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R. Eric VanNewkirk@sotsogm.bsky.social |
I think a thing that's poorly understood about American history is that a lot of the progress made through the New Deal was driven by the political elite's fear of the Russian Revolution happening here and not by them having a sudden turn of heart after being visited by multiple ghosts or something.
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Jimmy L 📚
@jimmylabe.bsky.social
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Immanuel Kant suggested that the arc of history toward equality is propelled forward each time rulers are afraid of others and share enough to quell serious discontent.
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Kim 🌸
@eurydice-krg.bsky.social
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Years ago, I forget who said it, I heard the comment that social programs should be called what they are—bloody revolution preventers.
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Alan "the Truth shall make ye flee" J
@n5iln.bsky.social
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Russian? Or French?
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@akatkat.bsky.social
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Wow, I did not know that.
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Gunpla Brian
@gunplabrian.bsky.social
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People tend to forget how close we got to it happening here, i mean there was a push to put a fascist dictator in place in 33, the coal wars between 1912 and 1921. They realized if something wasnt done to calm the masses, stuff could get real bad for those in power real fast
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Bill Jank
@billjank.bsky.social
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I keep trying to summon the ghost of Marie Antoinette and Henry 14.
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Coolbone Minoxidil
@dingokayfabe.bsky.social
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Norman Thomas had a good response when asked if the New Deal carried out the socialist platform
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Magically Hip
@rwilks.bsky.social
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This time the elites are determined to have the angry and armed constituency on their side, though. Let's see how that turns out.
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Jenn Burke
@readbooker.bsky.social
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Excellent point.
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Violet The Gummy Shark
@exiledviolet.bsky.social
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Every major revolution *except* the American Revolution was instigated by a starvation riot. While hunger remains a problem to this day, the basic rule of running a functional government, beyond all ideologies, is never allow the circumstances for a starvation riot to form.
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It's ME(Jaime)
@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
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ðŸ˜
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Frank Lynch
@fplynch.bsky.social
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Related... bsky.app/profile/seth...
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Woke Mechanic
@broke-mechanic.bsky.social
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A feel good children's story about John Rockefeller being visited by the Spectre of Communism
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Hari Shevek
@harishevek.bsky.social
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They were haunted by one specter
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Kieran O’Connor 🇵🇸
@kieranoconnor.com
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Equally the case with the UK welfare state after WWII. They didn’t want a cohort of disciplined battle-hardened revolutionaries arriving back from the front to upend the aristos
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elias
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how much was it that and how much were they afraid of fascism? just to say: part of why the new deal worked is a chunk of those elites broke with the old regime but they did so because they feared the far-right as much or more than american bolshevism. they were minority in their class but mattered
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Lizardguy64
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So let's drive that fear back into them and start an uprising.
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