re: Has there ever been a communist leader who wasn't a terrible tyrant?

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I haven't seen Alexander Dubcek mentioned

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That’s because he was a communist in name only. He introduced economic decentralization and liberalization as well as recognizing fundamental human rights and significant limitations on government power.

He was wildly popular. The Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia within a year and removed him.

communism necessitates tyranny. How else do you keep the producers producing so the leaches can leach?

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Not everybody who fought in the Cuban Revolution was a Communist. They didn't realize at the time that Castro would somehow accomplish the seemingly impossible task of being even worse than Batista. Castro didn't come out as a communist until a year or two into his dictatorship, and he ended up executing some non-communists who had fought for him in the Revolution.

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True.
But my comment still stands regarding the attitude of many people who were in Cuba at that time.
Actually, I went to Havana about 25 years ago and the fear was apparent in people even then.

What forms of tyranny DON’T involve some form of socialism?
Ultimately whatever the labels, you have a taker class that thrives and a worker class that is exploited. Whether the taker class is a king and court or a Prime Minister or whatever the end effect and result is the same.

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Pinochet saved Chile

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Pinochet helicopter rides for commies need to make a comeback