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[–] 5 points 4 days ago (1 child)

left the US in a much worse and more fascist place after his presidency

That's not really true though. During his time, Don't Ask, Don't tell was repealed, Gay Marriage was passed, the Affordable Care Act was passed, and society as a whole shifted quite a bit in the correct direction.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    No.

    He laid the foundation for the Donald presidency and later fascism by expanding our two wars to seven (that we know of, it was probably more) and particularly devastated Libya. He supported torture, uninhibited surveillance, expanded drone warfare, and even had a famous 'kill list'. In one incident his drones even killed American citizens abroad. His admin updated how teenagers abroad were classified, calling them 'enemy combatants', so they could pretend they were killing fewer civilians.

    The ACA has made health care more expensive, not less, and the fabled 'access' it promises only exists if you can afford to be price gouged. Again, he had a supermajority for a time and could have passed universal health care.

    He allowed Occupy to be devastated by the NYPD and let the bankers who destroyed the economy walk instead of imprisoning them as other countries did, vastly expanded the militarization of police (even after Ferguson), and yawned away the increasing frequency of school shootings. Just in the final year of his presidency 20,000 tons of bombs were dropped on foreign countries. He was also the asshole that first appointed another noted fascist, Tom Homan.

    The man is a fascist, a war criminal, and objectively enjoyed it as evidenced by his enthusiasm for expanding and escalating foreign wars.

    That he was nice to gay people doesn't change any of this.

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