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[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That fucker has done damage that will take years, decades even, to undo.

[–] Sanctus 55 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Homie, we are still knee deep in damage done by Reagan. This is not getting fixed in our children's lifetimes.

Edit: Oh damn I should have read the other comments lmao fuck Reagan.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No worries, there’s always room for comments saying “fuck reagan”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIqNjC1RKU&pp

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

...not to mention the damage done by Reagan, which we're still paying for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Here's a big one:

The 1987 repeal of the fairness doctrine enabled the rise of talk radio that has been described as "unfiltered" divisive and/or vicious: "In 1988, a savvy former ABC Radio executive named Ed McLaughlin signed Rush Limbaugh — then working at a little-known Sacramento station — to a nationwide syndication contract.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That shit really worked though. reagan used to be a punchline in our house back in the 80’s and 90’s (was default family knowledge that he was essentially a supervillain). These days, at least to certain relatives, he’s now basically a saint.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Propaganda works. Period.

Hitler knew it. Reagan knew it. Rupert Murdoch lives it every day. We are doomed to be fucked as long as corporate media rules.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

every day feels just a bit closer to a dystopia.

[–] MegaUltraChicken 5 points 10 months ago

And what's even crazier is that if Reagan were to show up today with identical policies, those very same relatives would probably call him an evil leftist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)
[–] RedAggroBest 3 points 10 months ago

Should say "sentient steamed ham"

[–] Burn_The_Right 3 points 10 months ago

The link just goes to a photo of a urinal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Every time the FDA or another federal agency does something really asinine, I always wonder if it’s Trump holdovers. Biden should have forced a comprehensive audit of all federal agencies and review who was appointed by Trump and who those appointees hired to whatever level of management is appropriate. Trump deliberately appointed people who were against the roles and responsibilities of the agencies they were running, and so the people they hired likewise should have been reviewed. I know there’s some limits to what the president can do for judges and some other positions, but Trump has literally stated he’s going to burn it all down and fire everyone in the government that’s not a full blown Trumpist.

We won’t recover from that.