From the cited source:
Stalin is an uncommon figure in modern economic history: a dictator with absolute power who also controlled one of the largest economies in the world. Since it is virtually impossible to separate Stalin's wealth from the wealth of the Soviet Union, this combination has led multiple economists to nominate him as one of the richest people of all time.
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While that money didn't belong directly to Stalin, he had the ability to leverage blah blah blah peepee poopoo
Neolib ghouls are absolutely wild.
I wasn't expecting it to be good, but that article is dogshit.
Contemporary sources describe Genghis Khan's caravan as having hundreds of wagons of gold and silver spoils from his conquests following him around. What made him seem poor compared to other rulers was the fact that he never settled down and got super ostentatious with his wealth (though his heirs certainly did).
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