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Regan, to his credit, did inspire Americans with his Greatest-Generation vision of America as a great force for Democracy in the world -- something that was sorely needed after the debacle of the Johson-Nixon-Ford era, and that was not articulated by the Carter administration.
Unfortunately, it wasn't Democracy Reagan was trying to export, so much as Capitalism. Nothing inherently wrong with that, but the methods he used are a huge black mark on his legacy. With Iran-Contra, he continued the Nixon administration's attitude of the President and the Executive branch of the government being above the Constitution, a dangerous, un-American attitude which has fully flowered in the current administration, and threatens to undermine everything that is worthwhile about our country.
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