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| Topic | Andrew Jackson was the last great president. |
| ChromaticAngel 05/29/17 3:51:41 AM #39: | Terra-enforcer posted... Appointees =/= Jackson. Jackson owned slaves and didn't seem to be the kind of guy to be against the act of slavery in any way. Andrew Jackson literally paid his slaves. He was one of the only people who did. He was much more benevolent with his treatment of slaves than damn near anyone else during that time, including Jefferson / Washington. Historically relative, he was super progressive at the time. Broseph_Stalin posted... Shutting down the national bank created a financial panic. It was populist nonsense, Jackson had no idea what he was doing like you have no idea what you're saying. This is basic stuff if you ever care to actually read anything about Jackson. Such panic that they never bothered to replace it for 70 years, sure. Such Financial Crisis that Andrew Jackson literally paid off the National Debt and is the only president to have ever done so. Dash_Harber posted... Because, you know, genocide is just not as big of a deal as people make it out to be, right? Andrew Jackson didn't really have a choice. Protecting the Cherokee nation from genocide would mean having the military turn guns on US Citizens instead, in which case we'd be having a very different discussion about Andrew Jackson and I assure you it wouldn't be in the context of how he was some hero who saved the natives. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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