FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoSomehow absorbed all the bad and none of the good from US historyimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1386arrow-down1imageSomehow absorbed all the bad and none of the good from US historyFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoAnd it wasn’t like Grant himself was corrupt. It was more that he was made figurehead of a political party he didn’t have deep connections with and he was focused a lot on civil rights and mending the nation after the war.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoHe did have a nasty tendency to trust people who shouldn’t have been trusted. Not party insiders, but personal friends. Or ‘friends’ rather. He was used by monsters who didn’t care if they sabotaged his entire cause and the USA, as long as they got out with their bag of money. Just a few more good men around Grant could’ve made all the difference in the trajectory of this country.
And it wasn’t like Grant himself was corrupt. It was more that he was made figurehead of a political party he didn’t have deep connections with and he was focused a lot on civil rights and mending the nation after the war.
He did have a nasty tendency to trust people who shouldn’t have been trusted. Not party insiders, but personal friends. Or ‘friends’ rather.
He was used by monsters who didn’t care if they sabotaged his entire cause and the USA, as long as they got out with their bag of money.
Just a few more good men around Grant could’ve made all the difference in the trajectory of this country.