Like, Roosevelt broke up monopolies, for instance. That stuff was insufficient, but it was SOMETHING. Unlike now, where they just let capitalists do whatever they want.
Like, Roosevelt broke up monopolies, for instance. That stuff was insufficient, but it was SOMETHING. Unlike now, where they just let capitalists do whatever they want.
As I recall lenin wrote in state and revolution that in times of revolutionary stress the state can act as a genuine arbiter between the interests of classes.
Roosevelt was president while the great depression was happening
I think they're referring to Teddy "Trust Buster" Roosevelt, not FDR
wrong roosevelt, but the point is still true, as there were massive labor movements during Teddy's time. The anthracite coal strike was noteable because the US government sided with the workers and threatened to begin operating the mine with the military so the owners would get no profits.