The hell is the real-life equivalent of a dark lord? Can that even be addressed without getting into discouraged topics?
I'd be inclined to think along the lines of Pol Pot, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, etc.
I think Nornagest's comment provides a more accurate characterization.
I think Nornagest's comment provides a more accurate characterization.
Yes. Newbs deny the relevance of good and evil; dark lords recognize extraordinarily useful tools when they see them.
I'd be inclined to think along the lines of Pol Pot, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, etc.
I think your list of dark lords is padded. I'm pretty sure there's at least one well-intentioned idealist in there and Kim Jong Il probably wasn't much to speak of in the 'lord' department.
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