Another historical part of this libs have no understanding about:
FDR was ruthless in removing political opposition. There’s even some evidence he had politicians working against him assassinated.
When the supreme court ruled parts of the New Deal unconstitutional, Roosevelt immediately started the process of packing the supreme court with judges explicitly loyal to him. This scared the shit out of the Supreme Court and they suddenly decided the New Deal was constitutional after all. :thonk-cri:
He had to do all this even though he came from one of America’s wealthiest families and was a proud capitalist. This is the minimal level of intensity it takes to get anything changed in American electoral politics.
Huey Long was a populist senator from Louisiana who was assassinated. A number of the policies found in the New Deal were taken from his political platform in an effort to decrease his public support.
Long wasn’t a socialist, but a number of the policies he was pushing for were more radical than what was passed in The New Deal. He was also a very ruthless politician that did whatever it took to get shit done. His death prevented a possible 1936 presidential bid against FDR, who was the incumbent.
Just tried to google for it and I’m having trouble finding more details specifically around the FDR connection. Either way, what I read previously was speculative as a direct connection was (unsurprisingly) never proven.
I’m pretty sure I remember reading about it in “Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, & the Great Depression” by Alan Brinkley, but could be wrong. Sorry I can’t find more about it online, that’s pretty weird.
Personally I also like the theory that when the business plot was discovered he got ahold of all the titans of industry involved and explained they could either get out of his way or they'd be hanged for treason, and that that's why the New Deal didn't get stopped.
FDR was ruthless in removing political opposition. There’s even some evidence he had politicians working against him assassinated.
When the supreme court ruled parts of the New Deal unconstitutional, Roosevelt immediately started the process of packing the supreme court with judges explicitly loyal to him. This scared the shit out of the Supreme Court and they suddenly decided the New Deal was constitutional after all
Another historical part of this libs have no understanding about:
FDR was ruthless in removing political opposition. There’s even some evidence he had politicians working against him assassinated.
When the supreme court ruled parts of the New Deal unconstitutional, Roosevelt immediately started the process of packing the supreme court with judges explicitly loyal to him. This scared the shit out of the Supreme Court and they suddenly decided the New Deal was constitutional after all. :thonk-cri:
He had to do all this even though he came from one of America’s wealthiest families and was a proud capitalist. This is the minimal level of intensity it takes to get anything changed in American electoral politics.
Edit: @W_Hexa_W also pointed out that in response to this a group of wealthy businessmen began plotting a fucking a coup against FDR.
What's this about FDR and assassinations?
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I've heard about the business plot but I meant did FDR assassinate political opponents?
Huey Long was a populist senator from Louisiana who was assassinated. A number of the policies found in the New Deal were taken from his political platform in an effort to decrease his public support.
Long wasn’t a socialist, but a number of the policies he was pushing for were more radical than what was passed in The New Deal. He was also a very ruthless politician that did whatever it took to get shit done. His death prevented a possible 1936 presidential bid against FDR, who was the incumbent.
Just tried to google for it and I’m having trouble finding more details specifically around the FDR connection. Either way, what I read previously was speculative as a direct connection was (unsurprisingly) never proven.
I’m pretty sure I remember reading about it in “Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, & the Great Depression” by Alan Brinkley, but could be wrong. Sorry I can’t find more about it online, that’s pretty weird.
Decent article with more details on Long’s assassination from wikipedia.
Also, happy molotov day!
:abbie-cocktail:
Personally I also like the theory that when the business plot was discovered he got ahold of all the titans of industry involved and explained they could either get out of his way or they'd be hanged for treason, and that that's why the New Deal didn't get stopped.
:gigachad:
:fidel-si:
The guy knew how to use power. Still a bastard, but interesting historically.