FDR didn’t just pull us out of the Depression. He fundamentally altered economic/banking/political rules so it wouldn’t happen again. Several decades ago we started dismantling some of the very protections that FDR created, so crony capitalists could party more. And here we are.

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Pretty sure we still have the Federal Reserve.
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Thank you @marwilliamson for being on our side #NotMeUs I will never forget that!!!
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hey thanks for the shoutout
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Republicans and Clintonites both took part in this.
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Cheers to accelerationism
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And yet here we are.
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I'm sure you're a good woman with the best intentions. But FDR prolonged the depression. Government intervention gives special interest groups an incentive to pour money into politics & buy legislation to favor them.
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... Well said; explanations many voters could use. ...