Hello,

I hope my question is worded correctly for you to understand what I am asking.

So why is Adolf Hitler the go to comparison for bad people? We often hear the, 'as bad as Hitler', or 'worse than Hitler' uttered when we talk of bad people. In fact the Uk house of parilment seem to mention him an awful lot... Yet, now at least, he not 'living memory' for most. (Yeah ,there are some WW2 veterans still around, but as each year passes there are less and less.)

I ask as, from what little I know, there have been many more recent dictators, some still alive and kicking. Or killing as the case maybe.

(I can't name the current ones, as it breaks the 20yr rule.) For example, Joesph Stalin, Pol Pot , Idi Amin Dada , Jorge Rafael Videla, Enver Pasha to name a few.

Is it just due to the scale/amount of people killed? Or is it a social thing,e.g. Adolf Hitler is a much easier a name to remember than say, Mao Zedong?

Thank you for your time.