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Originally Posted by dragon wench Many in Britain quietly, and not so quietly, supported Hitler...from the Royal Family and on down... |
The lesser of two evils...Nazism or Communism.
Hitler always wanted to be allied to Britain over the USSR and the majority of people here didn't want a war after WW1...so there you have a policy of appeasement.
Why do they have Jackson on the American currency then? There's only a limited number of 'heroic' people they can choose and they select him?
Unless someone in charge of currency printing is implying that forcing Native Americans into reservations is a good thing, there is probably another reason.
I suppose I'll look up some information on the man.
Hmm. I found this on him...
The greatest popular hero of his time, a man of action, and an expansionist, Jackson was associated with the movement toward increased popular participation in government. He was regarded by many as the symbol of the democratic feelings of the time, and later generations were to speak of Jacksonian democracy. Although in broadest terms this movement often attacked citadels of privilege or monopoly and sought to broaden opportunities in many areas of life, there has been much dispute among historians over its essential social nature. At one time it was characterized as being rooted in the democratic nature of the frontier. Later historians pointed to the workers of the eastern cities as the defining element in the Jacksonian political coalition. More recently the older interpretations have been challenged by those seeing the age as one that primarily offered new opportunities to the middle class—an era of liberal capitalism. Jackson had appeal for the farmer, for the artisan, and for the small-business ower; he was viewed with suspicion and fear by people of established position, who considered him a dangerous upstart.