context: https://lemmy.world/comment/19435041 PattyMcB@lemmy.world
It’s sad that I want W [George. W. Bush.] back. It would still be a massive upgrade, though [compared to Trump]
stoy replies:
When I see old GWB footage I see a US president, trying to do what he believes is best for the nation, I disagree with him on plenty of stuff, but I don’t question his commitment.
Bronzebeard replies:
Can we not whitewash the atrocities that WBush put on this nation? Is Trump worse? yes. But Bush paved the way for the shit that he’s doing.
He lied is into multiple 2-decades long wars that cost us trillions of dollars could have helped everyone in the US have a better life, 10s of thousands of lives lost. He vastly expanded the domestic surveillance apparatus that is plaguing us now. He ushered in the worst economic collapse in a century, them used that crisis to funnel more money to the rich who caused it.
to which stoy replies:
Oh, I absolutely agree with you, GWB was not a good man, but he knew how to act presidential, you didn’t have to be completely embarrassed when you saw him on TV.
It's the most natural byproduct of liberal alarmism. We need to have an unfathomable new threat that dwarfs all past threats in order to scare you into voting for a Democrat whose policies often mirror those of the past threats or worse. What could come of that except the whitewashing of old evils?
Completely ignore history, the deeper systemic issue. Focus on the current Problem, until it gets worse.
DragonBall Z-ass threat assessment skills
It literally is. Trump is basically Jiren to these people, and I guess Reagan and GWB are Vegeta and Frieza, respectively.