Comment on Discussing past Presidents?

• Famko@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How is Reagan not on that list? Half of the problems in the United States could be traced back to him.

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  • Squirrelknight@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    He’d be in the bottom 15. The problem with ranking Reagan is that most of the big issues with him didn’t become fully apparent until long after he was out of office. When you make a list like this it’s kinda hard to fit all the awful US presidents in a top 10. All the president’s between 1840 and 1860 deserve to be somewhere in the bottom 15 for endlessly supporting slavery and setting the stage for the civil war, which makes fitting Reagan in kinda difficult.

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• bluelabel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  As a non-american, I’m surprised you have presidents on-par with Thump.

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  • Squirrelknight@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Only because we have a firm understanding of their legacies. If I made this list again in 40 years there’s a good chance he’s in 1st place.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Andrew Johnson’s failures persist to this day. He was the 17th president. (Took over after Lincoln was assassinated and refused to seriously punish the confederate leadership)

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