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J_William_Ryan

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1. The article's premise is fundamentally wrong.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 10:44 AM

Monday

Reagan destroyed the middleclass, which led to Trump's barbarism.

And it was conservative reactionaryism and the Christo-fascist right empowered by Reagan that killed progressivism as a mainstream political movement – conservative reactionaryism that sought to compel conformity and punish dissent, diversity, inclusion, and expressions of individual liberty.

Conservativism embraced racism, bigotry, and hate, fear, ignorance, and lies to facilitate Republican political success resulting in the Trump malignancy.