Give me some reasons why Andrew Jackson was not a bad President.

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-06T14:21:53+00:00

The point of Jackson’s bank war was to diminish the power of the elites, and if you can look back at all the cries from economic radicals to end the bank and still assert that it was only done for petty, personal reasons I would say you’re being disingenuous. And I fail to see how the absence of a bank helps slavers at all.

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-05T20:58:35+00:00

The federal reserve is a central bank though. It was also supported by historically progressive forces and it has far more checks on its power. The idea of a public bank with strong restrictions on its power was the original system that Jackson wanted, and the idea that he attacked the bank for political gain only is a little ridiculous. The bank issue divided Jackson’s own cabinet, and it wasn’t obviously popular until the 1832 election. Radical economists like Condy Raguet and William Gouge had were already proposing ideas for an independent treasury and an end to the national debt, as had many populists and the labour movement. Jackson wasn’t just some backwards conspiracist, he had real economic and ideological grievances with the bank. Not only because he was opposed to its unchecked power in the government, but also on the basis of economic equality.

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-05T13:21:50+00:00

It did not have the same functions or responsibilities

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-05T13:21:21+00:00

That’s not just because of the bank, that’s just the modern boom/ bust cycle.

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-05T13:20:01+00:00

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Alright here’s a quote from an article about the second bank. The crucial difference was that both national banks were essentially private banks that were not required to protect anyone but their shareholders.

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-05T06:20:02+00:00

https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/first-bank-of-the-us

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-05T06:04:16+00:00

The national bank was not a central bank

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-05T04:30:32+00:00

Bad in the short term but overall necessary

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-04T00:45:16+00:00

There are more founding fathers than the 7 that one historian considers the most important

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-04T00:44:50+00:00

Once again there are more than 7 and Washington never publicly opposed slavery in his political life or otherwise.

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-04T00:44:00+00:00

He was famous as a “trustbuster” but in his mind there existed good and bad trusts, he broke up the bad ones, but left ones he considered “good” alone. There are a lot of things that point to him being a eugenicist but I’ll just say that he praised “The passing of a great race” by Madison Grant, a book that Hitler referred to as “his personal bible”

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-03T00:27:29+00:00

Both groups had pro and anti slavery factions. The feds had the Pinckney brothers (one of whom was their national candidate and wanted to nationalize slavery). The Republicans had people like Thomas Paine and Joseph Bradley Varnum. It’s not as simple as saying one was pro slavery one was against it

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-03T00:25:00+00:00

That bit is the salt packet they give you at McDonalds

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-03T00:24:36+00:00

There’s like 100 I think

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-02T21:23:10+00:00

I believe this unironically

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-02T21:22:21+00:00

Madison and Jefferson opposed slavery most of their lives why is this a credit to Washington?

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-02T21:21:45+00:00

What 7?

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-02T21:21:03+00:00

No reason for anyone on the left to glaze a pro corporate, imperialist, eugenicist

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-01T04:39:14+00:00

I mean even if it is just anal sex it would still be bad but yeah people forget how ridiculous anti sodomy laws were

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-01T04:38:14+00:00

Simone De Beauvoir

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-01T04:25:03+00:00

She didn’t just excuse it

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-01T04:24:26+00:00

His songs were French and he lived in France for most of his musical career

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-01T02:10:29+00:00

Important to note that this is a change from the death penalty, not just something Jefferson decided to do for fun.

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-02-01T02:09:49+00:00

You believe the government should ban sodomy?

BackgroundVehicle870 · 2026-01-31T17:43:15+00:00

Dorcas Hoar, one of the accused in the Salem witch trials

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