I'm reading a biography of FDR at the same time that I'm watching the Gilded Age on Netflix. Fascinating how FDR - and America - transitioned from the first Gilded Age into a progressive era. And we can do it again. History is just repeating itself.
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Are you really putting FDR as the transition from the gilded age to the progressive era?
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Replying to @ccrider9
I'm talking about the society he grew up in and the arc of history he lived through. He wasn't the transition but he lived through it and was influenced by it, leading ultimately to the New Deal.

Mar 27, 2022 · 7:13 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @ccrider9
New Deal forced on FDR by strong unionism, but that almost completely gone now. There will be no new deal this time, they'll tell us to tighten our belts while their buddies at the banks get the bailouts again. The banks should live within their means,what a joke!
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ccrider9
Interesting overlap that I never knew, I’m curious to read / learn more. Thank you for sharing. Also enjoyed the gilded age show too, raised many insights.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ccrider9
He gave society just enough to stop the throwing capitalism in the gutter
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