The Conspiratorial Business Plot of 1933
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In 1933, a coalition of businessmen dissatisfied with FDR's economic policies surreptitiously planned a coup. The failed Business Plot aimed to depose FDR and install a dictator.
  • dill@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Good thing they learned there lesson and found better ways to achieve functionally the same goal.

  • foni@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I still think that FDR’s electoral victories are an impossible miracle today, the best US president and the media would eat him in 5 min