LightfighterThis is a very accurate graph of anything in my lifetime in the US.
scheichsbeutel@Lightfighter Looks nice. But it isn't as simple as that. Vietnam? Nixon? To be continued ...
David PhdI would go back to Nixon too - his Southern strategy of appealing to Southern Evangelicals and racists to win for the GOP.
@cmsdengl @Lightfighter As mentioned, it looks nice, but that's it. Things aren't that simple. You can also look at the post-Reagan era: Clinton's liberalization of the financial markets - a real evil. And so on and on ...
Joe Alexander@scheichsbeutel @cmsdengl @Lightfighter But also a lot of good - and it's a real weird Soviet era thing to blame Reagan for everything evil people around him did.
@scheichsbeutel Well, no it's not that simple. But starting in 1600 with the formation of the British East India Company would be a bit much for a simple meme.
@Lightfighter I fully understand that this is a satirical oversimplification. But sometimes people end up being convinced that they’ve thereby solved a very complex problem. And I think that’s kind of dangerous.