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Who's the worst president the US has ever had? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Depending on how the next four years go I'm on the fence between Bush Jr. and Trump but I'd like to hear from you

Edit:

Top 10 suggestions so far (unordered):

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
George W. Bush Jr
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
James K. Polk
Woodrow Wilson
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
Donald J. Trump

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Marx was correct when he argued that economic democracy was necessary for political democracy. When the wealthy get to own the economy they have the entire country by the balls.

Funnily enough even Adam Smith warned about that even before capitalism went in full swing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Adam Smith: you gotta bust up monopolies because competition drive's innovation

the rich: you heard the man! all the wealth has to be consolidated with us! greed is good!