I think Nixon was an outsider looking in relative to the political time he was operating in, while Trump is just late-stage Reaganism and so the president thinks he can do whatever he wants because he’s riding a wave that may well coming crashing down on the weight of getting what he wants.
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I think Nixon was an outsider looking in relative to the political time he was operating in, while Trump is just late-stage Reaganism and so the president thinks he can do whatever he wants because he’s riding a wave that may well coming crashing down on the weight of getting what he wants.
Aye, which is why the term “neoliberal” exists in English, to distinguish Thatcherism and Reaganism from liberalism as it’s used in Anglosphere countries. But in recent years “neoliberal” and “liberal” have merged together
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Aye, which is why the term “neoliberal” exists in English, to distinguish Thatcherism and Reaganism from liberalism as it’s used in Anglosphere countries. But in recent years “neoliberal” and “liberal” have merged together
We have made a mistake (I suspect from Reaganism and the time we spent in that wilderness) of framing everything in terms of financial success or failure instead of Right and Wrong. The New Deal, the most sweeping economic legislation in American history, was framed not economically but morally.
best way to put it is that they're on track for a huge thermostatic backlash but not a political regime shift (yet)
My takeaway from last night is that Republicans are in deep trouble next year but even a D+10-12 political environment in 2026 feels pretty underwhelming all things considered.
They’re looting the country and have Gestapo agents kidnapping people and states like Iowa still probably won’t flip.
They’re looting the country and have Gestapo agents kidnapping people and states like Iowa still probably won’t flip.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We have made a mistake (I suspect from Reaganism and the time we spent in that wilderness) of framing everything in terms of financial success or failure instead of Right and Wrong. The New Deal, the most sweeping economic legislation in American history, was framed not economically but morally.
That’s the American way, isn’t it? Privatize the profits, socialize the debts? At least, that’s what the US became under Reaganism … I wish more Rs were like Eisenhower and Lincoln …
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
That’s the American way, isn’t it? Privatize the profits, socialize the debts? At least, that’s what the US became under Reaganism … I wish more Rs were like Eisenhower and Lincoln …
This "strong floor, no ceiling" shit, and similar attempts at repackaging Reaganism, is just them telling you that either they don't understand that having a class of ultra-wealthy people is what creates poverty and desperation in the class of ultra-poor people, or they know and don't care
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This "strong floor, no ceiling" shit, and similar attempts at repackaging Reaganism, is just them telling you that either they don't understand that having a class of ultra-wealthy people is what creates poverty and desperation in the class of ultra-poor people, or they know and don't care
Old enough to remember when government actually regulated the amount of the amount of time that broadcast networks could dedicate to commercials
Just searched it- regulation dropped in 82
Reaganism strikes again
Just searched it- regulation dropped in 82
Reaganism strikes again
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Old enough to remember when government actually regulated the amount of the amount of time that broadcast networks could dedicate to commercials
Just searched it- regulation dropped in 82
Reaganism strikes again
Just searched it- regulation dropped in 82
Reaganism strikes again
Not to be Cassandra here but
Knowing the R’s reputations for reviving the Hollywoodization/Reaganism of a future p0tus i wouldn’t be surprised if him and his brother (his brother especially) get into p0litiks
Knowing the R’s reputations for reviving the Hollywoodization/Reaganism of a future p0tus i wouldn’t be surprised if him and his brother (his brother especially) get into p0litiks
What else would you expect from the guy who tasered a dead squirrel for the clicks? Villains gonna villain.
Logan Paul: Being A Good Guy And Pretending You're A Hero All The Time Is Not Realistic
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Not to be Cassandra here but
Knowing the R’s reputations for reviving the Hollywoodization/Reaganism of a future p0tus i wouldn’t be surprised if him and his brother (his brother especially) get into p0litiks
Knowing the R’s reputations for reviving the Hollywoodization/Reaganism of a future p0tus i wouldn’t be surprised if him and his brother (his brother especially) get into p0litiks
I’m old enough to remember the time of liberal Republicans. In New York we had Senator Jacob Javits; Gov. Nelson Rockefeller; State Senator Roy Goodman. Reaganism helped put an end to that.
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I’m old enough to remember the time of liberal Republicans. In New York we had Senator Jacob Javits; Gov. Nelson Rockefeller; State Senator Roy Goodman. Reaganism helped put an end to that.
