I don't know if this documentary fully addresses what Reagan's legacy has been ,but I do not believe any analysis of Reagan should include a discussion of how Reagan was instrumental ,in pushing the Democratic Party further to the right,and cementing neoliberalism as the main trajectory of US politics and policy ,at home and abroad. I am well aware of how neoliberalism began under the Carter Administration ,but there was still a strong enough of an element of old school New Deal/Great Society liberalism in the Democratic Party ,in the 1980s ,to provide a sort of counterbalance. That didn't last for long. The reactionary rise of Clinton/Gore, and their "New Democrats" was a direct response to Reaganism. How ironic that Nixon ,so hated by the left in his day, is now regarded as the last liberal president ,in spite of his actions in SE Asia.
With all of the horrors Reagan ,GHWB, Oliver North ,and their CIA/School of The Americas cabal ,purpetrated ,in Latin America, the military buildup that allowed for the Bush family's illegal wars in the Middle East ,SDI, that led the way for Trump ,and his "Space Force", the integration of Christian end-times, armageddonists into the federal government ,and his role ,working with the Vatican, in the unforgiveable destruction of communism in countries like Poland ,we do tend to forget Reagan's speech at Bitburg praising Nazis. With all of these horrors that happened under Reagan, this speech was pretty much swept under the rug ,as something that was disturbing,but relatively minor in the grand scheme of things. It wasn't until decades later when Trump spoke of "Good people on both sides.", when talking about neonazis in Charolttesville ,that many began to see the parallels. So while Reagan's legacy has been supplanted by Trump on the right ,there could never have been a Trump Administration, had there never been a Reagan Administration. This does't even get to Reagan's war on the left while Governor of California. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3495): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/3495 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/78221256/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
