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u/JonWood007 · 1 pointr/EnoughLibertarianSpam

>I read the book "Reagan and Thatcher: The Difficult Relationship" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0393069001?pc_redir=1405274696&robot_redir=1), and it kind of explains the fear surrounding the USSR and the spread of communism in Latin America and Asia, and why conservative figures like Reagan and Thatcher were seemingly needed. The public of the US and UK desired someone to take on the threat of communism that was sweeping the world, and the best persons to do that had to be staunch conservatives who unilaterally stood for free markets, free speech, freeing people from the strains of communism, etc.

Yeah but we didn't. All the leaders from 1945 to 1979 were way more liberal in a lot of ways and they also opposed communism. No need to go almost to McCarthyism to promote "capitalism"...heck...turning it into such an ideologically charged thing has been destructive to this country. Having friendly capitalism gave us the moral high ground. We no longer hold that high ground IMO because at this point we're proving Karl Marx right in a lot of ways.

> I'm sure when you watched the debates you noted that joke he made about not "exploiting his opponents youth and inexperience".

There we go again!

But yeah I agree. I really hate that idea tho...that we go for people who sound good rather than do good. Then we complain about why nothing gets done!

u/Plant33 · 1 pointr/EnoughLibertarianSpam

I read the book "Reagan and Thatcher: The Difficult Relationship" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0393069001?pc_redir=1405274696&robot_redir=1), and it kind of explains the fear surrounding the USSR and the spread of communism in Latin America and Asia, and why conservative figures like Reagan and Thatcher were seemingly needed. The public of the US and UK desired someone to take on the threat of communism that was sweeping the world, and the best persons to do that had to be staunch conservatives who unilaterally stood for free markets, free speech, freeing people from the strains of communism, etc.

One of the other things, like you mention, is that Reagan (and Thatcher too) was good at orating ideas to the public. He was also quite charming. I'm sure when you watched the debates you noted that joke he made about not "exploiting his opponents youth and inexperience". That alone probably won him the election. A lot of Americans I feel want to elect someone they can partially relate to, especially conservative figures, not only like Reagan, but like GWB or Nixon (his "checkers speech" forever made him seem human to voters). Reagan, I feel, was good at relating himself to the common person, whether just by being charming, or talking about his faith that many Americans shared.
And his life story of simply growing up pretty normal was probably relatable too (one of the reasons Thatcher was liked a lot was because she really came from humble origins, which I guess a lot of British folk like).

I hope that helps a little bit. Personally, I find him such an interesting character. He's probably my favorite president not because he did a lot of good, but just because he's so fascinating.