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[–] 12 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I know at the time he had to have his supporters, but I don't recall ever seeing someone in modern times defend Nixon. I think it'll be like that. Kids in history classes won't be able to wrap their heads arou d how someone so clearly stupid won the presidency and made such a huge mess.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Kids in history classes won't be able to wrap their heads arou d how someone so clearly stupid won the presidency and made such a huge mess.

    To be fair to those kids, I don't even understand it as an adult living today.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Honestly at this point this is the most rationale take I've seen in this thread.

    I think he'll be somewhere between Nixon and Gorbachev, like you said, seen as a scumbag that no one will defend, and someone who made the world worse by breaking longstanding traditions and norms that won't get unbroken, but unlike Nixon and more like Gorbachev I think he'll be seen as someone who inadvertently caused American power and standing in the world to crumble.

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