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Kārlis Ulmanis, maybe?

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Kārlis Ulmanis, maybe?

If anyone can claim to have been a benevolent dictator, he's first in line. He looked at the communists and fascists fighting in the streets, and decided to shut them BOTH down. He had the support of the army, farmers, and business owners (they didn't like him setting price controls but it did stabilize things and wasn't as bad as in some countries), so he didn't need the support of either party. So he threw both parties in jail, threw anyone who protested in jail, threw all their partisan newsletter hacks in jail, and told them all they could either shut up and stop fighting, or fight in jail.

Then Stalin invaded and he was sent to die in a work camp.

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Kārlis Ulmanis, maybe?

If anyone can claim to have been a benevolent dictator, he's first in line. He looked at the communists and fascists fighting in the streets, and decided to shut them BOTH down. He had the support of the army, farmers, and business owners, so he didn't need the support of either party. So he threw BOTH parties in jail, threw anyone who protested in jail, threw all their partisan newsletter hacks in jail, and told them all they could either shut up and stop fighting, or fight in jail.

Then Stalin invaded and he was sent to die in a work camp.

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Kārlis Ulmanis, maybe?