you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Reagan was a product of his time. But so is Trump.

Neither deserve to be worshipped though because the problems they created or refused to solve still exist with us today.

Even going after the Soviet Union in that video highlights the short sightedness of Conservatives. Was the USSR evil? Yes. But America already had all the weapons and Capital it needed to defend themselves from the Red threat. Instead, nothing was being done about the rise of China, who would go on to fuck the world over with their ridiculously cheap labor and petri dishes full of viruses.

And the irony is Conservatives had a great relation with Japan. Should have just sold them a whole bunch of tanks and missiles, and tell Japan to go finish the job. Maybe Hong Kong would have even remained a British colony today had we actually done something about China...

[–]nordmannenLegionnaire 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Anti-communist conservatives never existed, because the conservative movement in the US has Marxist foundations to begin with. We were only beating the drum against the USSR because most of the neoconservative intellectuals were Trotskyists who had been alienated by the USSR. The Trotskyists don't care about China and allowed them to become what they are. Do not blame the Chinese for matters that are entirely America's doing.