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no_hypocrisy

(55,381 posts)
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 08:35 AM Oct 2025

FDR vs the Billionaire Class: How the New Deal Saved America

While the world teetered on the edge of collapse and post-war economies took branching paths, one man challenged the ruling class and reshaped America forever. This episode dives into the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the New Deal, and the fight between democracy and oligarchy.

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FDR vs the Billionaire Class: How the New Deal Saved America (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Oct 2025 OP
Still an open secret PATRICK Oct 2025 #1
Everyone should view this video burrowowl Oct 2025 #2
K&R burrowowl Oct 2025 #3
I AGREE! some_of_us_are_sane Oct 2025 #4

PATRICK

(12,415 posts)
1. Still an open secret
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:45 AM
Oct 2025

(like Medicare for All?) that a bunch of these guys tried to stage a military coup. Their WWI hero Smedley Butler blew them in. The rationalizations of why the response was dangerously(in the long long term) are pretty good, but he should have hung the whole gang. No Prescott Bush legacy for one thing!

burrowowl

(18,494 posts)
2. Everyone should view this video
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:56 AM
Oct 2025

The destruction of the White House House should be a rallying cry!

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,575 posts)
4. I AGREE!
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 02:12 PM
Oct 2025
THAT HORRIBLE DESTRUCTION should forever be the image of the bulldozing of our freedom!

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