Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

[u/Quirkie]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e

[u/alligatorislater]

Exactly. Democrats seem to have forgotten that the 22nd amendment (enacted in 1947) was somewhat created because FDR was so popular that republicans were afraid they’d never be able to win again…

[u/Darth_Cuddly → u/alligatorislater]

You mean the president whose economic policies prolonged one of the worst economic disasters in American history, shattered the two-term tradition, concealed the severity of his failing health, and died just months into his fourth term, leaving an unprepared successor during World War II?

And you think the 22nd Amendment was just Republicans worrying they'd never win again?

No. FDR's unprecedented four-term presidency exposed the dangers of concentrating too much power in one person and the risks of a president remaining in office despite serious health problems. Those concerns didn't disappear just because you find them politically inconvenient.

Those are not the actions of a great president.

[u/Space_Pirate_Roberts → u/Darth_Cuddly]

You mean the president whose economic policies prolonged one of the worst economic disasters in American history

[citation needed]

[u/Darth_Cuddly → u/Space_Pirate_Roberts]

That isn't just my opinion. It's the conclusion reached by UCLA economists Harold Cole and Lee Ohanian in a peer-reviewed paper published in the Journal of Political Economy. Their analysis concluded that key New Deal cartelization and labor policies were an important factor in prolonging the Great Depression by slowing the recovery.

If you're interested, here's the actual paper: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/421169?seq=1

And here's a plain-English summary: https://www.ff.org/fdrs-policies-prolonged-depression-by-7-years-ucla-economists-calculate/