So many things.
Refusing to say AIDS for years , let alone doing anything
Iran -contra
Making a deal with Iran to continue holding the hostages until after he becomes president
Breaking PATCO the air traffic controller union
So
Many
Things
The war on drugs, just say no, Regan pushing crack on the streets with the CIA
I guess it also warrants asking, what good, if any, did Reagan do for America?
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I thought as much, thanks.
War on drugs.
War on AIDS.
War on middle class.
War on unbiased news.
Reagan, like Trump and Bush43, was the face guy connecting to people while behind the scenes the wrecking crew drafted their EOs and delivered on their patronage’s shadow agenda.
A lot of what Reagan’s admin did was foundational- as head of the executive (which includes regulatory agencies) he had the power to quietly dismantle regulatory agencies, and in so doing hamstring America’s capacity to regulate its own affairs at the request of lobbyists that didn’t want their industries regulated. His legislative affairs team gutted budgets and raided social security while he charmed audiences and the media.
Sorry to be that guy, but I’m trying to promote a community here.
The title should ask, “Why were Ronald Reagan and Nancy…”
This is because the subject, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, is more than 1 person.
If anyone wants to learn English I’m moderating lemmy.ml/c/englishlearning
I’m happy to answer any questions.
Great and useful way to advertise the community lemmy.ml/c/englishlearning
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Bruh it’s a title to a social media post. It’s not an essay and this isn’t English class. I really don’t understand why we need perfect English for a god damn social media post.
Waiting for the asshat to come in and correct my grammar or something else I couldn’t give a fuck about since this isn’t English class.
Me speak good, how dare
Pretty sure English class is for daily life, so we don’t revert to grunting cave people. This sentiment is what fuels poor Grammer, and it doesn’t really take too much brain power to write/say things correctly
*grammar. Oh and a full stop / period on your last sentence.
Maybe they were referring to Kelsey…?
My family and I did not know any english when we came here as refugees. I learned english from watching television, lots of television. I appreciate people maintaining a modern linguistic standard so we don’t revert back to shakespearean or god forbid Canadian. (I am Canadian, I’m sorry)
Some people actually use social media to learn or practice another language, so some may appreciate the tip and the correction.
As well, it just looks better when content is written properly. If the questions here were all stuff like “how is babby formed wen women is pragnant”, it wouldn’t seem like the kind of community made for people who are genuinely trying to find answers to their questions.
You should format the link as [email protected], so people on other instances can use it too.
Not many believe in faith and true nationalism but if you hold true to the world of god I think you will see Ronald Reagan really just was the devil.
In family guy Ronald Reagan was shown punching a wall.
He tried to “starve the beast”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast
The beast being the government itself. The idea is that the government is somehow overspending in comparison to the tasks carried out and it needs to be fixed by cutting funding.
The result is obviously that the government will function even worse, so it’s a self fulfilling prophecy.
For most of the Republican members of my family, the government is always out to get them. Something Reagan taught them.
He pushed the whole “the government is the enemy” mentality which has made it almost impossible to have national healthcare among other things. The republicans also jumped into bed with Christian fundamentalists at this point and the NRA went from being for gun regulations to no regulations. It was a continuation of the backlash against the 60s that started with Nixon.
They belonged to the bourgeois class and therefore defended the interests of that class to the detriment of the people. That simple
I think Reagan can be summed up as the start of “burn it all down”. He defined the government as the problem and the solution was to demolish it.
He also layered on burying definitions of communism vs socialism. He angled on the public to be stupid enough to swallow that bullshit whole.
He changed the way American politics was and not necessarily in the best way.
He was so popular he convinced democrats that they needed to move to the right if they wanted to win an election ever again.
I’m glad Killer Mike called out Wilson at the end.
