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In reply to the discussion: The dark side of Winston Churchill’s legacy no one should forget [View all]forest444
(5,902 posts)18. Both had dark sides; but with a difference:
Teddy Roosevelt pursued a progressive agenda, passing the nation's first real labor laws, environmental laws, product safety and financial regulations, and anti-trust/monopoly laws. The economy and living standards both grew to record levels, and both the elite and the general population benefited.
Churchill quashed labor rights and reimposed the Gold Standard knowing full well it would benefit his social class at the expense of just about everyone else, who would have to live with sharp restrictions on currency, credit, and trade competitiveness. The British economy consequently spent most of the 1920s in recession, and actually grew much more in the 1930s (after his policies were reversed) than in the '20s.
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Is there anyone who approaches importance who doesn't have a dark side?
TreasonousBastard
Feb 2015
#1
Too bad that muslim kenyan didn't use his mind control powers and make them do what he wanted?
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#44
Wait. Are you saying President Obama used those mind powers to get people to vote against what
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#47
It's worth mentioning because most people really aren't aware of his more sordid legacies.
forest444
Feb 2015
#8
And I wonder how many millions Snooty Dave will blow on the "commemoration" this time.
forest444
Feb 2015
#10
YES. Remember all those countries Churchill invaded when he returned to power in 1951?
Nye Bevan
Feb 2015
#16
Not that much different in those respects to his near-contemporary Teddy Roosevelt
Spider Jerusalem
Feb 2015
#12
We should pretty much dig up all of those folks, put them on trial, and hang their corpses (nt)
Nye Bevan
Feb 2015
#19
Lots of admired persons from history have sordid pasts. Margaret Sanger of PP, anyone?
ARMYofONE
Feb 2015
#13
George Washington was a racist slaveholder. Jefferson was a racist slaveholder who raped his slaves.
Nye Bevan
Feb 2015
#14