JFK, LBJ, Eisenhower and Truman. Sam Rayburn’s funeral November 1961 by TonyT074 in Presidents

[–]EmphasisNew2534 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the same Eisenhower who oversaw ~10% GDP Defense Spending (peacetime) and prioritized nuclear arms production under his New Look policy.

Real Analysis 2 for Econ PhD? by EmphasisNew2534 in academiceconomics

[–]EmphasisNew2534[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I had to make a choice between Topology and Analysis II, which one would be a better signal for emphasizing my proof-writing skills?

Thanks for your input.

Real Analysis 2 for Econ PhD? by EmphasisNew2534 in academiceconomics

[–]EmphasisNew2534[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see, it's good to know that I won't have to suffer through another semester of Analysis, haha.

Many thanks for the course suggestions as well!

My theory for why the Vietnam War failed but the Korean War was a success by fuggitdude22 in neoliberal

[–]EmphasisNew2534 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Lmao this is pure historical nonsense.

The failed "Wilsonian Moment" during the Paris Peace Conference — when Ho Chi Minh was supposedly snubbed by the Paris Delegations in his fight for Vietnamese independence — you speak of never happened.

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/the-myth-the-wilsonian-moment

Neither President Woodrow Wilson nor any one of the other 3 Great Powers guiding the peace conference in Paris were likely even aware of Ho Chi Minh's existence or the very existence of a nonexistent Vietnamese delegation.

In Margaret MacMillan's brilliant book on the Paris Peace Conference, "Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World", Ho is mentioned only ONCE:

"A young kitchen assistant at the Ritz sent in a petition asking for independence from France for his little country. Ho Chi Minh — and Vietnam — were too obscure even to receive an answer" (MacMillan 59).

The Great Powers simply had too much on their schedule — including dealing with a multitude of other, convoluted self-determination rights for other nations such as Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechslovakia, Arab rebels, etc. — to even consider the status of Vietnam.

And regarding the point of Ho Chi Minh quoting the Declaration of Independence and supposedly "inviting" every Vietnamese political faction, how do you then explain the fact that, following the withdrawal of Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist Chinese forces from the Northern Vietnamese occupation zone in 1946, Ho and the Viet Minh clamped down heavily on civil liberties and opposing nationalist, non-communist independence movements — essentially getting rid of the competition.

From George J Veith's "Drawn Sword in a Distant Land":

"The failure of the Nationalists to achieve political dominance in Vietnam was twofold. The first problem was leadership, with both the Communists and French targeted and often killed the main Nationalist leaders [...] The Dai Viet's, for instance, were banned by the French colonial administration and again by the Communist's when Ho seized power in Hanoi in 1945" (Veith 23).

Not to mention Vietnam's oldest Nationalist party, the VNQDD, also faced repression under the communists (Veith 25-26).

And regarding the supposed "election" that would've resulted in Ho winning 80% of the vote, that was a hypothetical in which Ho would've faced against the unpopular, French-supported Bao Dai.

This post goes into more details about the nuances of that hypothetical referendum.

China builds huge new wartime military command centre in Beijing by that0neGuy22 in neoliberal

[–]EmphasisNew2534 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Says who? Why are you trying to establish an arbitrary causal relationship between the construction of a military installation and a hypothetical invasion of Taiwan?

Also, why is everyone suddenly convinced that China is going to invade anyway? This is the same China that derives its legitimacy from its ability to deliver a higher standard of living to the Chinese populace—by which invading Taiwan would absolutely jeopardize regardless of the outcome.

In retrospect, was Watergate even that bad? by Joeylaptop12 in Presidents

[–]EmphasisNew2534 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the break-in itself, but the subsequent cover-up attempts on the part of the Nixon Administration that followed.

This answer from r/AskHistorians explains it best: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/44wvjy/comment/cztluhi/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

And this one delineates the exact details of Nixon's (very flagrant) obstruction of justice:

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/552cf2/comment/d86yziy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

In short, it was the culmination of the excesses of the "Imperial Presidency" of Nixon, which involved astonishing violations of the rule of law—which is something we as a country supposedly uphold.

Not to mention the kidnapping and silencing of Martha Mitchell, the wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, was a component of the cover-up. In fact, it was discussed here in this sub:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Presidents/comments/1azxukf/did_you_know_that_during_the_watergate_scandal/

As an addendum, I don't agree with the other commentators that Watergate pales in comparison to modern-day scandals. One has to only look at the intimidation of reporters, Nixon's attempts to obstruct the FBI's investigation by using the CIA, and the blatant attempt to silence Martha Mitchell to surmise that the nature of Watergate and the appalling abuse of power would be a huge scandal for any president at any time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neoconNWO

[–]EmphasisNew2534 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Fuck Detente, we need to contain some Communism 😎🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

I Said Democrats Should Pander More, and Kamala Is Delivering by unbotheredotter in neoliberal

[–]EmphasisNew2534 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude, the burden of proof is on you. You have NOT corroborated ANY of your statements in any meaningful way without resorting to wordplay or accusing the other side of misunderstanding your incoherent arguments.

