I don’t have any ‘deep-dive’ here, just that I’ve always been impressed by how prescient and progressive this leader seemed to be, considering…

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    19 days ago

    Well yes that is what you’re supposed to judge people on. You don’t judge them on little sayings they say as they go out the door but on the things they did while in office. Did Eisenhower stop the rise of the military industrial complex? Shit no. He engaged in it. He expanded it.

    Am I not supposed to judge a Man based on his support of terrorism and assassinations? Am I not supposed to judge him based on his arming of fascist military groups? Is that what greatness is?