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> Democrat FDR literally a century ago

• mothballed 9mo ago
  >>>" long term plot " >> mentions long term history impacting modern federal powers >... not like that!
  • postflopclarity 9mo ago
    ... I mean yeah. because FDR is not relevant. I am speaking about "long term" as in "within the lifetime of individual actors I can name and are political relevant today and are effecting plans making the US dramatically more authoritarian than I remember it to be just a few years ago." George Washington also increased the power of POTUS substantially, from 0 to 1, but I don't think he's relevant to this discussion either.
  • johnnyanmac 9mo ago
    FDR was taking drastic actions in response to a depression within the United States. In addition to many other issues like having old blue collars rotting on the street, expanding benefits for soldiers to boost morale (just in time for the 2nd world war), and setting some basic standards in the job market that we still enjoy today. Yes, if we're going to push the envelope, it should be in times of crisis and for the people. Trying to compare that to what happened in 2025 just feels dishonest. But yes, if I had to sacrifice fast response to crises to not allow a felon executive to destroy the country in the course of 12 months, I vote to limit all the powers.
• IAmBroom 9mo ago
  More importantly, the Democratic Party of his day was the true ancestor of the GOP of today. The Civil Rights Act caused truly massive shifts of southern voters to change from Dixiecrats to Republicans. To believe elsewise is to believe that somehow Lincoln was elected by the same philosophies that run the red-state South.