The Mongols were atrocious but one thing that is better than Communist dictators is if you paid them, they left you alone. All they cared about was tribute.
Communists care about everything you do.
From his history:
He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan," he started the Mongol invasions that resulted in the conquest of most of Eurasia.
These included raids or invasions of the Qara Khitai, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western Xia and Jin dynasties. These campaigns were often accompanied by wholesale massacres of the civilian populations , especially in the Khwarezmian and Xia controlled lands. By the end of his life, the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion of Central Asia and China.
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How does a population give "tribute" if they have ceased to exist because of Khan's wholesale slaughter of them? People have to be allowed to live so they are able to give "tribute."
True. At least they let people live albeit under rigid control. They don't do the wholesale slaughter that made Genghis Khan the worst murderer of all history.
If you ever have a chance to visit Berlin there is much information, photos, stories, etc., about the East Berliners (and other Eastern Communist Bloc people) escaped "over the wall." It's very interesting.
As for the Chinese and Southeast Asian countries brand of communism, I dunno. It ain't pretty, that's for sure.
Ronald Reagan: commie buster.