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Who's the worst president the US has ever had? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Depending on how the next four years go I'm on the fence between Bush Jr. and Trump but I'd like to hear from you

Edit:

Top 10 suggestions so far (unordered):

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
George W. Bush Jr
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
James K. Polk
Woodrow Wilson
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
Donald J. Trump

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

To only count the direct deaths of the forced march and not the deaths resulting in having your land stolen and along with it your ability to reproduce your society is straight up genocide denial.

After the Civil War we very nearly had a moment when we could have maybe did something real for racial equality beyond anything we’ve seen even up to the present day.

And this is absolving responsibility of all the people who maintained slavery, which one could argue is even worse than jim crow.