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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMarco Rubio: "20th century was great"
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/18/marco_rubios_insane_mad_men_tweet_his_takeaway_was_that_the_20th_century_was_awesome/https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/600116092946685952
Unless you count:
WWI
violent rise of Communism
Recession
bloody wars and famines all over Eastern Europe
WWII
Cold War and proxy wars all over the planet
the US toppling democracies and replacing them with dictatorships, e.g. in Iran
segregation
US-soldiers killing US-students with impunity during the Kent State Massacre
rise of islamic extremism
post-Cold War-chaos leading to pillaging of the soviet economies and creating the oligarch-class in Eastern Europe
civil-war and genocide in Yugoslavia
And I'm sure, there's more.
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Marco Rubio: "20th century was great" (Original Post)
DetlefK
May 2015
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Human101948
(3,457 posts)1. The Great Depression was a highlight!
And the Holocaust was a hoot!
Turbineguy
(37,280 posts)2. Well yes, all that stuff maybe true
but didn't 8 years of Reagan offset all that?
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)4. You have to learn how to let go.
Sure, you had some great 8 years, but you guys broke up 26 years ago. Aaand he's dead. For 11 years now. You should go out and meet new republican presidents.
What about that nice George "who-cares" Bush?
Or George W. "He-who-shall-not-be-named" Bush?
Turbineguy
(37,280 posts)6. Yes, indeed.
Thank you, that was helpful. Luckily we have many idiots to chose from for a replacement.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)3. Stalin, Hitler, Mao.
Three of the worst murderers in history all in one century.
Add in an exploding human population and corresponding sea of pollution.
Yep, great.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)5. 95% tax rates on the rich, creating a strong middle class and infrastructure.
Those were the days of FDR and other great Democratic Presidents, eh Senator?
struggle4progress
(118,203 posts)7. Florida man out for revenge smashes wrong car