As title states, why do Conservatives hate FDR? This has been a question that’s been growing in my mind ever since Trump has been going after the programs that were created by FDR during his New Deal policies. Look not all of them were perfect, but the ones that stuck around are incredibly useful and helpful such as SSA, FDIC, FHA, etc.
But literally since FDR put the New Deal into place, he’s been hated by the right. The Business Plot, many Republican presidents wanting to undermine or destroy the independent agencies, Trump attempting to move FDIC into the Treasury, Trump doing executive orders to move some of these agencies into the executive branch control, etc.
I do not understand where this hatred of FDR comes from by the Right when he’s probably one of the greatest of all time. IMO he should be on Mt.Rushmore if we were to ever add another president to that mountain. But I just want to hear from you guys on this question
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As title states, why do Conservatives hate FDR? This has been a question that’s been growing in my mind ever since Trump has been going after the programs that were created by FDR during his New Deal policies. Look not all of them were perfect, but the ones that stuck around are incredibly useful and helpful such as SSA, FDIC, FHA, etc.
But literally since FDR put the New Deal into place, he’s been hated by the right. The Business Plot, many Republican presidents wanting to undermine or destroy the independent agencies, Trump attempting to move FDIC into the Treasury, Trump doing executive orders to move some of these agencies into the executive branch control, etc.
I do not understand where this hatred of FDR comes from by the Right when he’s probably one of the greatest of all time. IMO he should be on Mt.Rushmore if we were to ever add another president to that mountain. But I just want to hear from you guys on this question
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“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” – FDR
FDR used the government to solve problems, and spent a lot of taxpayer money doing it. This is antithetical to traditionally conservative ideas of small government, low taxes, and preference for private enterprise over government.
A huge underlying belief in conservative politics over the last hundred years is that government is inherently bad, private enterprise is always better, and that “starving the beast” to allow private industry to soak up all the excess wealth is the way forward. It’s what gave us “trickle-down” economics, as well as the neverending drumbeat of privatization of public services in this country.
Through the creation of the New Deal and all the programs that came with it, FDR showed that the government can in fact be used to help people and constrain corporate power. He loudly, confidently declared that the people deserve a government that works for them, and not just for the rich.
So of course, the right decided he was a dictator and that the New Deal and the Works Progress Administration might as well be Stalinism. They’ve lied about him ever since.
Which is weird, because if you want to hate FDR, the Japanese internment camps are right there!
why do you ask the liberals and not the conservatives?
In conservative land it was only WWII that pulled America out of the depression and FDR used the depression as way to expand the power of the federal government.
Obviously this is not at all what happened, but wealthy republicans have to tell a good story so middle class and working class republicans will keep voting to let corporations dump waste into their drinking water.
massive expansion of the federal government through questionable court rulings (especially the interstate commerce clause)
“They are unanimous in their hate for me, and I welcome their hatred!”
https://youtu.be/IjSTQwamo8M?si=9Rg1_qap8dslKSpD
(People should check out this short clip of FDR. He was an amazing speaker.)
Seems pretty clear to me why the ruling elite conservatives have tried to make FDR the villain. It’s a very bad thing for their no tax agenda when people can see that the government is capable of doing things to improve the lives of average citizens.
Because he drastically expanded the size of the Federal Government. Conservatives prefer to drastically limit what the government can do in favor of letting the private sector do things.
Jealousy
Well, conservatives DON’T hate him for Japanese-American internment, because Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act for his mass deportation and state sanctioned terror campaign against immigration.