Comments by "Evan" (@MrEvanfriend) on "Woodrow Wilson (pt.1) | Historians Who Changed History" video.

  1. "Republicans were the progressives at the time". Uh, no. Not at all. There were some progressive Republicans (like Teddy Roosevelt, who didn't even go full-blown progressive until after leaving office thank God), and more conservative Republicans like Taft. And there were progressive Democrats as well, like Wilson. Wilson was (arguably) the worst president BECAUSE of his extreme-left progressivism (I would argue that Franklin Roosevelt was the worst president, and that Wilson is probably the second worst. Roosevelt's dictatorial manner, refusal to leave office, his "new deal" policies which continue to cause problems today, his obsequeousness toward Stalin, and his interning Americans in actual concentration camps outstrip Wilson's legacy.) Wilson paved the way for FDR, but FDR was worse in the end.
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