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Woodrow Wilson was the first fascist - when people merely called them “progressives.” Many of the notions he represented ended up first with Mussolini, then Franco and especially, Hitler.
He also used the Lusitania to send military grade arms to Europe.
Worst President ever
WRONG.
The Tsar abdicated in March 1917. Wilson asked Congress to declare war the following month, by which point Russia was a democracy.
In fact, one reason Wilson waited until April 1917 was because he couldn't easily claim it was a war to save democracy while the Tsar ruled Russia. Nicholas's abdication presented the opportunity for Wilson's declaration.
Regarding our entry into WW1, to be fair, it was unrestricted U-boat warfare and mainly the Zimmerman telegram; OTT I agree Wilson was not a nice person.
Read it all. Great column.
Wilson’s War reveals the horrifying consequences of our twenty-eighth president’s fateful decision to enter the fray in Europe. It led to millions of additional casualties in a war that had ground to a stalemate. And even more disturbing were the long-term consequences—consequences that played out well after Wilson’s death. Powell convincingly demonstrates that America’s armed forces enabled the Allies to win a decisive victory they would not otherwise have won—thus enabling them to impose the draconian surrender terms on Germany that paved the way for Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.
Powell also shows how Wilson’s naiveté and poor strategy allowed the Bolsheviks to seize power in Russia. Given a boost by Woodrow Wilson, Lenin embarked on a reign of terror that continued under Joseph Stalin. The result of Wilson’s blunder was seventy years of Soviet Communism, during which time the Communist government murdered some sixty million people.
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Progressive Utopians - bump for later...
Great article. Those who don’t know the history of Progressivism put our country at great risk.
While there are several things I take issue with in the article, overall, it’s a great summary.
Arguably the biggest thing Wilson should be known for is his role in introducing America in general and America’s progressives in particular to the concept of centralized planning. Most people believe progressives learned of planning from the USSR. They didn’t.
I’m working on addressing that.
Bttt.
5.56mm
In 1916, he ran on the slogan, “He Kept Us Out of War.” He again won just a little less than half of the popular vote (49.5 percent), claiming a nail-biter that was decided only when California, which Wilson won by 0.38 percent and which he seemed to be losing when everyone went to bed, finished counting its votes nine days later.
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This has an oddly familiar ring to it.
There was a biopic made in 1944, “Wilson,” the biggest flop of all President biopics ever, in spite of winning a ton of Oscars. It’s never shown on TV as far as I can tell...
My list of presidents who damaged our constitutional republic, in no particular order, would include:
Wilson, Lincoln, LBJ, Obama and, of course, Biden.
Woodrow Wilson, a true blue democrat! /s LOL!!
I agree to hate Woodrow Wilson, if I am also allowed to hate Teddy Roosevelt who, in my opinion, is the one single person more than any other, responsible for the tragic direction taken in the 20th century, the rotten fruits of which we still “enjoy” today.
Wilson supported Poncho Villa, then withdrew the support at a critical time. Poncho Villa retaliated against American citizens.
Wilson was an academic who believed he knew better than all previous historians and military leaders. His policies were disastrous. He deserves to be hated.
Before there was a Joe Biden, a Barack Obama, a Jimmy Carter, or even an FDR, there was Woodrow Wilson, the original patriot of the New World Order, working his magic from the Oval Office.
Mostly, he made it stick, and kept the black population in chains much longer than otherwise would have happened.
Every law signed by his wife after his stroke are invalid.
Same with Joe since Jill is signing.
I certainly do. He was the forerunner of Clinton and Obama.