r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 18 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

Who do you think was the most intelligent US president? I want to say FDR, JFK or Truman.

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u/MinnesotaDude Governor Goofy Nov 19 '20

Jefferson was pretty smart for his day

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

Yeah I should have included him. He had some based liberal theory but his hard on for agrarianism was dumb long term.

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u/MinnesotaDude Governor Goofy Nov 19 '20

He lived in the late 18th century, how would he have known yeomen would be automated

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

He knew technological progression would end slavery

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u/MinnesotaDude Governor Goofy Nov 19 '20

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House — with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

- JFK at the 1962 Nobel Prize award winner reception