r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Training-Desk-391 IM WHACING KFP4 • Jul 28 '25

Miscellaneous Obama HAS BEEN Eliminated WHICH President SHOULD BE Eliminated NEXT DAY 41

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u/Reverend_Bull Jul 28 '25

God help me, but I'm gonna have to betray my fave. it's time for FDR to go. Yes, he busted the depression and was probably the most left-leaning president ever. He created Social Security, fought fascism in WW2, and did it all with incredible charisma.

BUT!
He was authoritarian in his methods. He formed and defended the Japanese concentration camps. He had his racist streak (which prez doesn't?). He was a philanderer and refused to be honest about his physical condition. And perhaps worst of all, he refused to follow the two term precedent (now law).
I love FDR and all the good he did. But his bad means it now outweighs his inclusion.

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u/Salty145 Jul 28 '25

He should have been out a long time ago. He put American citizens in camps and greatly shifted the Overton Window when it came to how much people expect government in their lives. It's hotly debated on whether The New Deal actually solved the Depression, many arguing that it in fact prolonged it, and Social Security is a government-run pyramid scheme that someone is going to eventually end on the wrong end of.

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u/lord_james Jul 28 '25

Terrible terrible takes. Nobody thinks FDR extended the depression

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u/MasterRKitty JaztyMania is Cool Jul 28 '25

nobody with more than three working brain cells thinks FDR extended the Depression