The Political & Philosophy Thread

[Dak]

I never said he wasn't terrible, but I'd put social security under the umbrella of economic policy, even if it has the word "social" in it. He was to Reagan what McKinley was to... well, also Reagan in terms of international policy. You have the guys that set precedent to create legal problems, and then you have the guys that take precedent to create practical problems. FDR was Caesar to Reagan's Nero.

You're underestimating the social effect of Social Security, paying farmers for nothing, Federal Public Works programs, etc.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

FDR is basically the father of the nanny state.

 

[Dak]

On the surface it's amazing how dramatically different Teddy and FDR, as relatives, were in their conceptualizations of grand state power. On even a more cursory examination, their personal abilities or lack thereof resolve any amazement. Teddy was Putinesque in his persona, while still privileging many progressive policies. Overall though, the thrust was increasing opportunities for masculinity.

FDR on the other hand, wanted opportunities for as many people as possible to experience being a cripple cared for by the state. Misery loves company.

 

[CiG]

No, Richard Spencer Is Not a ‘Wilsonian Progressive’.

Contrary to recent claims, Richard Spencer is not a “Wilsonian Progressive.” How could he be? Woodrow Wilson pushed for foreign war in the name of “Democracy,” saw the administrative state as the cornerstone of government action, and sought the spiritual uplift of Americans from the “hosts of sin” and a “heartless” economic system.

Spencer on the other hand, despises foreign interventionism, does not support democracy, and says very little on the subject of economics and public administration. It is true, as Dinesh D’Souza notes, that both Wilson and Spencer reject the American Founding. It is also true that both consider European civilization to be a product of something unique and superior in the “blood” of those who built it.

Richard Spencer is my favourite lolcow lately.

 

[The Ozzman]

On the surface it's amazing how dramatically different Teddy and FDR, as relatives, were in their conceptualizations of grand state power. On even a more cursory examination, their personal abilities or lack thereof resolve any amazement. Teddy was Putinesque in his persona, while still privileging many progressive policies. Overall though, the thrust was increasing opportunities for masculinity.

FDR on the other hand, wanted opportunities for as many people as possible to experience being a cripple cared for by the state. Misery loves company.

Teddy was the last true renaissance man as far as I'm concerned. Probably my favorite President in historical terms.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

On the surface it's amazing how dramatically different Teddy and FDR, as relatives, were in their conceptualizations of grand state power. On even a more cursory examination, their personal abilities or lack thereof resolve any amazement. Teddy was Putinesque in his persona, while still privileging many progressive policies. Overall though, the thrust was increasing opportunities for masculinity.

FDR on the other hand, wanted opportunities for as many people as possible to experience being a cripple cared for by the state. Misery loves company.

Breaking apart dozens of corporations and passing many of the early safety/consumer-protection laws isn't a form of nanny-stating?

No, Richard Spencer Is Not a ‘Wilsonian Progressive’.


Richard Spencer is my favourite lolcow lately.

Wilson tried avoiding war longer than Teddy would have. I won't waste time comparing Richard Spencer to any particular president because from what I've seen, Spencer has no consistent behavior beyond trolling non-white people and praising muh European forefathers.

Teddy was the last true renaissance man as far as I'm concerned. Probably my favorite President in historical terms.

Teddy was an egocentric fuck that sabotaged Taft's reelection to put Wilson in power over a personal slight of Taft being a better progressive than him. He was still an incredible character and despite all his dick-swinging managed to do good with it, but people need to get over his sex appeal.

 

[CiG]

Spencer has no consistent behavior beyond trolling non-white people and praising muh European forefathers.

This specifically is what tickles me about him, he can't seem to decide what he is.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

A media whore.

 

[The Ozzman]

Teddy was an egocentric fuck that sabotaged Taft's reelection to put Wilson in power over a personal slight of Taft being a better progressive than him. He was still an incredible character and despite all his dick-swinging managed to do good with it, but people need to get over his sex appeal.

But DEE-LIGHTED tho

 

[CiG]

A media whore.

Well there's certainly that.

Also, basically every golf club 80's comedy villain.

 

[The Ozzman]

Also, basically every golf club 80's comedy villain.

 

[Dak]

Breaking apart dozens of corporations and passing many of the early safety/consumer-protection laws isn't a form of nanny-stating?

I'm not sure I would call trust-busting nanny state. Safety and Consumer protection laws could be conceived of in that way, but I would argue that that is at the margins.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Some would argue that public-run pensions aren't the nanny-state and it was LBJ that started the nanny-state-proper. It all starts somewhere.

 

[Dak]

Some would argue that public-run pensions aren't the nanny-state and it was LBJ that started the nanny-state-proper. It all starts somewhere.

You can always find someone who will say a thing. Arguing The New Deal isn't a good point for the start of the nanny state is controversial, but it's not edgy.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Point remains, sucking one Roosevelt dick but biting the other is silly and arbitrary.

 

[Dak]

Point remains, sucking one Roosevelt dick but biting the other is silly and arbitrary.

Saying one had pros and cons and the other was all cons is "dick sucking". Otay.

 

[CiG]

Randomly came across this old comment:

Top five outlandish predictions I've read on Facebook about a Trump presidency:

1. There will be a holocaust in which every single non-white and non-Christian person in the US is exterminated
2. All the progress of the civil rights movements of the 20th century will be reversed
3. People will be jailed for defacing the American flag
4. There will be a new baby boom because abortion will become illegal
   
5. Republicans will decide it's okay to say "n i g g e r" in public again within a year

 

[The Ozzman]

Randomly came across this old comment:

The lefties probably still believe that

 

[CiG]

TJ Singh has one of the best YT channels just for the sheer prolific archiving he's done. Bartlett is a notorious Reagan ass-licker but interesting nonetheless. Usually ingroup-critique is worth listening to in general.

 

[Dak]

There's an inverse relationship between the adulation of Reagan and political knowledge on the right.