And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In what way were the 1930's better? The US was still deep into the great depression and dust bowl. Europe was well on its way to WWII with fascists and authoritarian governments popping from the left and right ends of the political spectrum. Democracy was retreating. Polio and measles outbreaks were an annual occurrence that killed and crippled thousands of kids. In case you missed that day in school, prohibition lasted into the 30's. All alcohol was illegal. Over half the population in America had their civil rights curtailed (minorities and women).
Things were so great in the 1930s that it led to FDR and the New Deal
Anon, the depression was caused by greed and the sales pitch that the stock market was the way to riches for everyone. The stock market was high and mighty because America was the only country that didn't suffer huge losses in WW I and was not as burdened with war debt as Europe. The result was that American products could be sold in Europe until European currency was worthless. When Europe's economy fell, America also fell economically.
So, roll back a few years earlier to when Woodrow Wilson and American companies were making big bucks off of the war clouds and the actual war in Europe. Lusitania was a British armed merchant cruiser which after she was sunk was used as an excuse to push America into a European conflict.
The bottom line is that FDR's propaganda machine, backed by Marxists in his staff, were able to push into the forefront of the 1932 election and ease Hoover out of office. FDR's New Deal was a straight communist action and he and his staff made sure America was forced into WW II.
Back when EVERY FUCKING THING was better.
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DeleteThe US was still deep into the great depression and dust bowl. Europe was well on its way to WWII with fascists and authoritarian governments popping from the left and right ends of the political spectrum. Democracy was retreating. Polio and measles outbreaks were an annual occurrence that killed and crippled thousands of kids.
In case you missed that day in school, prohibition lasted into the 30's. All alcohol was illegal. Over half the population in America had their civil rights curtailed (minorities and women).
Things were so great in the 1930s that it led to FDR and the New Deal
Anon, the depression was caused by greed and the sales pitch that the stock market was the way to riches for everyone. The stock market was high and mighty because America was the only country that didn't suffer huge losses in WW I and was not as burdened with war debt as Europe. The result was that American products could be sold in Europe until European currency was worthless. When Europe's economy fell, America also fell economically.
ReplyDeleteSo, roll back a few years earlier to when Woodrow Wilson and American companies were making big bucks off of the war clouds and the actual war in Europe. Lusitania was a British armed merchant cruiser which after she was sunk was used as an excuse to push America into a European conflict.
The bottom line is that FDR's propaganda machine, backed by Marxists in his staff, were able to push into the forefront of the 1932 election and ease Hoover out of office. FDR's New Deal was a straight communist action and he and his staff made sure America was forced into WW II.
That almost sounds like today.
Dave
"We aim for the stars, but sometimes we hit London."
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