Socialism hasn’t really gotten a good reputation in the last few decades. It’s often associated with the related-yet-more-extreme communism which has a history that’s pretty much riddled with wars, strife and poverty. Socialism is a lot more than just the extreme version of it however, and every political wing has had good and bad leaders.
Let’s take a look at some socialist leaders that we’ve seen in history that were fairly popular. Do note that popular doesn’t mean you have to agree with their point of view or even that the rest of the world at the time did.
Dilma Rousseff
This former Brazilian leader has carried on the legacy that Lula started and made Brazil a place that could be attractive to investors without it leading to poverty and bad living environments for Brazil’s people. It’s a course that has set Brazil on a nice path of growth and has put them back on the map internationally.
