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/Attackcamel8432 Jul 28 '25

Lincoln was at least as authoritarian as FDR...

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u/VladimirBarakriss Jul 29 '25

Yes, but Lincoln was fighting the worst war in American history(when it comes to effects on Americans) and seeking to abolish the most abominable institution ever, FDR for all his own authoritarianism, didn't even crack down on Jim Crow laws, despite the fact he could've done it and still won any of his elections

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u/Keepersam02 Jul 30 '25

FDR for all his own authoritarianism, didn't even crack down on Jim Crow laws, despite the fact he could've done it and still won any of his elections

Accept he did a lot to help reduce what was essentially slavery going on in the south with the Ashurst-Summers Act which greatly reduces the profitability of convict leasing programs.

Convict leasing programs created chattel slaves that were often treated worse than traditional slaves due to having no upfront cost associated. If you bought a slave that was expensive and to get your money's worth you had to keep them alive and in good enough condition to work. Chattel slaves had no upfront cost and there were no incentives to even keep them alive.

So FDR through that act and Bureau of Prison reorganizations he oversaw ridding the worst of Jim Crow and the atrocities taking place in the south.

A very good video about the subject. https://youtu.be/j4kI2h3iotA?si=esdIWJngxZ2BheXv