My understanding of it, admittedly subjective, is that people are rediscovering him less as a political force than as a proto-martyr of the then-burgeoning power of the deep state. I read Geof Shepard's The Nixon Conspiracy last year, and even if you only believed a quarter of it, a lot of the media narrative machine we usually assume is a modern invention was already up and active sixty years ago.
You don't have to think he was a political powerhouse to find him him worthy of reevaluation.
Very accurate take Nixon, based in theory (and in private if you know what I mean), but very liberal in practice. A great man but less than great returns in office. I'd still defend him against any media or liberal slander though.
eh, okay there's a lot of little nitpicks you could throw at him, but a lot of those really come down to the era Nixon lived in, and the deepstate literally reaching their height and just swallowing up in its the goverment powers and stopping him from really acting as he wanted, literally holding JFK's death over him like as a constant reminder. He was all to aware how poor his position was.
I think he really regreted it too, had he not tried to push a little despite those restrictions, he might have made more of a difference. I don't often ever read another President who was so pensive over his actions on what he might have done differently as I have from him, I really don't think you're giving him enough credit simply by critiquing him purely on his admin
From what I've seen he's mostly admired for his commitment to anti-communism. I realize that only goes to your point because he didn't accomplish much in that regard either.
While I did feel the need to respond to you on the White Nationalist essay, I see from this that we are thinking from the same brain when it comes to the silliness of this Nixonmaxxing fad...with the singular exception that I don't think going to China was a good thing in the long run. In fact, it might work out in the long run that future honest historians might deem opening China to spite the USSR to be the single worst thing that Nixon/Kissinger ever did.
You mention how he doubled down on New Deal policies, and I think that one of the big appeals for young people on the right with a admiration for Nixon is that he wasn't some libertarian trying to shrink the size of the government. He attempted outreach to blue collar union members, traditional Democrats, and it paid off in '72.
My understanding of it, admittedly subjective, is that people are rediscovering him less as a political force than as a proto-martyr of the then-burgeoning power of the deep state. I read Geof Shepard's The Nixon Conspiracy last year, and even if you only believed a quarter of it, a lot of the media narrative machine we usually assume is a modern invention was already up and active sixty years ago.
You don't have to think he was a political powerhouse to find him him worthy of reevaluation.
Watergate looks small in comparison to Obama-Biden
Very accurate take Nixon, based in theory (and in private if you know what I mean), but very liberal in practice. A great man but less than great returns in office. I'd still defend him against any media or liberal slander though.
The real redpill is that Reagan >>> Nixon policy wise (yes, even with amnesty which was more congress’s fault)
eh, okay there's a lot of little nitpicks you could throw at him, but a lot of those really come down to the era Nixon lived in, and the deepstate literally reaching their height and just swallowing up in its the goverment powers and stopping him from really acting as he wanted, literally holding JFK's death over him like as a constant reminder. He was all to aware how poor his position was.
I think he really regreted it too, had he not tried to push a little despite those restrictions, he might have made more of a difference. I don't often ever read another President who was so pensive over his actions on what he might have done differently as I have from him, I really don't think you're giving him enough credit simply by critiquing him purely on his admin
From what I've seen he's mostly admired for his commitment to anti-communism. I realize that only goes to your point because he didn't accomplish much in that regard either.
While I did feel the need to respond to you on the White Nationalist essay, I see from this that we are thinking from the same brain when it comes to the silliness of this Nixonmaxxing fad...with the singular exception that I don't think going to China was a good thing in the long run. In fact, it might work out in the long run that future honest historians might deem opening China to spite the USSR to be the single worst thing that Nixon/Kissinger ever did.
Oh, let us have fun.
You mention how he doubled down on New Deal policies, and I think that one of the big appeals for young people on the right with a admiration for Nixon is that he wasn't some libertarian trying to shrink the size of the government. He attempted outreach to blue collar union members, traditional Democrats, and it paid off in '72.
It didn't pay off for America. His policies further worsened the terrible economy of the 70s
I believe you're missing the article link.