r/AskReddit • u/DrCompenomics • 13h ago

Who’s the best real-life example of “you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain,” and what happened?

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u/Josniff3021orwhat 8h ago

He's a genocide denier too

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u/BeautifulWonderful 7h ago

Which genocide?

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u/vayyiqra 7h ago

He was skeptical of the Cambodian genocide in the 70s, but later admitted he was wrong at least. He defended this by saying he was going off the little information he had about it at the time.

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u/adamgerd 6h ago

Cambodia and Bosnia

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u/Monoenomynous 7h ago

Cambodia

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u/KeithClossOfficial 6h ago

Cambodia, Bosnia, and the Holocaust.