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		anonnon 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Garibaldi, history's sexiest revolutionary? Garibaldi wasn't a dictator.

thomassmith65 28 days ago | [–]

While it's misleading to characterize him as a dictator without further context, he momentarily was.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship_of_Giuseppe_Garib...

jjgreen 28 days ago | [–]

The original quote (from "The Young Ones") uses "revolutionaries" rather than "dictators", which make more sense.

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