That's even more simplistic. Bork wrote his book before Reagan was President so of course not everything started with Reagan. And the seeds of Reaganism had long been present in the GOP.
And the phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" predates Reagan by a century, and it was Martin Luther King Jr., who was murdered more than a decade…
That's even more simplistic. Bork wrote his book before Reagan was President so of course not everything started with Reagan. And the seeds of Reaganism had long been present in the GOP.
And the phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" predates Reagan by a century, and it was Martin Luther King Jr., who was murdered more than a decade before Reagan's Presidency, who observed that "it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps." Did slavery and racism and Jim Crow start with Reagan? Of course not ... Reaganism was built on these things.
You are right in a lot of ways. And of course if we are to take it all the way back to the beginning, we would have to go even farther back than the Trail of Tears. I made a clear list of the misdeeds I saw in Ronald "Teflon Ron" Reagan. And I provided a source for readers to view, and that source contains a list of links to references for its content. Reaganism is exactly the point. All those seeds of selfishness, xenophobia, racism, and viciousness became absolutely clear in Reagan's administration. And he was constantly absolved by the press which he himself had destroyed. It has been worse ever since.
That's even more simplistic. Bork wrote his book before Reagan was President so of course not everything started with Reagan. And the seeds of Reaganism had long been present in the GOP.
And the phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" predates Reagan by a century, and it was Martin Luther King Jr., who was murdered more than a decade before Reagan's Presidency, who observed that "it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps." Did slavery and racism and Jim Crow start with Reagan? Of course not ... Reaganism was built on these things.
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You are right in a lot of ways. And of course if we are to take it all the way back to the beginning, we would have to go even farther back than the Trail of Tears. I made a clear list of the misdeeds I saw in Ronald "Teflon Ron" Reagan. And I provided a source for readers to view, and that source contains a list of links to references for its content. Reaganism is exactly the point. All those seeds of selfishness, xenophobia, racism, and viciousness became absolutely clear in Reagan's administration. And he was constantly absolved by the press which he himself had destroyed. It has been worse ever since.
Absolutely right-on! Which is why FDR said “ they are unanimous in their hatred of me and I welcome their hatred!” https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-madison-square-garden-new-york-city-1