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Worse than Buchanan, worse than Jackson, worse than Nixon, worse than Reagan

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[–] nightshade@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think you could make an argument for Jefferson, given how the Louisiana Purchase set the stage for a lot of the subsequent expansion and genocide. It's probably inevitable that America would expand to some degree, but it could have been slower if they didn't make the purchase, possibly resulting in a smaller and less powerful America.

Of course, there's also the part where he owned slaves and upheld slavery.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

For the normbrained libs, Jefferson also greatly expanded the power of the executive through the Louisiana Purchase and an undeclared war in the Mediterranean. Just from a "disregarding what the constitution says" perspective he was bad.

[–] LeZero@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago

cw sexual violenceHe also raped his slaves