HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>_9CL7T9k8cjnD_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Outmazi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Outmazi</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Psychohistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychohistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asimov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asimov</span></a><br>(2/3)</p><p>...a marxist to a free-marketeer within weeks by one of his professors, a founder of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChicagoSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChicagoSchool</span></a>.</p><p>For decades, he has been one of the key Republican scientific cornerstones that paved the way for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RonaldReagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RonaldReagan</span></a> and ultimately <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a>.</p><p>How would <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> be different w/o these two impactful presidents?</p><p>This is but one example. I didn't pick an emperor like # <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Augustus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Augustus</span></a> or a dictator like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sulla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sulla</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stalin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stalin</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putler</span></a>...</p>