The evilest person who committed the most horrendous deeds, propagated the worst ideas, or was responsible for other moustache-twirling affairs.

Anyone who is currently alive does not count.

  • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    412·
    6 days ago

    Thomas Midgley, Jr

    Invented CFCs like Freon, which caused the hole in the ozone layer, and then later went on to pioneer the use of lead in gasoline, which is estimated to have resulted in the cumulative loss of millions of IQ points from humanity during its use, not to mention lead-derived cancers and other illnesses.

    Possibly the single greatest negative contribution to the environment and humanity.

    • withabeard@sh.itjust.works
      231·
      6 days ago

      Did the most damage… But I’m not sure he’s villainous. Just competently dangerous. Happy to be corrected but I thought tmjr was trying to improve the world. He just got massively unlucky… Multiple times.

    • mechoman444@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 days ago

      I consider this man to be the worst individual in all of human history. Maybe the single worst human to ever live on the face of the planet.

      What makes him this bad? He knew. He knew what leaded gasoline was doing and what freon would do and he did it anyway to help cooperations make a little more money.

      There are some pretty bad people under the post. But this guy… Man.