Even though the country wasn’t so bad after Dabya, imo it’s honestly where it all went wrong in the modern era. And it all started with a corrupt person who should have stayed in the private sector.
It all came down to: there isn’t a law forbidding it so there is opportunity
You’re talking about the corrupt actor who ruined the careers of his coworkers by getting them blacklisted with HUAC and should never have been involved in politics, right?
While I agree that Reagan has done the most harm, he actually believed in something more than himself.
Dick on the other hand was fully self aware and wanted to be as selfish as possible, that’s the pattern currently in politics.