Robert Reich articulated something that has been bouncing around my head since 2016

  • blackbelt352@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Truuue Teddy did do quite a lot progressive in his time, even by our modern standards.

    Maybe Eisenhower too? At least with his warning about the military industrial complex.

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      5 months ago

      He also did a shit tonne of infrastructure shit. The modern highway system being the magnum opus, shich while yes it did bring attention away from rail it also allowed a logistics boom on a scale not seen sinc the creation of the trans continental lines. Also highways can be squiggly as fuck unlike rail where you have to go somewhat straight. Also he helped reinforce new deal era policies and adviced Kennedy qoute a bit especially during the Cuban missile crisis.