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Was Abraham Lincoln Leftwing or Rightwing?

The Political Orphanage

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The Relationship Between Socialism and Religion in America

In an alternate universe model, where Trump comes out with a mask on, he puts masks on Mount Rushmore in a very Trumpian capacity. In 1896, the most Theocratic presidential candidate in history was William Jennings Bryant. So yeah, the idea that Christianity and free markets and tax cuts go together, that's entirely socially constructed. There is nothing natural about it.

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