Modern versions of Historical figures

[Basileus_Komnenos]

Joseph Stalin: A far left political commentator who has been criticized for out right calling for the state to seize the means of production and introduce a ban on net worth's more than a million dollars. He has recently been banned on Twitter for his views.

This is a pretty poor example for Stalin. Stalin was neither an ideologue nor an intellectual but rather a sheer pragmatist.

Stalin grew up as a poor Georgian Peasant who originally was aiming to become a priest. He was expelled from the seminary for his more radical views though.

As a revolutionary, Stalin was essentially a brutish thug working as a bank robber. Stalin came to power within the USSR by working within the government and using his intellect to gain power. He managed to turn the powerless general secretary position within the USSR into near monarchical status with the man often being derided as the "Red Tsar."

 

[RedKing]

This is a pretty poor example for Stalin. Stalin was neither an ideologue nor an intellectual but rather a sheer pragmatist.

Stalin grew up as a poor Georgian Peasant who originally was aiming to become a priest. He was expelled from the seminary for his more radical views though.

As a revolutionary, Stalin was essentially a brutish thug working as a bank robber. Stalin came to power within the USSR by working within the government and using his intellect to gain power. He managed to turn the powerless general secretary position within the USSR into near monarchical status with the man often being derided as the "Red Tsar."

I suppose, but then again he wouldn't have had any of those experiences he did in otl. Though I may change it to be Karl Marx, which would be much more appropriate.

 

[ByzantineCaesar]

Some Brazilian historical figures:

Pedro de Alcântara: a Brazilian intellectual, polymath and university professor, son of a wealthy first generation Portuguese immigrant. Although Alcântara is not particularly known for his original thinking, he has garnered wide respect thanks to his high erudition and modesty. In his role as president of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute (IHGB) and chairman of the National Museum, hosted in the former imperial palace, he has gained significant standing in the academic community due to his sponsorship of learning. Alcântara briefly served as Education Minister before the military coup of 1964, upon which he was forced to leave Brazil in exile, fearing persecution. He lived first in Lisbon and then in Paris, where he became a visiting professor of History, Anthropology and Literature at Sciences Po. With the general amnesty conceded by the Brazilian government in 1979, he returned to Brazil, where he helped establish the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). Following the end of the dictatorship, Pedro de Alcântara was unwillingly elected President of Brazil in 1985 thanks to his universal respect and erudition, serving in a single term presidency until 1990, which oversaw the restoration of democracy and the 1988 Constitution. Since then, Alcântara has presided over the IHGB and also heads the Pedro de Alcântara Foundation, a major Brazilian think thank and scientific center.

Getúlio Vargas: born in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Vargas initially attended law school, but then pursued graduate school in developmental economics at the University of Campinas. He was elected a federal Congressman at a young age. Having initially opposed the 1964 military coup, he later made peace with the regime, serving as the economy minister in the 1970’s and one of the main civilian politicians of the ARENA state party. Following the end of the dictatorship, Vargas established his own authoritarian-leaning party focused on developmental economics and populism. He was elected President of Brazil and served for two terms (having bribed Congress to allow him a second term), during which he enacted a series of social reforms having the intention of building up a strong internal market and winning electoral support at the expense of the traditional left. When Vargas failed to elect a successor, he claimed the elections had been fraudulent and initially refused to hand over the presidency, when the military stepped in to enforce the Constitution. Nevertheless, Vargas was re-elected for a third and fourth term in the following elections.

Alberto Santos-Dummont: a Brazilian astrophysicist and engineer who became the leading scientist and engineer of the Brazilian space program. Santos-Dummont is often regarded as a genius and as the inventor of the first working space ship, a design he had to lease privately due to lack of funding in Brazil. Santos-Dummont currently serves as Minister of Science and Technology and is a major actor in both the space program and the aerospace industry.​

 

[AstroRangerBeans]

Charles Lindbergh: a US politician and a head of America First. He was a former soldier, NASA astronaut, and pilot of several airplanes that he flown as well as former businessman known to revolutionizing the 21st century version of aircraft designs as well as in fields of space technology including his spaceplane that earned a fame. Although somewhat controversial due to staunch supporter of right-wing populist American president and non-interventionist stance as well as harsh statements about ethnic and racial minorities.