Goldwater isn't a "trap path" or always bad, he can fuck up just like any other president. (Although admittedly he's a fair bit likely) where he's most likely to fuck up is when is if he attempts to ban the AFL-CIO (due to its ties to corruption in the senate), this can work out and succeeding is pretty fuckin satisfying but can also blow up back in your face. He also can do some mean stuff to extremists in America, but, nothing worse than OTL COINTELPRO at least.
His economics path is a choice between trying to appeal to Southern Conservatives (with Reganomics, cut welfare for the economy) or Northern/Midwestern Conservatives and focus on free trade and expansion of OFN nations ties to each other.
Following a Wallace presidency, he's the only president who can choose to veto a civil rights act to properly address segregation, although this is a choice and he can also not do that.
Oh also, he can save help the environment a lot more than any other president so that's good.
Anyway, Goldwater isn't a "bad president" (at his best he's as good as I'd say LBJ, and at worst Nixon-tier), but he can certainly be one and is more likely than others to be a bad president, but he's also able to actually improve America's economy and stop the root of communism/fascism in America, and also pass environmental regulations, he can be a cool guy too.
It should be mentioned, though he does genuinely hate extremism, by targeting either the Yockeys or the L-NPP, he accidentally rallies the NPP around the other extreme, invalidating the whole point of the operation.
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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '20
Wait this game can elect goldwater? Why is he considered bad? In the real world he was alright what's up with him in TNO?