pound for pound, who was the most progressive US president ever

[Jalether]

Abe was "progressive" for his time, He abolished slavery (nothing more needs to be said)

Lyndon Johnson for the civil rights act

FDR with the new deal (policy wise, arguably the most progressive)

But for me Jimmy carter was without a doubt the most progressive president in US history, He
was talking about climate change,railing against consumerism and waste etc at a time that it
wasn't popular to do so especially as a US president, He was the only president to be genuinely anti war and military industrial complex and He continues to champion progressive causes even till this day.

No wonder cacs hate(ed) the man so much

Thoughts

 

[The G.O.D II]

Gotta agree. FDR was a fraud who only was saved by WWII. Most of the new deal did nothing for black people since he cut deals with Dixiecrats to exclude them. Johnson was wise enough to see where his voter base was headed so he only pushed for but didn’t care about civil/voting rights. Carter was ahead of his time and only flopped because establishment Dems like Kennedy hated him and he was left with LBJ/Nixon’s bag of shyt

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

Gotta agree. FDR was a fraud who only was saved by WWII. Most of the new deal did nothing for black people since he cut deals with Dixiecrats to exclude them. Johnson was wise enough to see where his voter base was headed so he only pushed for but didn’t care about civil/voting rights. Carter was ahead of his time and only flopped because establishment Dems like Kennedy hated him and he was left with LBJ/Nixon’s bag of shyt

Surprisingly Nixon tried to pass universal basic income

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Biden

 

[Jalether]

Biden

He certainly belongs in the conversation. If he manages to pass the reconciliation bill (doubtful because of manchin and sinema), then he wins this habds down,policy/accomplishment wise

 

[mastermind]

What is progressive?

Jimmy Carter started the neoliberal economic model.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

What is progressive?

Jimmy Carter started the neoliberal economic model.

Yeah, this sounds nearly oxymoronic

 

[Mook]

Fdr cause he fought so hard for poor people he was cheating for us. No one else is gonna do that. FDR legit had them furious enough to start talking about a coup. He packed the supreme court when they were stopping his bills.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

It’s Lyndon Johnson by a mile. Look at what he accomplished in the 60s

Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
Social Security
Medicare…

He did it using the “Johnson Treatment”

At college he also developed a propensity to latch onto any senior authority, playing off their insecurities, in order to advance his position. No amount of toadying was beneath him.

Johnson kept up this particular strategy in the Senate itself, cosying up to lonely but powerful individuals. He also developed a unique method of persuasion – the ‘Johnson Treatment.’

The Johnson treatment is not easily defined, but it typically involved invading the personal space of the target – Johnson taking advantage of his substantial bulk – and issuing a disorientating stream of flattery, threats and persuasion that would leave the target unable to counter.

If he did counter, Johnson would press on relentlessly. It was evocatively described as like having, ‘a large St. Bernard licking your face and pawing you all over.’

 

[JBoy]

It’s Lyndon Johnson by a mile. Look at what he accomplished in the 60s

Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
Social Security
Medicare…

He did it using the “Johnson Treatment”

Johnson's legacy got completely fukked over by him stepping in the quick sand of Vietnam fascinating what further progress we could have had as a nation without that cockup.
RFK getting killed was the final hammer blow that could have potentially steered us on a better path forward after that it felt like the door slammed shut

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Johnson's legacy got completely fukked over by him stepping in the quick sand of Vietnam fascinating what further progress we could have had as a nation without that cockup.
RFK getting killed was the final hammer blow that could have potentially steered us on a better path forward after that it felt like the door slammed shut

Exactly right

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Teddy R

 

[banner34]

Clinton

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I'm continually shocked at the shyt Nixon got passed lowkey.

He's not my pick here, but when you run the stats...

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Surprisingly Nixon tried to pass universal basic income

just said this...Nixon's history is kinda wild lowkey.

What he did for the EPA was wild. Equal rights. Etc.

A LOT of black people came up under Nixon lowkey... 70s was an interesting time...then crack/reagan/etc

Richard Nixon, hero of the American Left