Most historians spend their time thinking about
the best presidents.
Not I.
I enjoy debating who the worst ones were.
For the 20th century, I vote Woodrow Wilson.
It's been argued, by Jim Powell and others, that Wilson's catastrophic decision to intervene in World War I played (to put it mildly) a non-trivial (if inadvertent) role in the success of the Bolshevik Revolution and the eventual emergence of Hitler's National Socialist German Workers Party.
This was the result of policies intended to keep us safe from the Kaiser, who
by comparison with these lunatics seems like a Mr. Nothingburger.
George Kennan, as mainstream a foreign-policy analyst as we've ever had, said shortly after World War II:
"Today if one were offered the chance of having back again the Germany of 1913 -- a Germany run by conservative but relatively
moderate people, no Nazis and no Communists -- a vigorous Germany, full of energy and confidence, able to play a part again in the balancing-off of Russian power in Europe, in many ways it would not sound so bad."
We didn't get that chance, thanks in no small part to our "great presidents."
Such are the legacies of politicians.
I prefer the legacies of capitalists: people who prosper by making our lives easier and more comfortable.
The legacy of the late Mark Hendricks, who died of cancer last year, is thousands of people who created successful online businesses
under his trusted guidance.
Sure beats Woodrow Wilson.
His estate is having a firesale, selling all his information products at, well, a firesale price.
And they're even including the right to sell these
products yourself, and keep all the profits.
So you're helping a good cause by helping out Mark's family, and also helping yourself.
You can just keep the products and learn from them, thereby carrying on Mark's legacy, or you can have an instant business of your own, selling Mark's excellent material
to others.
Sell just one thing and make back your whole investment.
The estate is withdrawing this offer tomorrow, though.
I've even added some bonuses:
The thing to get, to get my bonuses:
Tom Woods