• hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    In fairness, he does get viewed with a lot of reverence and the only reason he's lost a hit of stature is a long term active propaganda war against him and the new deal.

        • Des [she/her, they/them]
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          3 years ago

          effectively destroyed the left in the U.S. but weirdly if he lived longer might have saved it in the soviet union (assuming he was able to solidify his plans of economic and political cooperation with the USSR).

          • Praksis [any]
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            3 years ago

            yeah iirc fdr wanted to cooperate with the soviets against colonialism and the bri'ish