• @Etterra
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    176 months ago

    It’s honestly a coin flip as to who was worse, Nixon or Reagan.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      Definitely Reagan. Nixon signed the EPA into existence and oversaw the final stages of the Apollo program to get us to the moon. He also ended the Vietnam war (after escalating it, but he did end it).

      Reagan… gave a speech in front of the Berlin Wall? Said no to drugs? Didn’t turn the Earth into a radioactive hellhole? I don’t know. I honestly can’t think of anything I can give him any credit for as president.

      • @Buddahriffic
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        76 months ago

        Nixon didn’t just escalate Vietnam, he sabotaged Johnson’s attempt to end it so that he could run on ending the war. And then he waffled on it after he won the election because he realized it would make him the president that lost the Vietnam war (which is doubly stupid because, at least from my perspective, “lost Vietnam” isn’t even a part of his legacy, despite him being one of the least popular presidents in recent history).

        • Flying SquidOP
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          46 months ago

          Believe me, I’m not defending Nixon except to say that he wasn’t as bad as Reagan.

          • @Buddahriffic
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            56 months ago

            Oh yeah, I agree that Reagan was worse. Meant that as a “Nixon was even worse than your wording suggested which makes Reagan look even worse because he still doesn’t meet the lowered bar”.

    • @[email protected]
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      56 months ago

      The Nixon Shock destroyed our ability to just save money without having to exploit other people’s labor.

        • HubertManne
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          26 months ago

          unfortunately reagan was in my lifetime. I actually did not get the level of hate nixon had until I experience a few of these presidents combined with the parts of sicko where they played his taped white house conversations. Also I eventually knew someone from chile.

      • @njm1314
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        46 months ago

        Frankly Reagan’s crimes I think far outweigh Nixon’s. Don’t forget he committed treason. He just didn’t get busted for them.