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TIL of The Business Plot of 1933, a failed attempt to overthrow FDR and install a dictator. Led by a covertly bankrolled Wall Street coalition of affluent businessmen (explorethearchive.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/phironuthi on 2023-07-06 18:52:44+00:00.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 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