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I'm reading Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus about how the USA shifted to the right an unthinkable amount between FDR and Reagan. Obviously there are a lot of things that don't survive transposition across 75 years of political realignment but I am starting to think nearly all dems would find themselves to Nixon's right if they were sent through a time machine.

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[–] allthetimesivedied@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

From what I’ve read, aside from being a racist, a misogynist, and probably a meth cook for the Hell’s Angels, he was quite liberal (in the normie sense of “liberal”).

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

probably a meth cook for the Hell’s Angels,

damn he really let us down. his presidency should've been way cooler

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

shit are you serious? Nixon was cooking meth?