vey. This Massie fella is no good!

>>17847944 (OP)
>shrunk the government
*replace the government with corporatism

Augustus disbanded half the army he inherited plus fax farmer corporations devolving all land taxes to local elites

in terms of making the government smaller by removing parts that restrain said figures power yes plenty have

>>17847983
has there ever been a tyrant who only used the secret police to go after foreign invaders and not against his own citizens
>inb4 edge cases of American citizens who were detained and released
tyrants don't release them just because they verify that they are citizens