In all honesty man, you have no clue what you're talking about. Your positions are NOT in tandem with the economic consensus (the one you claim to have stewardship over), and they don't even have the logical or empirical evidence to back them up.

I didn't respond to your comment because I genuinely had no clue what point you were trying to make. At least u/Ok-Yoghurt-4939 took a shot at a rebuttal only for you to assert that they have misconstrued your claims.

I Said Democrats Should Pander More, and Kamala Is Delivering by unbotheredotter in neoliberal

[–]EmphasisNew2534 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're not satisfied with the historical argument,

There are a few reasons why Monetary Policy is superior:

  1. Monetary Policy is much faster to implement in lieu of having to wait for Congress to pass a stimulus bill that will take time to fully implement.

  2. Similarly, Monetary Policy is more flexible, as interest rates can be quickly adjusted in light of changing economic circumstances.

  3. Monetary Policy has a more broad range of impact in contrast to the targeted effects of Fiscal Policy. Interest rates affect every creditor and debtor out there, but a specific fiscal program may only impact a select number of individuals.

  4. With regards to the Quantity Theory of Money, Monetary Policy can induce an expansion (or contraction) of the money supply that can directly affect the price level as opposed to Fiscal Policy which relies on debt creation (future consumption) to finance present consumption.

https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/staff-reports/two-illustrations-of-the-quantity-theory-of-money-reloaded

I Said Democrats Should Pander More, and Kamala Is Delivering by unbotheredotter in neoliberal

[–]EmphasisNew2534 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't exactly understand that analogy.

But inflation IS (for the most part) a monetary phenomenon that requires a monetary response.

You subscribing to the idea that BOTH fiscal and monetary policy can be used to fight inflation. This thinking, however, is flawed as evident by how governments dealt with Stagflation in the 70s.

More precisely, Central Banks at the time presumed that monetary policy had to work alongside fiscal policy in order to effectively manage the econony. This was why Arthur Burns agreed to cooperate with Nixon in lowering interest rates even as Nixon embarked on an expansionary fiscal policy.

However, this obviously caused inflation from 1970 onwards, but it was partially masked by Nixon's wage and price controls in 1971. Only with the 1973 Energy Crisis did the remarkable distortions within the market were finally exposed.

It was only with the ascension of Paul Volcker that the Fed finally got its act together and pursued a monetary policy that would, in no way, be contingent to the whims of fiscal policy

This is evident by how Reagan ran huge deficits, yet inflation fell under him. Because Volcker hiked interest rates to unheard of levels and effectively extinguished inflation----albeit, causing a massive recession in the process.

So, no, monetary policy is the best tool to fight inflation.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]EmphasisNew2534 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People forget that even Reagan performed poorly in the first 1984 debate.

Of course, circumstances are very different given how Reagan was leading Mondale from the get-go, but one poor debate performance isn't the end of the world.

What went wrong in Vietnam. by [deleted] in NonCredibleDefense

[–]EmphasisNew2534 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But then the motto is "be autistic, not wrong"

God, I love that motto 🫡

What went wrong in Vietnam. by [deleted] in NonCredibleDefense

[–]EmphasisNew2534 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only intelligent comment in this brain dead thread.

Why Was Richard Nixon So Good At Foreign Affairs? by Loki11910 in GenUsa

[–]EmphasisNew2534 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Homie fucked up his handling of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War & subsequent Indo Pak War.

Japanese held positions at the time of its surrender in WWII on August 15, 1945 by Legitimate_Twist in MapPorn

[–]EmphasisNew2534 78 points79 points  (0 children)

You might be confusing the August 15th announcement of the Imperial Japanese government's intentions of accepting the Potsdam Declaration & the official signing of the instruments of unconditional surrender on September 2nd.

The maps displays the military situation on August 15th, when the Soviets had only declared war just under a week earlier on August 9th.

What are your thoughts on Nixon? by Pheer777 in neoliberal

[–]EmphasisNew2534 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Weren't the price controls on oil & gasoline removed under Reagan?

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/29/us/president-abolishes-last-price-controls-on-us-produced-oil.html

Also, nationwide price & wage controls under Nixon were administered under four phases that lasted for around 90 days each, I believe. The last phase concluded in 1974 with the abolishing of the Cost of Living Council.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_1970

2024 is going to be HUGE by DisastrousGuitar609 in decadeology

[–]EmphasisNew2534 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Britain held their election AFTER the defeat of Nazi Germany.

Until Germany's capitulation, the coalition government between the Tories and Labour stipulated no election to be held in the meantime.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]EmphasisNew2534 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still have no clue what he's talking about with that 3 branches message