1300
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] leadore@lemmy.world 61 points 6 days ago

Infographic is correct, though it left out how he destroyed labor unions and a bunch of other stuff, but you can only fit so much in there. Reagan and his despicable cohorts like Gingrich were the beginning of the end for not just the ability to reach the middle class, but indeed for the middle class itself in this country (as his contemporary partner in crime, Thatcher was for the UK).

It was an absolute tragedy. If Trump wasn't coming back in, Reagan would still hold the top rank in amount of devastation caused, but I'm pretty sure Trump will manage to surpass him on that front in his second term.

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 47 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This man is responsible for the nightmare that is my life.

Fuck going back in time to kill Hitler, if I ever get into a DeLorean or a phone booth, I'm coming for that ass Reagan! THIS ONE'S GONNA BE FOR FREDDIE MERCURY!

Edit: Just got back, I think I got the wrong year or something, missed my shot too. Feds tried to stop me from getting back to the car, I got them to go bother some dickhead who wouldn't shut up about some Crazy Taxi movie or whatever the hell he was talking about. Can't try again for awhile, DeLorean's out of plutonium.

[-] djsoren19@yiffit.net 10 points 6 days ago

If I could go back in time and kill three people from history, I'd kill Reagan three times.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

Hey, get rid of Ayn Rand and Nixon too

[-] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Come on. You wouldn't use one of those tokens to stop by east Germany and wax Putin in the KGB? You wouldn't even need to change years to get Reagan and Putin in the same trip

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago
[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

There was this one time a painter couldn't hack it

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 22 points 6 days ago

The mental institution thing... That's maybe not entirely fair. Prior to Reagan, most residential mental institutions were terrible places, worse than some of the worst prisons in the US. Closing them seemed better for the residents than keeping them open and attempting to reform. But it's certainly had a lot of unintended consequences.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

I know he was really bad, but Trump promised he will do everything in his power to be worse.

[-] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

I don't think it is mental illness causing the homeless crisis. Homelessness is up 20% from 2023 and I'm pretty sure the high cost of living is to blame.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 days ago

Libs prefer blaming the victims of capitalism rather than capitalism itself.

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

A lot of homeless people are mentally sound, but are struggling with sky high prices, or dont have the motivation to work 60 or 80 hours, facing, constant exhaustion to live in a hole in the wall.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If you ever happen to visit Berlin in Germany, make sure to spit on his memorial plaque, as he is worshiped as a freedom fighter in Germany.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 days ago

Fascists don't actually care about anything other than attacking the poor, minorities, women, etc.

Reagan was "great" for that.

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago

and now he is burning in hell with Tatcher and Pinochet ❤

[-] boaratio@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

The number of people that died of AIDS each year under his watch was in the millions. Not 90k.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Ronnie was a senile racist POS and he pushed the deregulation for the financial sector.

[-] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

As non American I was ready to just move on and let them suffer in their own cycle of nonsense. But we can't even do that. Since jokes about invasions are increasing at an alarming rate. Jokes about countries sovereignty became completely unfunny after Feb 2022.

[-] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

If this next administration isn't the actual downfall of democracy and just another blip in history I wonder if trump will have the same sort of vibe to his legacy that Regan has.

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

He’s the shining poster child of the GOP!

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Reelected in 1984 when the national unemployment rate was 10%

load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2024
1300 points (98.8% liked)

Political Memes

5645 readers
1647 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS