• theneverfox@pawb.social
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      2 years ago

      History is written by the winners… Every history class we get is written through the lens of “capitalism is the only option”

      The great depression is exactly where to look… Let me put together some facts you probably know in a new way

      What was the new deal? It was wealth redistribution. Job creation en masse through government programs (to do basically busywork at times), sociatal safety nets, worker protections… Sound familiar?

      How did it play out? The establishment fought it every step of the way. America voted in younger and bolder representatives to both parties.

      FDR won the election 4 times - until very recently he was said to be “the closest America has come to a king”. But he wasn’t… He was performing the will of the people, and that threatened the establishment. It took 2 generations to slowly dismantle what he put in place

      And on the other note… Billionaires can’t build a utopia. They can’t build a company, let alone a city state. They’re genuinely dumber than normal people - they don’t ever build things. They invest in others, the ideas never come from them. They are the manifestations of the financial empire that is a billionaire, they too are prisoners of their own wealth