re: #340 HappyWarrior

I take a more negative opinion of him but I hear you, I’m fascinated the same way by Nixon.

So do I. In fact, I’d go so far as to say Reagan may just be the most overrated president ever. Remember El Salvadoran death squads? Iran-Contra? “State’s Rights”? Empowering the religious right? The grotesque deregulation (“Scariest words are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help’”) that led to the wealth inequality and environmental destruction we see today? Reagan helped to whitewash (pun intended) the absolute worst aspects of late-stage capitalism and reactionary right-wing extremism.