wilson was the closest thing to a dictator the US had. youre insane if you think he was a good president... the one that gave us the 16 and 17th amendments, the fed, imprisoned people who came out against our involvement in WW1, among others..
Yeah, Wilson was autoritarian. So was Lincoln. It was war, and no internet. No cable television. You mention WW1, but I'd like to point out that the US was just as bad after WW1. The Red Scare was a ridiculous thing, and it punished thousands of Americans for the opinions. Funny you didn't mention that.
FDR was horrible. SS needs to go away, responsibly, but it needs to go away. the new deal prolonged the depression. price controls, internments, etc.. yea.. great pres. he was a hell of a commander in chief, but thats about it. Truman brought us that idiotic "measured response" sort of warfare and if you want to go to such a place.. the issues that a modern Israel have brought us.
Before Social Security, people died from starvation in the US when they got old. Not just isolated cases, people died from it. All the time. That is less of an issue today, thanks to, among other things, social security. It's not perfect, by no means. But you won't get anything done with it anyway, it's the real third rail of American domestic politics. It has never been proved he prolonged the depression either, some will have the exact oposite opinion. I for one. I won't argue on internment. He was probably the greatest president you've had, perhaps beat by Washington. And Washington was a real autoritarian as well, for those who forget.
Truman basically made the framework for how the US would meet communist agression during the Cold War. His policies are, in fact, tried and tested. He was a very unpopular president, but I don't care about that. He got things done, and he didn't even want the job. He had the guts to use nukes when he had to, but had the restraint not to start WWIII in Korea when MacArthur wanted to nuke the Chinese. He was good.
About FDR, there are two things you can plausibly bash him for. Obviously internment camps, which no one can possibly defend. The second was his attempt to change the number of justices in the SC so he could stack the court in his favor. About the New Deal, the economy was on the up until Republicans were able to get some of their way, then the declining unemployment rate rose again. Social Security is what keeps most retirees from falling into poverty, so no it does not need to go.
Well, it's a reason for it. FDR had terrible problems getting things done because of the Supreme Court. But that's a discussion for another time.
random fact, did you know Goebbels actually learned his propaganda skills from people that worked for pres wilson?
Then Wilson had some great PR people. Cause Goebbels was great with spin. I hate his guts and the guts of the Nazi Government. But man, he knew how to communicate.
I think your attempt to paint with guilt by association is quite silly.
Did you know George W. Bush has had business contacts with the bin Ladens? That the US has supported the Saud government for donkey years? And that the Saud government, or fractions within it, finance most of the terrorisme in the world today? Hmm, more random facts? What about this? Castro was ready for trade agreements and a Western European style of government (sort of, it IS Latin America after all) in 59? That he want to Washington DC to map it out? It made sense for Cuba. Cuba makes a lot of sugar. Some miles north of Cuba, there's a nation that uses a lot of sugar. A nation that needed more of it back then. But what happened? That idiot Nixon decided he was a commie (not accurate in 59), and told Ike not to meet him. With the door to the US closed, Castro went to the Soviet Union. Great success. Bloody idiots..
Thing is, it's not about the snippets. It's about the greater picture. That Goebbels had things to learn from Wilson don't suprise me, just as it doesn't suprise me that we might have something to learn about making the quality of our health care even better from you. You don't cover everybody. But those that don't have a problem with getting procedures do get quality health care. There are things we can learn from that. There are things you can learn from us to on health care.
So let's stop guilt by association, okay?