How much do presidents merely reflect political trends vs. how much do presidents influence the direction of the country?
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Thinking about the later years of each presidency, what are the some things that characterize America at the time?
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Obama: increasing racial resentment, SJWs, transgenders, social media, mediocre/stagnant economy, refugees
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Bush: defense contracting, housing bubble & crash, Hummers
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Clinton:internet,tech bubble,strong economy, plunging crime rates,optimism about bringing American democracy to the world/US as world police
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Reagan/Bush: fall of communism, greed is good, stock market/wall street focus, crack epidemic, high crime, Iran/contra, televangelists
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Carter: gritty urban decay comes to mind in TV from this era. See pictures of NYC & subway graffiti from about 1980. Star Wars, Buck Rogers
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Nixon/Ford: Hippies and other 60s radicalism in steep decline, busing/white flight, what else?
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JFK/LBJ: Spiking crime, riots, Vietnam, hippies, moon landing, civil rights stuff
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Eisenhower: 50s America, family values & baby boom, early suburbs, anti-communism, optimism about tech like nuclear power, cowboys & indians
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Anyway, I think subjectively it looks like the presidents have substantial influence over the direction and zeitgeist of the country.
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