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Kid Berwyn

(21,391 posts) Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:27 AM Jun 29

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Original New Dealer Wisdom [View all]

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself. That in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group or by any controlling private power.”

— President Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Original New Dealer Wisdom [View all] Kid Berwyn Jun 29 OP

Kick bronxiteforever Jun 29 #1

Reaction to FDR and the New Deal Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #2

These rulings open the doors to many other undemocratic actions. erronis Jun 29 #11

This should have 500 recs malaise Jun 29 #3

One group violently opposed the New Deal Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #4

Ding ding malaise Jun 29 #6

The NAZI Hydra in Fascist America Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #7

+1 dalton99a Jun 29 #13

Yep. My grandmother called him 'that wild-eyed radical' many times in conversation. OldBaldy1701E Jun 29 #14

Interesting, my grandma thought he was A-okay because of Medicare and social security. 1WorldHope Jun 29 #21

Mine were not either. (TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide) OldBaldy1701E Jun 29 #23

"Everything old is new again" llmart Jun 29 #16

He understood unchecked power. Passages Jun 29 #19

It should. nt RandomNumbers Jun 29 #5

Money for Power. Power to protect Money. Slaves to do the work... Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #12

Too many don't see their plan malaise Jun 29 #25

Ja, der Fuehrer ist orange. Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #32

k and r BoRaGard Jun 29 #8

Today "GOP" is the NAZI brand Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #28

K&R orangecrush Jun 29 #9

Trump MAGANAZI have not been held to account. Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #29

The billionaires and corporations have been stealing our democracy dlk Jun 29 #10

Then, it is time to poke that eye out. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jun 29 #15

Couldn't agree more dlk Jun 29 #37

Testimony the Dickstein Committee Suppressed Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #30

I'll add a reminder for those who will see the next deal Warpy Jun 29 #17

Those are the facts. And the idle rich hire all the help they need. Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #34

Do not underestimate the power and leverage of the consumer dollar. Without consumer spending, Hotler Jun 30 #44

Nah, this is the end game Warpy Jun 30 #54

Praise the heavens and Eleanor and Frances, etc., that he was a "traitor to his class"... RobertDevereaux Jun 29 #18

Getting Stalin to go along was a stroke of genius. Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #35

KNR niyad Jun 29 #20

You know who else didn't like freedom of the press? Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #36

K&R nt pazzyanne Jun 29 #22

Project 2025 is MAGA for "Mein Kampf" Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #38

Dems will either revisit the New Deal, update it malaise Jun 29 #24

Trump never said a word to Tim Walz. Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #39

Not an effin word malaise Jun 29 #41

The Green New Deal thought crime Jun 30 #53

Agree malaise Jun 30 #55

Kick RandomNumbers Jun 29 #26

Project 2025 is NAZI Kid Berwyn Jun 29 #40

Yup Magoo48 Jun 29 #27

Hitler Pardoned His Goons Too Kid Berwyn Jun 30 #46

FDR was one of them by birth, but not one of them by spirit. FDR for the people, all the people. Clouds Passing Jun 29 #31

The Roosevelt Institute Kid Berwyn Jun 30 #47

Way recommended. H2O Man Jun 29 #33

FDR Thought ALL Americans Entitled to the Economic Bill of Rights Kid Berwyn Jun 30 #48

Ding! Ding! Ding! . . . TRUTH! liberalla Jun 30 #42

Unlike the world's royalty, FDR would never leave another behind. Kid Berwyn Jun 30 #49

Nazis control our federal government brought to you by capitalism Farmer-Rick Jun 30 #43

Evolution of The Feudalist Society Kid Berwyn Jun 30 #50

Kicking. nt Hotler Jun 30 #45

REMEMBER: Chief Just-Us John Roberts enabled the Nazification of the United States of America Kid Berwyn Jun 30 #51

FDR ILikePie92 Jun 30 #52

GOP and NAZIs go way back. Kid Berwyn Jul 1 #56

Truth! nt Prairie_Seagull Jul 1 #57

The Nixon-Bush NAZI Connection Kid Berwyn Jul 1 #58

On it. Prairie_Seagull Jul 1 #59