Always wild when Republicans (or even Democrats!) are like "I don't think my father, the inventor of Reaganism, would be too pleased to hear about this" about something that the Reagan administration, in fact, did because it was filled with corrupt right-wing ideologues with no moral compasses
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Always wild when Republicans (or even Democrats!) are like "I don't think my father, the inventor of Reaganism, would be too pleased to hear about this" about something that the Reagan administration, in fact, did because it was filled with corrupt right-wing ideologues with no moral compasses
Trump and Miller are merely end-state Reaganism. Reagan Republicans were more than happy to support racism and bigotry so long as it was coded and dog whistled which is hardly a badge of honor.
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Trump and Miller are merely end-state Reaganism. Reagan Republicans were more than happy to support racism and bigotry so long as it was coded and dog whistled which is hardly a badge of honor.
The humiliation of the Vietnam War and Nixon's resignation (setting aside Agnew for the moment), the Establishment unsettling movements of the 60s, together with the Iran hostage crisis, produced a desperate longing for and clinging to a fictional past, which initiated Reaganism.
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The humiliation of the Vietnam War and Nixon's resignation (setting aside Agnew for the moment), the Establishment unsettling movements of the 60s, together with the Iran hostage crisis, produced a desperate longing for and clinging to a fictional past, which initiated Reaganism.
Cool and good country. Everything is Reaganism all over. It's extremely over.
today is the first time since 1988 that the united states is not observing world AIDS day
in fact, per STAT, the state department has forbidden federal employees AND GRANTEES to not utilize any funding to promote or commemorate this day
in fact, per STAT, the state department has forbidden federal employees AND GRANTEES to not utilize any funding to promote or commemorate this day
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Cool and good country. Everything is Reaganism all over. It's extremely over.
TBH I’m tired of the entire genre of “this modern thing’s distant roots tell you everything you need to know,” bc no they don’t. It never does. Tacticool cops aren’t bad bc of slave patrols, carcentric zoning isn’t bad bc of 110-yo racisms, and MAGA is different from & worse than Reaganism.
tired of hearing sermons where the Hebrew or Greek is mentioned as some secret revelation the congregation won’t be aware of, about what the reading *actually* means, and it never stands up to basic scrutiny when checked afterwards.
Sometimes the Bible translators have *shock horror* got it right
Sometimes the Bible translators have *shock horror* got it right
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
TBH I’m tired of the entire genre of “this modern thing’s distant roots tell you everything you need to know,” bc no they don’t. It never does. Tacticool cops aren’t bad bc of slave patrols, carcentric zoning isn’t bad bc of 110-yo racisms, and MAGA is different from & worse than Reaganism.
I can tell you something you already know, I’m sure: this is not a job for AI.
The consultant class is desperate, however, to stave off progressive policy change, and are looking for a formula to gull Democratic voters à la the way Clinton reformulated Reaganism as something odorless/tasteless.
The consultant class is desperate, however, to stave off progressive policy change, and are looking for a formula to gull Democratic voters à la the way Clinton reformulated Reaganism as something odorless/tasteless.
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I can tell you something you already know, I’m sure: this is not a job for AI.
The consultant class is desperate, however, to stave off progressive policy change, and are looking for a formula to gull Democratic voters à la the way Clinton reformulated Reaganism as something odorless/tasteless.
The consultant class is desperate, however, to stave off progressive policy change, and are looking for a formula to gull Democratic voters à la the way Clinton reformulated Reaganism as something odorless/tasteless.
Jesus. Okay.
The younger she is, the further she is from the trauma of being a kid in Reagan’s America.
Which still just makes no sense that she would have somehow found guidance, inspiration, or comfort in Reaganism
… or maybe she just hasn’t got round to Gill Scott H?
youtu.be/XBu2Dz9NZMI?...
The younger she is, the further she is from the trauma of being a kid in Reagan’s America.
Which still just makes no sense that she would have somehow found guidance, inspiration, or comfort in Reaganism
… or maybe she just hasn’t got round to Gill Scott H?
youtu.be/XBu2Dz9NZMI?...
Gil Scott Heron - B-movie
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November 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Jesus. Okay.
The younger she is, the further she is from the trauma of being a kid in Reagan’s America.
