Fascism is on the ballot

[Bob Butler 54]

(10-24-2020, 02:38 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I have no doubt that Biden will have his work cut out for him and it's very obvious to me that  he's not up for the task and it's also obvious that he's not in the same league as FDR either.

The guy in charge during the crisis generally does get sainted after dying as the crisis ends.  He is generally not considered impressive as the crisis is just getting underway.  I do see a COVID vaccine being developed, and anti racial violence legislation being passed.  I have even seen some support for trying to counter global warming lately.  If these happen as anticipated, that will be enough to celebrate whomever was in charge as the change in values is manifested.  I'm not sure it will be deserved.  The culture is changing anyway.  Larger forces are in play than any one man.  There will be a need to personify the change, however.  It's all in the Great Man theory of history.

But that doesn't mean opposing partisans weren't in opposition early.  The old values have to be seen failing miserably before that happens.  I read one account of a descendent of General Nathan Forrest being insulted by his being compared with Lincoln as being the genius embodiment of their respective sides of the Civil War.  She didn't like talking about 'That Man'.  Some people will cling to the old values well past their time.