A question on her test was " Who is my favorite U.S. president . I thought it was a kinda odd question for a history test . Who do you think it was ? I will get the results tomorrow .
2007-11-08 16:51:32 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
No , its not an extra credit question . She never
mentioned her favorite president . She claims her favorite political leader to be Karl Marx
and she says Stalin gave communism a bad name so she doesn't care for him .
2007-11-08 17:37:12 · update #1
My first guess was Clinton , but I guessed JFK because she did mention him a bit .
2007-11-08 17:39:42 · update #2
Gotta be FDR. He instituted all sorts of socialist programs during the depression.
2007-11-08 16:56:27 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Let's assume, just for the sake of argument, that Karl Marx is not really her hero, but that she's asking 'If Karl Marx -was- a hero, what American president would be closest to his ideal, his way of thinking?'
Most people here are answering with whatever president they think is most 'communist'. But in fact Karl Marx wasn't really a communist in the sense we think of today. And in the US, especially for conservatives, 'communist' is just an epithet, something you call someone you disagree with.
I think the two presidents in US history who most match the ideal of Marx are Teddy Roosevelt and FDR. They both believed in capitalism, but that capitalism was only a system whereby everyone did better, not a system for the big fish to eat the little fish. TR reigned in out-of-control capitalism and gave Americans back control of their country. FDR dealt with the mess made by the unbridled greed and corruption of capitalists in the 20s.
TR would have been called a communist just as JFK, Clinton, etc. were if there had been communism back there. FDR of course was called a communist in his day and still is. But neither was really anything like a true communist. Both only believed in the greatest good for the biggest number of people, as Marx did.
2007-11-08 18:07:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glad to see the youth of America is being imbued with such lovely ideas. I am reminded of a saying I once heard. Anyone under 30 whose not a communist has not heart, anyone over 30 whose a communist has no brain. Marx was a great thinker and many of his ideas about conflict theory are very relevant, but communism just doesnt work, it SIMPLY cannot work. There is a reason why it has NEVER existed in its true form in any government ANYWHERE. I hope your teacher admires Marx for his economical theories not his political implementations. That said, FDR seems like a good place to start, maybe Teddy too, for his anti-trust work. Who knows which president communists most like. But, I'd very curious to know what she thought of your answer when you get your test back.
2007-11-08 18:58:39 · answer #3 · answered by Mai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 22:58:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman or John Fitzgerald Kennedy
2007-11-08 17:05:35 · answer #5 · answered by Sharon Newman (YR) Must Die 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Billary Clinton
2007-11-08 17:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fact that your teacher claims Marx as her hero should come as no surprise as the public education establishment has many many Socialists and Communist sympathizers who use every opportunity they can to attempt to indoctrinate at as early an age as possible....showing Al Gore movies as science, people like Ward Churchill in Universities, anti Bush comments, moral equivalence, wealth distribution...gay agenda...it goes on and on...
2007-11-08 16:59:50 · answer #7 · answered by missourim43 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Probably FDR. Second guess Lyndon Johnson.
2007-11-08 16:54:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing it was LBJ, his "Great Society" is the closest thing to socialism this country has seen since FDR. I bet it's safe to say your teacher will be voting for Hilary in November.
2007-11-08 17:14:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only Socialistic President we have is FDR.
2007-11-08 16:58:25 · answer #10 · answered by alecs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