Which still just makes no sense that she would have somehow found guidance, inspiration, or comfort in Reaganism
… or maybe she just hasn’t got round to Gill Scott H?
youtu.be/XBu2Dz9NZMI?...
The younger she is, the further she is from the trauma of being a kid in Reagan’s America.
Which still just makes no sense that she would have somehow found guidance, inspiration, or comfort in Reaganism
… or maybe she just hasn’t got round to Gill Scott H?
youtu.be/XBu2Dz9NZMI?...
Have Millennials considered the reason we’re always tired and achy isn’t bc being in your 30’s/40’s is actually that old, rather we’re the first generation to not benefit from Reaganism,Instead, we’re choked out by capitalism while living through an endless deluge of negative historical events?
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Have Millennials considered the reason we’re always tired and achy isn’t bc being in your 30’s/40’s is actually that old, rather we’re the first generation to not benefit from Reaganism,Instead, we’re choked out by capitalism while living through an endless deluge of negative historical events?
37 years later we are still dealing with a lot of stuff that goes back to Reagan in large part because Clintonian “New Democrats” did everything they could to make Reaganism permanent. Direct line between that and the rise of Trump and we should do everything to keep Dems from eternalizing MAGA next
I'm thinking about how it now seems clear this particular fascist moment will end, this particular movement will fall, but I'm thinking about all the forms of horrible harm that will be locked-in forever and go uncommented on. I am thinking about this because KOSA has been reintroduced in the House.
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
37 years later we are still dealing with a lot of stuff that goes back to Reagan in large part because Clintonian “New Democrats” did everything they could to make Reaganism permanent. Direct line between that and the rise of Trump and we should do everything to keep Dems from eternalizing MAGA next
Trickle-down economics was fascism light. A 'Reagan invention? No, a Reagan contributor's idea. 50 years of Republican Reaganism has turned into a Putin oligarchy exercised by a Trump regime. Now, on the streets of America fascism is being practiced by a fascist in our White House.
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trickle-down economics was fascism light. A 'Reagan invention? No, a Reagan contributor's idea. 50 years of Republican Reaganism has turned into a Putin oligarchy exercised by a Trump regime. Now, on the streets of America fascism is being practiced by a fascist in our White House.
Jan-Werner Mueller: “All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power supposedly post-liberal politicians re-enact Thatcherism and Reaganism, often going much further than those leaders did?”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jan-Werner Müller · Caesar wept: Trolling the Libs
All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Jan-Werner Mueller: “All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power supposedly post-liberal politicians re-enact Thatcherism and Reaganism, often going much further than those leaders did?”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Not for nothing I've been talking on the trail about slaying Zombie Reaganism and...well
They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Not for nothing I've been talking on the trail about slaying Zombie Reaganism and...well
we are living the reagan legacy.
reaganism must be purged
reaganism must be purged
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
we are living the reagan legacy.
reaganism must be purged
reaganism must be purged
The performative nonsense of this grifting dictatorship that wants you to believe it’s just Reaganism but without the ‘political correctness’ (!)
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Condemning socialism? Not so much a straw man as stone cold, ash-heap man.
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Condemning socialism? Not so much a straw man as stone cold, ash-heap man.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The performative nonsense of this grifting dictatorship that wants you to believe it’s just Reaganism but without the ‘political correctness’ (!)
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Condemning socialism? Not so much a straw man as stone cold, ash-heap man.
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Condemning socialism? Not so much a straw man as stone cold, ash-heap man.
I went with Carter because he was a neoliberal. But you could say he was a transition away from the New Deal and towards Reaganism
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I went with Carter because he was a neoliberal. But you could say he was a transition away from the New Deal and towards Reaganism
This all started with Reagan. His SecEd was a disgusting racist who went after civics in public education. Trumpism was the inevitable metamorphosis of Reaganism.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This all started with Reagan. His SecEd was a disgusting racist who went after civics in public education. Trumpism was the inevitable metamorphosis of Reaganism.
i keep saying that Reaganism -> Trumpism, Biden interregnum notwithstanding in the slightest, and feel more & more vindicated in this unpopular opinion
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
i keep saying that Reaganism -> Trumpism, Biden interregnum notwithstanding in the slightest, and feel more & more vindicated in this unpopular opinion