The right-wing corporate owned media told us that Ronald Reagan was a hero because he defeated Communism.
He also cut their taxes.
But Ronald Reagan used religion to demonize and damn his political opponents and he endorsed the idea that the Millennium would bring a Last Judgement on his political enemies.
This was backed up by Generation X who kicked, intimidated, and damned the left-leaning Baby-Boomers.
None of this was based in truth of course but a media blanket made sure there was no dissent.
And so it is time to reconsider Ronald Reagan's legacy.
His commitment to Neo-Liberal Economics has resulted in the greatest disparity between rich and poor in history.
And his disregard for truth has paved the way for the post-truth era we now live in.
And so he can be seen as an evil man hellbent on destroying his political opponents.
And someone responsible for resurrecting the type of propaganda that Goebbels used to establish the Nazi Regime in Hitler's Germany.
Not a hero but a villain.
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