11-14-2018, 09:44 AM
(09-08-2018, 01:09 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Maybe Howe and Strauss drew the line between 1882 and 1883 to put FDR among the Idealist generation and Mussolini, Laval, and Tojo among the 'Bad Boy' Lost Generation as leading figures of fascist evil. FDR had quite a few Reactive traits (a bit devious for most tastes).
You may have a point. He cheated on his wife (not that I mind), he liked the drink, he hid his disability... now was he a Nomad who had flaws (which wasn't his fault), or just a hypocritical "Prophet"?