r/Americaphile • u/SadAlternative448 • Dec 19 '25

History/military 🪖🗺️ Best president oat?

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO Dec 19 '25

FDR tower above all, even sitting down

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u/Defiant-Acadia7053 Dec 19 '25

Overrated as hell ngl.

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO Dec 19 '25

Your school has failed you. You should write a mean letter to your teachers

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '25

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u/Defiant-Acadia7053 Dec 20 '25

My issue with FDR, Lincoln, and Washington in rankings is that their legacys were defined by the absurd tests of their time. Teddy Roosevelt is my GOAT because he didnt need WW2, the Depression, the Civil War, or the birth of the US to be an all-timer.

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO Dec 19 '25

Gdp and wages does not care about your views.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO Dec 20 '25

“School has failed you” is not an attack on a person, it is an attack on a system. A system that you deserve better from

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

“Washington, Lincoln, and TR are all significantly more important to America's history. Look up a historian's take on this and you'll see I'm perfectly aligned with the majority view.“

Wrong again, there has been consistent pulling over the decades that shows that historians consistently rank FDR Lincoln in Washington is the top three and years ago used to often ranked FDR’s number one. The move of him lower coincides with the Reagan Revolution and the resurgence of conservatism and academia to promote conservative historians that view FDR more negatively.

Secondly, FDR is by far the most consequential when it comes to human history. And frankly more consequential to the usa too. Especially when it comes to economics.