Ronald Reagan is my “you have one use of a time machine” thing. For legal reasons I can/will not elaborate.
Amethystea on
Reagan was just the vehicle to apply the newest Republican strategies.
The Southern Strategy (Got Nixon elected) – Manipulate race or other culture topics to win the Electoral Votes of the South, so they don’t need many votes from the more educated and populous states.
McCarthyism – Liberal ideas, unions, etc. are treated as a threat a la socialism/communism
The Powell Memorandum (Lots to unpack here. Father of modern American Cronyism wrote a memo for the Chamber of commerce that changed the Republican approach to commerce, accepting lobbying, modifying text books, propaganda, promote neoliberalsim, begin undoing the New Deal and Progressive Era, deregulate, etc. etc.) This memo inspired the creation of right-wing political orgs like the Heritage Foundation. Powell was added to SCOTUS by Nixon and spent his career undoing regulation and workers rights.
The Two Santa Claus Theory – Get the voters excited for tax cuts while raising spending, blame the Democrats for deficit forcing them to take a political hit by cutting programs or raising taxes.
papamojya on
Ronald Wilson Reagan is the devil. Just look at his name. Six letters in each= 666.
erebus49 on
Turn it upside down in case you’re a billionaire
Direlion on
The Ghost of Nixon is laughing at this meme right now.
Backstroem on
As a European who has no clue about what Reagan did domestically, but who grew up in the 80s with him and thatcher and Gorbachev always on the news, I’ve admit to being subject to this romantic idea of him as the leader of the free world. Fast forward to Trump… Reagan at least did not bow down to Russia, Soviet or not
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Ronald Reagan is my “you have one use of a time machine” thing. For legal reasons I can/will not elaborate.
Reagan was just the vehicle to apply the newest Republican strategies.
The Southern Strategy (Got Nixon elected) – Manipulate race or other culture topics to win the Electoral Votes of the South, so they don’t need many votes from the more educated and populous states.
McCarthyism – Liberal ideas, unions, etc. are treated as a threat a la socialism/communism
The Powell Memorandum (Lots to unpack here. Father of modern American Cronyism wrote a memo for the Chamber of commerce that changed the Republican approach to commerce, accepting lobbying, modifying text books, propaganda, promote neoliberalsim, begin undoing the New Deal and Progressive Era, deregulate, etc. etc.) This memo inspired the creation of right-wing political orgs like the Heritage Foundation. Powell was added to SCOTUS by Nixon and spent his career undoing regulation and workers rights.
The Two Santa Claus Theory – Get the voters excited for tax cuts while raising spending, blame the Democrats for deficit forcing them to take a political hit by cutting programs or raising taxes.
Ronald Wilson Reagan is the devil. Just look at his name. Six letters in each= 666.
Turn it upside down in case you’re a billionaire
The Ghost of Nixon is laughing at this meme right now.
As a European who has no clue about what Reagan did domestically, but who grew up in the 80s with him and thatcher and Gorbachev always on the news, I’ve admit to being subject to this romantic idea of him as the leader of the free world. Fast forward to Trump… Reagan at least did not bow down to Russia, Soviet or not