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Its interesting to me because he's historically been remembered as "the most progressive" or some such when hes pretty much the death knell of progressive democrats. Im not just jumping in to say Carter was a fascist, I want people to engage with the real history and how it corresponds to the current day. We've long been fighting these battles.
Oh yeah, for sure. Personally I see Carter as the "good version" if you can call it such a thing of the "Do-Nothing Democrat" if that makes sense. The thought that basically all Democrats have to do is be faithful stewards of the status quo and allow the arc of the universe to slowly bend towards justice. To tinker around the edges letting incrementalism and institutionalism carry them forward.
Then as time wore on more and more the Democrats would start saying "why shouldn't I enrich myself a little? After all, all we really have to do is keep the institutions going and they're doing that just fine on their own," until you get to the ghouls of today. Where they're there because they deserve to be there, and they deserve to be there because they're there. All the while lining their own pockets and saying "Fuck you, I got mine," to everybody else.
If you'll indulge me, I got recommended this video today that puts the Carter admin into context perfectly with what we're talking about. It's in the beginning of the video so dont feel obligated to sit through the whole thing if you dont want to, but this is a more concise description than I can muster off the dome. It was both an unfortunate circumstance Carter was thrust into eg nixon and a capitulation to the worst instincts of the party allowing the corruption and rot to continue festering and subsequently thrive after his loss to Reagan.