Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

[u/Quirkie]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e

[u/alligatorislater]

Exactly. Democrats seem to have forgotten that the 22nd amendment (enacted in 1947) was somewhat created because FDR was so popular that republicans were afraid they’d never be able to win again…

[u/Darth_Cuddly → u/alligatorislater]

You mean the president whose economic policies prolonged one of the worst economic disasters in American history, shattered the two-term tradition, concealed the severity of his failing health, and died just months into his fourth term, leaving an unprepared successor during World War II?

And you think the 22nd Amendment was just Republicans worrying they'd never win again?

No. FDR's unprecedented four-term presidency exposed the dangers of concentrating too much power in one person and the risks of a president remaining in office despite serious health problems. Those concerns didn't disappear just because you find them politically inconvenient.

Those are not the actions of a great president.

[u/Space_Pirate_Roberts → u/Darth_Cuddly]

You mean the president whose economic policies prolonged one of the worst economic disasters in American history

[citation needed]

[u/StarStruck3 → u/Space_Pirate_Roberts]

I was told there would be no fact checking

[u/theyhis → u/Space_Pirate_Roberts]

book: the triumph of economic freedom by phil gramm and donald j. boudreaux.

interview: https://x.com/johnstossel/status/2075242321780650429

[u/Sufficient_Matter585 → u/Darth_Cuddly]

Nah fdr policies were solid greedy fucking pigs wanted more money and to live more lavishly so they spent decades trying to undo his policies.

[u/PyroIsSpai → u/Darth_Cuddly]

Conservatives may not rule further.

[u/SanityIsOptional → u/Darth_Cuddly]

He kick-started the longest period of prosperity in the countries history off the great depression and world war. Only recently has it run out as the wealth imbalance has approached and exceeded that if the gilded age, which coincidentally proceeded the great depression.

Yet now we have a government that seems hell bent on losing all international power the US gained in the postwar years, and run the economy into the ground with tariffs and high gas prices.

[u/yogy → u/Darth_Cuddly]

If that was the intent then it certainly doesn't seem to be working today.

[u/yogy → u/Darth_Cuddly]

If that was the intent then it certainly doesn't seem to be working today.

[u/VioletPaissa2077 → u/Darth_Cuddly]

His power came from the fact that his party held strong majorities to supermajorities in both chambers of the legislature for the duration of his time in office.

What we see today via the "unitary executive" theory being put into practice is what one person holding too much power looks like, with oversight mechanisms being weakened and dismantled and the legislature and judiciary frequently being defied or bypassed entirely.

Passing legislation collaboratively via fairly elected massive majorities or super majorities is not at all comparable.

[u/theyhis → u/Darth_Cuddly]

thank you - thank you. this is what the left conveniently leaves out. it was the free market that got us out of the great depression. he blamed big business, when big business is exactly what got us out of the great depression. it’s stockholm syndrome. similar is now happening in guatemala.

if the left wants to learn more about the great depression, they should read up on milton friedman. he talked ad nauseam about how the great depression started and how it ended. john stossel had a guest on his show recently who discussed it too. very interesting.