• Beemo Dinosaurierfuß@feddit.de
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    3 months ago

    Obama was not a great president unless you mean only by comparison to his recent peers.

    With what the fuck else do you want to compare him (or anything really) if not with recent peers?

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      3 months ago

      How about other governments in the world, since the US isn’t the only country in the world (I know we gotta remind you guys sometimes.)

      Or even other governments the US has had in the past that wouldn’t be considered recent?

      • FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Why are we comparing apples to apples? How about we compare apples to oranges, since apples aren’t the only fruit (I know we gotta remind you guys sometimes.)

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      3 months ago

      Is that really a difficult question for you to answer yourself? Compare him to great presidents of the past, contemporary world leaders from other countries, potential current candidates, etc. Why would you limit your comparisons to like 8 people when there are plenty more to choose from? That’s unnecessarily restrictive thinking.