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Celerity

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18. The Business Plot (also called the Wall Street Putsch and The White House Putsch) was a political
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 01:23 PM
Oct 2021
conspiracy in 1933 in the United States to overthrow the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install a dictator. Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler asserted that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans' organization with Butler as its leader and use it in a coup d'état to overthrow Roosevelt. In 1934, Butler testified under oath before the United States House of Representatives Special Committee on Un-American Activities (the "McCormack–Dickstein Committee" ) on these revelations. Although no one was prosecuted, the Congressional committee final report said, "there is no question that these attempts were discussed, were planned, and might have been placed in execution when and if the financial backers deemed it expedient."

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it predates him but... JT45242 Oct 2021 #1
I hated Reagan for the way he treated women. Wrote him a letter telling him katmondoo Oct 2021 #2
republican fascists have been around a long time, long before reagan HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #3
The Business Plot (also called the Wall Street Putsch and The White House Putsch) was a political Celerity Oct 2021 #18
This is mainly to what I was referring.... HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #25
Nixon started, raygun took over the plan... Bluethroughu Oct 2021 #4
The Koch brothers hate Trump though Polybius Oct 2021 #16
The roots of christofascism go all the way back to the KKK, Brichers and.... Thomas Hurt Oct 2021 #5
They've been here all along, but he certainly gave them the national platform relayerbob Oct 2021 #6
The Republican acceptance of Joe McCarthy put all this in motion DFW Oct 2021 #7
I agree that's when it started in the USA. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #34
He definitely got in on the ground floor. Aristus Oct 2021 #8
Huh? I thought everyone want to have the freedumb to be uninsured! madinmaryland Oct 2021 #30
And yet he endorsed the Kerr-Mills Act which could have led to socialized medicine... Xolodno Oct 2021 #32
What do the first two have to do with fascism? brooklynite Oct 2021 #9
Well, I would say nothing at all, Equomba Oct 2021 #28
Agree with all those who say it predated Reagan and why and in whom. Hortensis Oct 2021 #10
R didnt start the GOP's move to fascism: R popularized anti-New Deal and anti-Great Society politics andym Oct 2021 #11
just be happy agnew did not replace nixon..... getagrip_already Oct 2021 #12
Former LBJ official Bertram Gross: Eyeball_Kid Oct 2021 #13
I agree - the bitter ex-Nixonians musette_sf Oct 2021 #14
It goes back to Christopher Columbus. unblock Oct 2021 #15
+1 moondust Oct 2021 #20
Reagan never deserved to be "glorified"! young_at_heart Oct 2021 #17
It was around before that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 #19
Goldwater's RNC speech had trump cult like reactions themaguffin Oct 2021 #21
Totally! Faux pas Oct 2021 #22
Goes back to Goldwater I'm afraid RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #23
It actually started in the 1960's with the Southern Strategy localroger Oct 2021 #24
He was certainly a large contributor to its success. Caliman73 Oct 2021 #26
To be clear, would that be the same FDR who Equomba Oct 2021 #38
The very same. Caliman73 Oct 2021 #39
Nixon started it budkin Oct 2021 #27
Dulles Brothers 1953-present day. Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #29
YEP And Americans should sacrifice nothing for anything or anybody. nt joetheman Oct 2021 #31
Nope. Xolodno Oct 2021 #33
Fascism came to America in the late 1920's, was scarily popular in the 1930's, and is still Solly Mack Oct 2021 #35
Good post. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #36
McCarthyism is a prime example of authoritarian thinking and the use of prejudice and ignorance Solly Mack Oct 2021 #37
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