The fascist coup financed by JP Morgan & Prescott Bush in 1934 boasted 500,000 members organized through the American Legion. A major reason it failed was that the general they drafted to lead the coup, Smedley Butler, was a diehard Liberal and opposed overthrowing the democratically elected government. The world you are describing was barely avoided.
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The fascist coup financed by JP Morgan & Prescott Bush in 1934 boasted 500,000 members organized through the American Legion. A major reason it failed was that the general they drafted to lead the coup, Smedley Butler, was a diehard Liberal and opposed overthrowing the democratically elected government. The world you are describing was barely avoided.
John Spivak's coverage on the Business Plot is :100-com: