re: Worst Historical Disaster — Civil War or Second Great Awakening?

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income tax, the creation of the Federal Reserve, the direct election of Senators and the idea of public healt

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Progressivism was a good thing, no? Aside from the 16th Amendment- The robbery that is the Federal Income Tax and the failed 18th Amendment, what is bad about it? What is bad about the 17th Amendment, which gives us the right to elect our Senators instead of having them appointed by sometimes corrupt politicians? The 19th Amendment is linked to Progressivism, but shouldn't women have the right to vote? And shouldn't it have been granted even earlier than 1920? The idea of public health? I like the idea of public health and the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Acts of 1906 were a good start to that. Also, necessary labor rights came out of the Progressive Era. We can all be thankful for most of the things that came out of that time. Granted, its success has paved the way for the idiots trying to change things now, but it was 100% necessary at the time.