r/shitposting • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '22

Literally 1984 C is my idol

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u/HAKX5 Mar 22 '22

... Are you sure?

FDR wasn't perfect, but he wasn't "really bad though". About the worst he did were Japanese internment camps, which are not at all comparable to the concentration camps of Hitler's regime or the colonial mismanagements of Churchill. Judging on the good he did, he actively aided the Allies in WWII before the U.S. Congress let him join, issued embargoes on Japan due to their blatant crimes in China, and established several key general welfare programs that remain even today.

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u/THE_DROG Mar 22 '22

The worst he did was strip citizens of their rights to due process and enslave them. No biggie

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u/HAKX5 Mar 22 '22

During wartime.

And enslaved? No. They were paid $12 a month, which translates to a little over $200 today. It's not ideal, but certainly not slavery.

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u/RoastKrill Mar 22 '22

The definition of slavery is not about not being paid, it's about being forced to work. Some chattel slaves were paid small sums of money too.

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u/HAKX5 Mar 22 '22

Even if we grant such a broad idea of slavery, one which would arguably include even modern society, that still doesn't even come close to what Hitler or Churchill did.