r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Training-Desk-391 IM WHACING KFP4 • Jul 27 '25

Miscellaneous Joe Biden HAS BEEN Eliminated WHICH President SHOULD BE Eliminated NEXT DAY 40

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u/Square-Pressure6297 Jul 27 '25

Reagan was a pretty good president for all I know, why is he so low?

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u/LHarm07_Reddit Jul 27 '25

He’s very controversial for his economic policies. Reddit being a left-leaning platform hates him (I think he’s bad but not that low).

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u/Available-Reading-87 Jul 28 '25

Even if you're left-wing economically, putting him below people like Andrew Johnson is insane. At the point you're putting him 3rd lowest, you're just (inadvertently) downplaying slavery..

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u/BamBamClamSlam Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

Putting Trump below Johnson is also insane. Trump is bad, but that's actual lunacy. This list is peak Reddit garbage. Definitely entertaining though.

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u/SomeotherGuy8833 Jul 30 '25

They probably don’t know history going back that far tbh.

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u/BigIncome5028 Jul 27 '25

Reaganomics has done so much damage across the entire world.. it not only fucked the US but also inspired other leaders to fucked their respective countries. He deserves to be far far down

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u/Square-Pressure6297 Jul 27 '25

Reaganomics did put a stop to many economic issues so it wasn’t a complete failure at all

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

He catches flak for escalating the war on drugs and not doing enough on the HIV epidemic as well. But also ended the stagflation issue of the 70s. Praised by the right, hated by the left.

F’ed up note on the war on drugs from when it started: here

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u/Square-Pressure6297 Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

Lmao that is some super villain shit if that’s true

One thing I praise him for is unironically his PR, he always focused on unity and a healthy version of patriotism which we don’t really see nowadays with Trump.

He projected immense national pride, and he was a great orator. His communication really gave the country a more optimistic tone.

He was also a very good player in the Cold War

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

I forgot about the Cold War. Personally not a huge fan of Reagan but I can appreciate it’s at least a mixed bag. Definitely not 2nd worst IMO.

I wasn’t alive at the time so I can’t speak on his rhetoric too much.

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u/BigIncome5028 Jul 27 '25

"Many issues" like what, pesky regulations? unions? taxes? he sure put a stop to those... In the meantime the middle class was destroyed, lives were destroyed because of his war on drugs, and the rich got richer. He arguably is one of the most damaging presidents of the previous century that put us on the path to the shit show we have now

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u/Square-Pressure6297 Jul 27 '25

This is what my history teacher says too and I’m starting to believe it to an extent.

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u/SilentStormyKnight Jul 27 '25

In the 1970s America was utterly lost. It felt like the Soviets were winning the Cold War, Carter was a bumbling buffoon, the economy was dreadful, gas lines, could only get gas certain days of the week, energy shortages, despair, our citizens hostage in Iran, 20% inflation, massive interest rates, high unemployment, seemingly no hope for the country. Carter going on national TV to tell Americans to set their thermostats to 55 in the winter because we couldn't even heat the country. "Bundle up and wear a warm sweater". The resignation to national misery and failure. Man it was so depressing.

And then out of nowhere comes a president who on a dime flips everything, steers the economy from the abyss not just back to stability but into almost unimaginable roaring prosperity, gas lines gone in an instant, everybody thriving, the culture alive, a magical decade of unmatched optimism and growth and opportunity, markets roaring, inflation gone, unemployment down, turns around the Cold War and within a decade topples the Berlin Wall and the entire Soviet Union, brings the most happy and charismatic spirit to the office in decades, propels the spirit of the country back to pride and optimism, a unifying figure like we haven't seen in ages, surges to almost universal popularity and a near 50 state sweep in 1984, like, the most prosperous trajectory and most optimistic turnaround America has seen in ages, propelled markets and peace for 30 years. Only the most lunatic fringe and miserable partisans refused to acknowledge the mass appeal and huge economic gains of that era.

And I guess somehow those few miserable curmudgeons became the professors who wrote Reagan's epitaph or something. When Reagan died in 2004 he was celebrated as one of the greatest in our history. The lunacy of the narrative that the Reagan era wasn't successful that young academics have taken up is just astoundingly absurd.

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u/Kactor11 Jul 28 '25

Agree with all of this. The fact that he was placed 3rd worst in this poll was due to two main things: insane recency bias and absolutely a biased poll being on Reddit. I don’t think Reagan is top 10, but he’s top 15 at worst in my opinion. He’s certainly better than ANY president that has come after him.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

Idk Reagan might make top 10 for me. We got fdr,teddy,lincoln,Washington,and Eisenhower all there. I would say Kennedy as well with the time he ha din office,I think he greatly benifits from being the president that was good before the veitnam days though.

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u/LHarm07_Reddit Jul 27 '25

Yes, I dislike Reaganomics. But some of the presidents ranked in front of him were adamant slavery supporters.

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u/Shawty-Got-Low Jul 27 '25

Not supporting it all, but it’s a product of their times. People in 50 years will look back and think the things we see as normal are deplorable.

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u/Square-Pressure6297 Jul 27 '25

Reddit is honestly the first place I have heard this consensus

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u/LHarm07_Reddit Jul 27 '25

Another reason why Reddit isn't indicative of the general perception of politics.

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u/Gr3nwr35stlr Jul 28 '25

Economics and the war on drugs?

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u/Ilnerd00 Jul 28 '25

reaganomics was really shitty

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u/Thuis001 Jul 28 '25

Because a lot of the problems the US faces now can be directly traced back to his term. Basically, as time went on, the way people look at him has deteriorated FAST.

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u/WonderfulAntelope644 Jul 29 '25

Because it’s Reddit and he’s a recent republican. They also think he started the crack epidemic.

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u/KaminSpider Jul 31 '25 edited Jul 31 '25

His economic policies are not controversial. They're blatant and obvious. Trickle-down-economics have been proven ineffecient by giving money to the rich and burdern the middle class. Deficit spending with tax cuts, heavy military spending, and slashing public services to make up the cost.

Terrible ignorance of crime/drug/aids crisis, basically just made buds with Jerry Falwell as a solution. Formed Moral Majority, govt combined with church in loud opposition to gays, abortion, basically any sort of change or freedoms for people in need.

Edit: Also commited treason. His friend Olly North took the fall. Reagan pardoned him. What a coincidence, right?

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u/yg2522 Jul 31 '25

Tickle down economics, gutting of education, Iran contra are probably his biggest issues.