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FDR did Japanese internment, tried court packing, and was arguably the first of the modern style of power-hungry president. He constantly threatened members of
by zeroonetwothree 2y ago
FDR did Japanese internment, tried court packing, and was arguably the first of the modern style of power-hungry president. He constantly threatened members of Congress that didn’t roll over and go along with his agenda. To that end he was very influential but not entirely in a good way.
He hardly ended the depression, economic conditions were poor until WW2 (eg look at the 1937 downturn, well into his tenure).
- fakedang 2y agoExactly. FDR is the reason that the President today has an unbalanced amount of power compared to Congress. That being said, back then, I would argue that the situation would have been very different had a lesser person than FDR been elected president, given the kind of political climate it was around the world.
- glial 2y ago> FDR is the reason Well, and also every administration and Congress after him for not changing it back.