- Sheng-Ji Yang
- Mar 5, 2014
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1. FDR - While it was likely due to him running at the right time, he did come at a time when the American people and economists had a left learning surge. His terms were at a time that cultivated American leftism. And while he wasn't the left's best friend, he wasn't the worst enemy either.
2. Reagan - The American reactionary movement was boiling for years and Reagan took full advantage. He dominated the political sphere at managed to craft not only American politics in his image, but American culture as well.
3. Trump - Yes, Trump. This is extremely early, but Trump's victory marked the end of "the end of history" and third wayism. He showed how truly weak and ineffective liberalism is. And his win resulted in the "radicalization" of many on both the right and the left. If/when the political consensus looks significantly a generation from now, Trump's presidency will be involved heavily, as he proved to the racists that "one of them" can win power in the Big House and to the left that the liberals have no loving clue what they are doing so you have to do it yourself.
4. LBJ - The last real Democrat to many. Basically translated to poo poo foreign policy, good domestic policy. He may not have had the best decorum, he did get poo poo done. The Great Society tenets may have never been passed without him, while the Civil Rights Act likely passed a decade or so earlier than it would have otherwise.
5. Bill Clinton - Reagan beat back American leftism to the point that it was on life support. However, it was Bill Clinton who pulled the plug. Embracing Third Wayism fully, Clinton deregulated what Reagan could not, most notably the banks and the media, as well as tried to privatize social security. He led the police to become further militaristic and jailed large amounts of people, especially those of color. His election wins also popularized the concept of "running in the middle" in an attempt to not offend liberal and conservative voters too much. Which was a tactic that only "worked" under highly specific conditions (e.g. the lowest voter turnout in American history for the two main parties at the time).
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